{"id":29488,"date":"2022-01-28T19:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T19:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/?p=29488"},"modified":"2023-09-28T19:25:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T19:25:33","slug":"e-l-crowder-dc-phc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/e-l-crowder-dc-phc\/","title":{"rendered":"E.L. Crowder, DC, PhC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n      \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n              <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/login\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n                  <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n                    <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29488\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/login\/?action=forgot_password\">Forgot Password<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n    \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":29491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[287,43,316,195,330,315,278],"tags":[83,276,337],"comments_count":"0","content_native":[{"type":"core\/heading","render":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chiropractic Legend<\/h2>","content":"Chiropractic Legend","data":[],"style":{"align":"left","parent_style":{},"header":"h2","fontSize":"27px"}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>Elmer L. \u201cBud\u201d Crowder, DC, PhC, FICC, graduated from Palmer Chiropractic College in 1947. This makes him one of the first graduates of the second generation of chiropractors. Crowder earned his PhC in 1961. He taught technique at Palmer in 1964 and was eventually named director of student services and student clinics. In 1971, he was named vice president of development of Palmer College.<br><\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"Elmer L. \u201cBud\u201d Crowder, DC, PhC, FICC, graduated from Palmer Chiropractic College in 1947. This makes him one of the first graduates of the second generation of chiropractors. Crowder earned his PhC in 1961. He taught technique at Palmer in 1964 and was eventually named director of student services and student clinics. In 1971, he was named vice president of development of Palmer College.<br>"}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>Crowder was well known for his private practice and his intern program. Thousands of interned sat at his feet and learned. Crowder died on July 15, 2002 at age 82.<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"Crowder was well known for his private practice and his intern program. Thousands of interned sat at his feet and learned. Crowder died on July 15, 2002 at age 82."}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/image","render":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1075097-3761862.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Crowder-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:159px;height:397px\" width=\"159\" height=\"397\"\/><\/figure>","content":"https:\/\/wordpress-1075097-3761862.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Crowder-portrait.jpg","data":{"src":"https:\/\/wordpress-1075097-3761862.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Crowder-portrait.jpg"},"style":{"width":159,"height":397,"align":"left","parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>\u201cIn 45 years of Chiropractic practice, teaching, administration and directing the BJ Palmer Chiropractic Research Clinic I have never found a flaw in the principles.\u201d \u2013 EL \u201cBud\u201d Crowder, DC, PhC<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"\u201cIn 45 years of Chiropractic practice, teaching, administration and directing the BJ Palmer Chiropractic Research Clinic I have never found a flaw in the principles.\u201d \u2013 EL \u201cBud\u201d Crowder, DC, PhC"}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/heading","render":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some of Crowder\u2019s Writings<\/h3>","content":"Some of Crowder\u2019s Writings","data":[],"style":{"align":"left","parent_style":{},"header":"h3","fontSize":"21px"}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/pdfviewer\/accommodating-crowder\/\">Accommodating Without Compromise<\/a><\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/pdfviewer\/accommodating-crowder\/\">Accommodating Without Compromise<\/a><\/p>"}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{},"fontSize":"20px"}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/pdfviewer\/where-crowder\/\">Where Is Chiropractic Headed?<\/a><\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/pdfviewer\/where-crowder\/\">Where Is Chiropractic Headed?<\/a><\/p>"}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{},"fontSize":"20px"}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/pdfviewer\/crowder-stand-for-something\/\">Stand for Something<\/a><\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/pdfviewer\/crowder-stand-for-something\/\">Stand for Something<\/a><\/p>"}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{},"fontSize":"20px"}},{"type":"core\/image","render":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1075097-3761862.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Bud-Crowder-scan-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>","content":"https:\/\/wordpress-1075097-3761862.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Bud-Crowder-scan-300x225.jpg","data":{"src":"https:\/\/wordpress-1075097-3761862.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Bud-Crowder-scan-300x225.jpg"},"style":{"width":300,"height":225,"align":"left","parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Even as it Burns, Chiropractic is Reborn<\/strong><\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Even as it Burns, Chiropractic is Reborn<\/strong><\/p>"}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{},"fontSize":"20px"}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>The fiery conflagration in Yellowstone Park is like our own in chiropractic. With both we might say \u201cso what is new?\u201d; fire is not new to Yellowstone nor is conflict new to chiropractic.<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"The fiery conflagration in Yellowstone Park is like our own in chiropractic. With both we might say \u201cso what is new?\u201d; fire is not new to Yellowstone nor is conflict new to chiropractic."}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p><em>As <\/em>I read a recent editorial in the Wall Street Journal I was struck <em>by <\/em>the similarities of the Yellowstone fire and our own ICA-ACA dilemma. Past, present and future are affected. The past may be destroyed, the present is chaotic and the future will need strong leadership.<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"<em>As <\/em>I read a recent editorial in the Wall Street Journal I was struck <em>by <\/em>the similarities of the Yellowstone fire and our own ICA-ACA dilemma. Past, present and future are affected. The past may be destroyed, the present is chaotic and the future will need strong leadership."}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>Unity is the question, not merger. Those recent figures of 56% or 95%, or whatever, represent a long wish for unity but not at the expense of our chiropractic premise. The conditions now separating lCA and ACA are the same reasons they should stay apart At least until those issues are truly resolved.<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"Unity is the question, not merger. Those recent figures of 56% or 95%, or whatever, represent a long wish for unity but not at the expense of our chiropractic premise. The conditions now separating lCA and ACA are the same reasons they should stay apart At least until those issues are truly resolved."}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>Nature has her way of rebuilding a ravaged forest, the reproductive pans of plants are safely underground ready to grow when the fire stops. Certain pines need fire to burst open their cones and release the seeds. After a fire, the nutrient rich earth sprouts new life with a speed the shade of its former vegetation would never have allowed.<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"Nature has her way of rebuilding a ravaged forest, the reproductive pans of plants are safely underground ready to grow when the fire stops. Certain pines need fire to burst open their cones and release the seeds. After a fire, the nutrient rich earth sprouts new life with a speed the shade of its former vegetation would never have allowed."}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>So it is with chiropractic, the successes have overshadowed our roots and prevented the principles of our profession from flourishing. Do you concur with me that chiropractic philosophy is losing ground? Our philosopl1ical roots are deep, they will re-emerge because they are our chiropractic conscience. I\u2019m convinced when push comes to shove our good will prevail.<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"So it is with chiropractic, the successes have overshadowed our roots and prevented the principles of our profession from flourishing. Do you concur with me that chiropractic philosophy is losing ground? Our philosopl1ical roots are deep, they will re-emerge because they are our chiropractic conscience. I\u2019m convinced when push comes to shove our good will prevail."}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>Biologists report elk seem to like the burned out areas because new growth begins sprouting almost as soon as the fire is out. <em>As <\/em>elk find a fresh source of food so will most chiropractors find sustenance and security in their roots. All of chiropractic, not just ICA and ACA, is struggling to restructure an ossified policy. We have lost sight of those very dynamics which gave us birth and should give us dignity. Even our unique excitement was given a novel work \u201cSpizzerinctum\u201d with a very special meaning. As a health care profession, we have stood the test of time. As humans, however, we seem very normal-bicker-bicker-bicker.<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"Biologists report elk seem to like the burned out areas because new growth begins sprouting almost as soon as the fire is out. <em>As <\/em>elk find a fresh source of food so will most chiropractors find sustenance and security in their roots. All of chiropractic, not just ICA and ACA, is struggling to restructure an ossified policy. We have lost sight of those very dynamics which gave us birth and should give us dignity. Even our unique excitement was given a novel work \u201cSpizzerinctum\u201d with a very special meaning. As a health care profession, we have stood the test of time. As humans, however, we seem very normal-bicker-bicker-bicker."}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>In recent times the superpower confrontation between ICA and ACA has become less disguised and less dignified; the principles, the genesis of our existence is being challenged and is at risk. Change the name-to something more acceptable to the scientific community! Derry the chiropractic subluxation- it\u2019s different from the medical subluxation! Avoid our special litany because it isn\u2019t found in medical dictionaries. Once lost, history may not remember it ever existed.<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"In recent times the superpower confrontation between ICA and ACA has become less disguised and less dignified; the principles, the genesis of our existence is being challenged and is at risk. Change the name-to something more acceptable to the scientific community! Derry the chiropractic subluxation- it\u2019s different from the medical subluxation! Avoid our special litany because it isn\u2019t found in medical dictionaries. Once lost, history may not remember it ever existed."}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>Standard of care is hazy. By some yardsticks there is only an obscure difference between quality chiropractic care and quality medical care. Medical physiatrists claim chiropractic procedures as chiropractors claim medical procedures. ln truth, quality of service is sacrificed for quantity of service and the patient suffers. But fees for service continue to climb at a justifiably criticized rate. Perhaps, the professional economy reflects today\u2019s economic indices. However, the results are far reaching in consideration of our chiropractic credibility.<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"Standard of care is hazy. By some yardsticks there is only an obscure difference between quality chiropractic care and quality medical care. Medical physiatrists claim chiropractic procedures as chiropractors claim medical procedures. ln truth, quality of service is sacrificed for quantity of service and the patient suffers. But fees for service continue to climb at a justifiably criticized rate. Perhaps, the professional economy reflects today\u2019s economic indices. However, the results are far reaching in consideration of our chiropractic credibility."}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>In fact, examine the curricular offerings of our colleges for ethical emphasis and it\u2019s easy to see why entrepreneurs do so well in practice management. The colleges and teachers are role models, good or bad, giving direction and incentive to the students. <em>l <\/em>believe our colleges must learn to act differently. They need the skills and abilities to constantly challenge students and alumni to have knowledge, talent and pride in the practice of chiropractic principles. Chiropractic philosophy is in decline; its rejuvenation is in the hands of the teachers. Intellectual curiosity is at a premium in every discipline. Only very special people with very special minds pursue research. Meaningful chiropractic research has many offerings but few takers, perhaps because this field is so new and the frontiers so fresh. The ordinary scientist will pursue basic research, it\u2019s acceptable and a pattern is in place. What do you research to advance the pool of chiropractic knowledge? The question doesn\u2019t trouble me, for example; it has been speculated that dead or decerebrate mammals (including homo sapiens) demonstrate generic ordinary efferent nerve impulses but the efferent impulses are special and unique in the living. BJ. Palmer labeled this living efferent nerve energy as mental impulses. Curious that some inquisitive intellect has not pursued BJ's allegation. There\u2019s no need to copy the medical research design and philosophy. Where is our chiropractic mentality?<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"In fact, examine the curricular offerings of our colleges for ethical emphasis and it\u2019s easy to see why entrepreneurs do so well in practice management. The colleges and teachers are role models, good or bad, giving direction and incentive to the students. <em>l <\/em>believe our colleges must learn to act differently. They need the skills and abilities to constantly challenge students and alumni to have knowledge, talent and pride in the practice of chiropractic principles. Chiropractic philosophy is in decline; its rejuvenation is in the hands of the teachers. Intellectual curiosity is at a premium in every discipline. Only very special people with very special minds pursue research. Meaningful chiropractic research has many offerings but few takers, perhaps because this field is so new and the frontiers so fresh. The ordinary scientist will pursue basic research, it\u2019s acceptable and a pattern is in place. What do you research to advance the pool of chiropractic knowledge? The question doesn\u2019t trouble me, for example; it has been speculated that dead or decerebrate mammals (including homo sapiens) demonstrate generic ordinary efferent nerve impulses but the efferent impulses are special and unique in the living. BJ. Palmer labeled this living efferent nerve energy as mental impulses. Curious that some inquisitive intellect has not pursued BJ's allegation. There\u2019s no need to copy the medical research design and philosophy. Where is our chiropractic mentality?"}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>Techniques and technology are dangerously close to causing a paralysis in our profession. They must be better managed. <em>As <\/em>the fire dies down, and it surely will, we must be ready for the future.<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"Techniques and technology are dangerously close to causing a paralysis in our profession. They must be better managed. <em>As <\/em>the fire dies down, and it surely will, we must be ready for the future."}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>What will be needed is a well-defined declaration of intent to answer the question, \u201cWhere are we going?\u201d Then give that declaration a value set so we know how to get there.<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"What will be needed is a well-defined declaration of intent to answer the question, \u201cWhere are we going?\u201d Then give that declaration a value set so we know how to get there."}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>During the last decade, chiropractors have fared very well economically (perhaps too well). The greatest challenge of the decade is likely to be survival of the chiropractic precepts.<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"During the last decade, chiropractors have fared very well economically (perhaps too well). The greatest challenge of the decade is likely to be survival of the chiropractic precepts."}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>Our colleges are role models teaching values and patterns of behavior. As students are taught today, so will they practice. We are the stuff of tomorrow\u2019s history.<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"Our colleges are role models teaching values and patterns of behavior. As students are taught today, so will they practice. We are the stuff of tomorrow\u2019s history."}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>*ICA Review<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"*ICA Review"}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>ICA and ACA are agnostics believing they are divinely inspired.<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"ICA and ACA are agnostics believing they are divinely inspired."}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29488"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29496,"href":"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29488\/revisions\/29496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}