Can Chiropractic Cure A Deaf Man?

Can Chiropractic Cure a Deaf Man?

Chiropractic was discovered on September 18, 1895 by a man named Daniel David (D.D.) Palmer in Davenport, Iowa.  D.D. Palmer was a magnetic healer in the city of Davenport and had an office in the downtown area. A good friend of D.D. Palmer’s and the owner of a janitorial business in the area was a man by the name of Harvey Lillard.

Harvey had been legally deaf for about 17 years.  He was discussing his condition with Dr. Palmer one day and he revealed that his deafness started one day when he was lifting something heavy and felt a “pop” in his back.  His hearing gradually got worse and worse from that point on until he could not even hear the horses and buggies go by on the cobble stone streets anymore. 

Dr. Palmer concluded that if an injury to the back caused his problem, maybe he could relieve that problem by repairing that injury.  Dr. Palmer had been an anatomist and physiologist for many years and had studied all there is to know about the human body.  He knew that the spine houses the spinal cord and that the spinal cord is an extension of the brain, which the brain uses to communicate to the entire body. 

He also knew that there are many nerves that travel from the spinal cord out to the entire body in order for the body to function.  He concluded that there must be some sort of nerve interference to the nerves controlling Mr. Lillard’s hearing and if he removed that interference, he may recover his hearing.  Dr. Palmer invited Mr. Lillard into his office in order to examine his spine.  Upon his examination, Dr. Palmer discovered a lump in his spine.  Dr. Palmer set his hands in a specific position in order to correct this problem and put a thrust into the spine.  Harvey Lillard immediately stood up and could hear better.  After a few more treatments of specific adjustments, his hearing was completely restored.

Initially, Dr. Palmer thought that he had discovered a cure for deafness, but after a couple other attempts to correct people’s deafness, he discovered that what he was doing was so much bigger than just curing one ailment.  He saw a couple more patients with other problems with their heart, lungs, and other areas and began to see improvements in them also.  He then discovered that he wasn’t only curing a disease, but he was allowing the body to function at its optimal level and therefore heal itself.  Later, along with a friend by the name of Rev. Samuel Weed, Dr. Palmer came up with the name Chiropractic, which in literal terms means, “done by hand.”

Chiropractic did not “cure” Mr. Lillard.   Fortunately, Mr. Lillard’s body was able to “cure” itself – it just needed a little help from Dr. Palmer.  By way of the Brain–Spine–Body Connection, health can be restored in the same manner by which it can be destroyed.  The Principle of Chiropractic is stronger than ever nowadays.  People of all walks of life are coming forward and testifying to the fact that chiropractic has strengthened their body in ways they never expected.  If you still think chiropractic care is for pain relief only – you are sorely mistaken!

I strongly recommend that you remain open to the full spectrum of health benefits that chiropractic can offer you, and your family.  In a day and age where heart disease, cancer and diabetes is on the rise… do you really think medicine and surgery is the solution for the next several generations to come? 

Chiropractic philosophy dictates that health only flows in one direction, and from one source… from within.  Chiropractic science is teaching more and more of us how to foster health and prevent disease by keeping the body lined up, tuned, and functioning as it was designed to.

As healthy as you are within, so you are throughout.

Speak up and educate others,

Dr. Craig