FT: Yeah, I think that. That “I didn’t learn that in school so it’s not valid”. Many things we learned in medical school now have been modified. If I took what I learned in the early 80’s on cardiac auscultation and give that explanation to my students now, I would be completely off. It has evolved. I think it is the same with chiropractic. It has been on the outside. It has not been taught. A chiropractor can actually be a good doctor, you know, can help, can complement what we do in western medicine. So I think that that is simply a question of time and opening up of people.

DK: For a new idea like the simplicity of chiropractic, the un-sticking of bones to get pressure off nerves, how long in a wild guess would you think before that’ll start to be accepted in the medical community? How long does it take for an idea like that to make it’s way in?

FT: I think tens…

DK: Tens of years?

FT: Yeah, ten, twenty years. I think that part of it would be consumer driven. I think when there is the recognition that this works the consumers will request that these treatments given by well trained and certified professionals be covered by insurances.

FT: There has to be the understanding that chiropractic school is as serious and is regulated by government entities and by peers as any other profession. I think that takes away the fear.

DK: I agree.

End of Interview

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