The Philosophy Standard with Dr. Mark J. Romano

Dr. Mark J. Romano
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Where chiropractic philosophy is tested, not just repeated. Dr. Mark J. Romano, D.C., brings over 30 years of practice and a commitment to the 33 principles into direct, unscripted conversations with chiropractors, leaders and historians from across the profession. Some are interviews. Many are debates. All of them go after the questions most chiropractors avoid: What is chiropractic, really? Does the vertebral subluxation exist? Who makes the adjustment? And what does it take to build a practice that matches what you actually believe? For chiropractors who want principle, not hype, and a higher standard for the profession. Dr. Romano is the founder of NTSC Institute. Start with his free training, The Congruency Gap: https://www.ntscinstitute.com/front-door

Episodes

  1. 14h ago

    007: Defining Chiropractic After 48 Years in Practice, with Dr. Avrum Musnik

    Stephenson's definition of chiropractic never mentions the vertebral subluxation. Does that matter?   Dr. Mark Romano talks with Dr. Avrum Musnik, a New York Chiropractic College graduate who has practiced in Queens for 48 years. They start with how each of them defines chiropractic in the office, then move into analysis: advanced muscle palpation, X-ray, thermography and the difference between a fixation and a vertebral subluxation.   Underneath the technical discussion is a bigger question about language. Dr. Romano argues that every analysis has to be congruent with the 33 principles, and that clear terminology is what keeps chiropractic in its own lane.   In this episode: - Why Stephenson's definition needs more clarity on the vertebral subluxation - Two professions: one built on getting sick people well, one on the adjustment of subluxations - Advanced muscle palpation compared with Pierce-style analysis - Is a "locked" segment a vertebral subluxation? - B.J. Palmer's evolution, from the neurocalometer to his final writings - Knowing chiropractic's lane, and staying in it https://www.ntscinstitute.com/front-door.

  2. Nov 2

    006: Did D.D. and B.J. Palmer Practice the Non-Therapeutic Model? With Dr. Robert Affolter

    Did the founders of chiropractic practice what we now call non-therapeutic chiropractic? Or did that model only arrive with Reggie Gold?   Dr. Mark Romano is joined by Dr. Robert Affolter, a Palmer graduate whose roots in chiropractic go back to Reggie Gold's era and who is writing on philosophy and logic for chiropractors. Dr. Affolter makes the case that the Palmers' practice was effectively non-therapeutic. Dr. Romano argues that neither D.D. nor B.J. ever left the objective of getting sick people well, and that the non-therapeutic model is defined by its objective, not its habits.   In this episode: - Starting with definitions: innate law, life and "optimal" - Did B.J. come close to the non-therapeutic model, and when? - Where regular spinal checks came from, and why the reason matters - Why no chiropractor can know what "innate normal" is - Advanced muscle palpation as an analysis of what the innate law is doing - The one small step that turns a practice fully non-therapeutic https://www.ntscinstitute.com/front-door.

  3. Oct 26

    005: Non-Therapeutic by Intent or by Outcome? A Debate with Dr. Matt Alvord

    Can you define something by what it is not? And if chiropractic is non-therapeutic by intent, what does that make its outcomes?   Dr. Mark Romano welcomes Dr. Matt Alvord, a 1994 Palmer graduate practicing in the Twin Cities, for a conversation that goes straight to the center of the non-therapeutic model. Dr. Alvord argues that defining chiropractic by a negative is weak, and that correlating changes in a person's life with chiropractic isn't the same as promising them. Dr. Romano holds that the moment chiropractic offers hope for a specific outcome, it has stepped into a different profession.   This is the clearest look in the batch at where the non-therapeutic line sits, and why Dr. Romano treats it as binary.   In this episode: - Two definitions of chiropractic, side by side - Why Dr. Alvord avoids the term "non-therapeutic" - Certainty versus hope as the foundation of the chiropractic message - The difference between predicting an outcome and correlating one - What "results" means in a non-therapeutic office - How a congruent chiropractor handles a crisis that walks through the door https://www.ntscinstitute.com/front-door.

  4. Oct 19

    004: Defining Chiropractic, Innate Law and Analysis: A Debate with Dr. Eddie Weller

    "Chiropractic is what you say it is. Just ask any chiropractor." Is that a joke, or the profession's biggest problem?   Dr. Mark Romano and Dr. Eddie Weller return for a second conversation that quickly becomes a debate. They push each other on definitions, on the source of the innate law, and on whether chiropractic is a science that can be logically defended or something closer to a belief.   The conversation moves into analysis: advanced muscle palpation, instrumentation, pattern analysis, and the case for post-analysis as the only way to know an adjustment actually happened.   In this episode: - Why the profession still can't agree on a definition, and why that matters - Innate law as a principle versus a source to be named - Advanced muscle palpation, instrumentation and pattern analysis compared - Why diversified technique has no post-analysis, and what that means - Principle 25: the character of innate forces - What "successful" means for a congruent chiropractor https://www.ntscinstitute.com/front-door.

  5. Oct 12

    003: Two Models, One Profession? A Debate with Dr. Tim Young

    What is the adjustment, and who makes it: the chiropractor, or the innate law?   Dr. Mark Romano debates Dr. Tim Young, a Cleveland graduate practicing in Oklahoma City and founder of Focus Foundations. Both are committed to chiropractic principles. They differ on what those principles mean in an office full of real people who want to know what chiropractic will do for them.   Dr. Young describes his model in terms of restoring motion to the joint. Dr. Romano presses on the difference between introducing a force and the adjustment of a vertebral subluxation, and why the objective, not the technique, separates the two models of chiropractic.   In this episode: - The objective as the real dividing line between chiropractic models - "The chiropractor does not make the adjustment," and what that means in practice - What Reggie Gold actually said, and what he didn't - Why no chiropractor can predict which physiological function will improve - Which schools remain closest to the non-therapeutic model - Why education starts on the first visit and never stops https://www.ntscinstitute.com/front-door.

  6. Oct 6

    002: The State of Chiropractic Leadership: Protecting the Vertebral Subluxation, with Dr. Travis Corcoran

    Who is actually protecting the vertebral subluxation, legally, academically and professionally?   Dr. Mark Romano, president of The Chiropractic Trust, sits down with Dr. Travis Corcoran, president of the IFCO, president of the European Chiropractic Academy, founder of TopChiro, and a fundraising team member for the Chiropractic Freedom Coalition. Two leaders who agree on more than they disagree on, talking openly about the state of the profession.   They compare definitions of chiropractic, map the differences between the IFCO, the ICA and the WFC, and make the case that every chiropractor depends on the subluxation's continued legal and academic standing.   In this episode: - How each of them defines chiropractic, and where the non-therapeutic model fits - The real difference between the IFCO, the ICA and the WFC - Why adding modalities and other services destabilizes a stable professional model - The three fronts of protecting the subluxation: legal, academic and organizational - Two models of chiropractic, and whether they amount to two professions - Why disagreement between leaders is a strength, not a threat https://www.ntscinstitute.com/front-door.

    002: The State of Chiropractic Leadership: Protecting the Vertebral Subluxation, with Dr. Travis Corcoran

  7. Oct 4

    001: Do Vertebral Subluxations Exist? A Debate with Dr. Jonathan Gleed

    Is the vertebral subluxation real, or has the profession been building on a flawed idea for over a century? Dr. Mark Romano takes the affirmative in a formal debate with Dr. Jonathan Gleed, a 2006 Palmer graduate who has since left the chiropractic profession and now practices something very different in Europe. Both trained in the same philosophy at the same school. They came out of it with opposite conclusions.  Dr. Gleed argues from D.D. Palmer's 1910 writings that the profession lost its way early, and that if other approaches produce similar outcomes, the subluxation can't be the explanation. Dr. Romano answers from the non-therapeutic model: chiropractic's exclusive claim is not about what a person comes in with or what changes afterward, but about the adjustment of vertebral subluxations for a fuller expression of life. In this episode: - Why Reggie Gold's framing gave rise to the non-therapeutic model - D.D. Palmer's 1910 book and the argument that the profession went off track early - The "different approaches, similar outcomes" challenge and how Dr. Romano responds to it - Why non-therapeutic chiropractic makes no prediction about which physiological function will change - The difference between practicing for outcomes and practicing for congruency - Two very different professions talking past each other, and why that's worth hearing https://www.ntscinstitute.com/front-door

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Where chiropractic philosophy is tested, not just repeated. Dr. Mark J. Romano, D.C., brings over 30 years of practice and a commitment to the 33 principles into direct, unscripted conversations with chiropractors, leaders and historians from across the profession. Some are interviews. Many are debates. All of them go after the questions most chiropractors avoid: What is chiropractic, really? Does the vertebral subluxation exist? Who makes the adjustment? And what does it take to build a practice that matches what you actually believe? For chiropractors who want principle, not hype, and a higher standard for the profession. Dr. Romano is the founder of NTSC Institute. Start with his free training, The Congruency Gap: https://www.ntscinstitute.com/front-door

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