Thursday, September 27, 2012

Stand Tall

I have always had respect for chiropractors and their approach to healing,using natural remedies instead of poisoning the body with chemicals. After finding out how they cleverly solved their licensing dilemma and legitimized their place in the medical community my respect has grown as it was quite ingenious.
At a chiropractors convention in Chicago,May 1956 they held a beauty contest. It wasn't an ordinary pageant,the contestants were not only judged by their apparent beauty,but also their posture and X-rays. Each girl also had to stand on a pair of scales,one foot on each scale. The winning trio registered exactly half her weight on each scale,confirming the correct standing posture. Posture contests date to the 1920's but became popular in the 50's and 60's.
Contestants (from left) Marianne Baba, Lois Conway and Ruth Swenson pose with trophies and their X-rays.How straight is her spine? A chiropractor uses a plumb bob to find out. Across the room another contestant straddles two scales so chiropractors can evaluate her posture.

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