Spizzerinctum
Spizzerinctum is an old word that has been adopted into the Chiropractic vocabulary. Sometimes shortened to Spizz. It is a little used word nowadays, even amongst the Chiropractic Fraternity, there are but a handful that know its meaning or where its origins begin. The meaning of spizzerinctum is enthusiasm for Chiropractic. It was integrated into the Chiropractic profession by the one and only B.J Palmer around the 1920s. Outside of the chiropractic application though, spizzerinctum actually has many varied meanings. It essentially means to have a chutzpah — a backbone. It means to have a vim, a vigilance…. a passion for something, a will to succeed.
B J. Palmer said
If a chiropractor is loaded with spizzerinctum, his adjustments could make a bald man grow hair like a collie dog! You have no chiropractic practice without Spizzerinctum, everything else is just mechanics. Great chiropractors are loaded with Spizz, their magnetic and abundant energy flows through every cell of their being.
I am a Chiropractor FULL of spizzerinctum – but I can’t admit to being capable of helping bald men growing hair.
So What Is Your Spizzerinctum?
What is your get up and go in the morning? Spizz gives your life purpose and direction – when you’ve got spizzerinctum it inspires others around you to find theirs.
It is easy with the daily chores of life not to connect with your spizzerinctum; it gets ground down by the day-to-day stuff. If you don’t have one, find one. Connect with it (or reconnect as it were).
Palmer summed up the power of this word best when he penned an article back in 1918 in his Fountain Head News.
“Spizzerinctum is the thing which makes calves throw up their tails and run like fury, the birds on our lanai sing in split-throat notes, the frogs croak upon the creek bank, the insects buzz and hum in the air, the milkman whistle as he jogs along, the blacksmith laughingly beat the iron into shape, the ploughman urge his horses with a ‘gee-up there,’ the engineer wave a kiss to his sweetheart as he throws up the throttle… the woodman smilingly plunge his axe into the giant tree, the banker and merchant rush to work with a cheery ‘bye-bye,’ the mechanic and labourer fairly dance to their jobs, the soldier ‘go over the top’ with clinched jaws and courage that knows no fear, the life salesman hie to his calls with shoulders squared, pride in his heart, and a nerve a-tingle with anticipation of success. Oh, ‘spizz’ is anything that puts happiness in the head, determination in the heart, energy in the hand, and invisible courage in the will.”
In order to get and stay well, humans, like every other species, must eat, think and interact in ways that our genome requires to express health and vitality.
Science is beginning to confirm what certain wise men have said at different points in history. King David said, "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones." Prov. 17:22. Your mind and mental state can have a profound affect on your physical body.
Studies have shown that focusing on negative thoughts is associated with different types of physical pain, dental pain, and pain-related disability. These studies imply a connection between negative thoughts and health. However, they all relied on subjective measures of health-related variables, and although subjective health measures are reliable indicators of objective health status, having objective tests solidify the evidence base.
So a study looking at immune function was performed this study showed a connection between negative thoughts and the total leukocyte count and total lymphocyte count. Leukocytes and lymphocytes are cells of the immune system involved in defending the body against both infectious diseases.
Connecting with your Spizzerinctum
A great way to connect with your Spizz is time. When you wake in the morning stop and pause to think about what you have to be grateful for regarding your day or life in general. If you do it everyday for 30 days, do you know what will happen automatically when you open your eyes every morning? The first thought in your mind will be Spizzerinctum filled.
Additional Reading
Negative thoughts and health: associations among rumination, immunity, and health care utilization in a young and elderly sample. Thomsen DK, Mehlsen MY, Hokland M, Viidik A, Olesen F, Avlund K, Munk K, Zachariae R. Psychosom Med. 2004 May-Jun;66(3):363-71.
