One of the most important philosophical concepts in chiropractic is that chiropractic sets an individual free. It is far more than just the freedom from pain and suffering. Medicine can do that also. However, medicine, in treating symptoms while neglecting cause, merely changes masters. The patient exchanges the slavery to pain and suffering for the slavery of dependence upon drugs.
Chiropractic removes cause.
Chiropractic offers much more, that is, freedom from the fear of disease. It is interesting that one of these mental attitudes is enslaving , the other creates freedom. Those people who are doing what is necessary to maintain their health, particularly keeping their spines free of nerve interference, do not live their lives in fear of disease, enslaved to certain diets, activity regimens, medical tests, and unenjoyable lifestyles. They are free to enjoy life and its pleasures. The chiropractic philosophy offers a third freedom, the freedom to be yourself.