IMPORTANT FYI: It should be noted that when the following articles were published, Dr. Craton was still trying to cause the chiropractic profession to raise it's standards. Since the chiropractors absolutely refused to follow his research by 1) refusing to teach his findings in the chiropractic colleges, and 2) refusing to embrace his methods by their boards, which are the two things that are required in order for the chiropractors to make a legitimate claim to the work, he officially turned his back on his profession in 1996 after having won the Texas Chiropractic College's Centennial Award in 1995. Basically, he was sick of their stunted paradigm and after realizing that he was not going to be allowed to affect the chiropractic standard he outright opposed them the last five years of his life and stood with me in spirit when I approached them back in 2001 in order to cause his research to be officially recognized as a separate field from chiropractic. If chiropractic will ever have the official scientific, moral, and yes even legal, right to claim Dr. Craton's research, then the chiropractic field must approach me personally in order for me to 1) educate them properly, and 2) authenticate their knowledge of his life's work. Any such request will be posted here at such time that such a request would exist. Until then, chiropractic is a fraud, and it's methodologies have been stolen from the osteopaths since D. D. Palmer, the founder of chiropractic, took everything he could from A. T. Still, the founder of osteopathy. The only reason why chiropractic has been able to establish itself apart from osteopathy is that Still referred to the 'abnormal' condition of the spine as lesions and Palmer referred to the same condition as vertebral subluxations. Today and historically, chiropractic's and osteopathy's primary focus is on the spine itself. Our primary focus is on the joints directly around the spine, and, we recognize the so-called 'abnormal' curvature of the spine to be a normal compensation for other mentioned causes.
| Citations: | Craton, E. F. (1984). Condyle - paraglenoid ligament: A controversial subject. Today's Chiropractic: Nov/Dec, 46. |
| Craton, E. F. (1985). The actuality of occipital subluxation. Today's Chiropractic: 14 (3), 25-27. | |
| Craton, E. F. (1985). Cranial vertebral junction autopsy. Today's Chiropractic: 14 (4), 29-30. Link | |
| Craton, E. F. (1985). Cranial - vertebral junction autopsy. The Texas Journal of Chiropractic: October, 21-22. Link | |
| Craton, E. F. (1985). Different paths: Manipulations or adjustments. Today's Chiropractic: 14 (5), 104-105. | |
| Craton, E. F. (1986). Nerve signal interference in the cranial vertebral junction. The Digest of Chiropractic Economics: 29 (3), 64-70. | |
| Craton, E. F. (1988). Six basic skeletal postural units. The Digest of Chiropractic Economics: 30 (4), 50-54. | |
| Craton, E. F. (1992). Concerning chiropractic expertise. Philosophical Constructs for the Chiropractic Profession: 2 (1), 37-40. | |
| Craton, E. F. (1993). The error of atlas adjusting [Letter to the editor]. The Texas Journal of Chiropractic: January, 8. |
See also:
Overview
My vision
Philosophy
Human atlas of the axial skeleton
Superior facets of the human atlas
Skull and occipital condyles of the human skeleton
Atlanto-occipital joints proof
Anatomy Textbook Errors
Human axis of the axial skeleton
TCC's Centennial Award
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Newspaper Archive
Introducing new science
History
About the author
This page was first posted on January 9, 2003 and last revised on December 31, 2021.
