Dr. De Jarnette used the word “Technic” in the title of all of his Sacro Occipital Technic books. He used the word “Technique” in the title of his cranial and CMRT books and to describe most of the individual procedures in the Sacro Occipital Technic books.

Remember that Dr. De Jarnette was an engineer before he was a chiropractor. And in engineering, the words have specifically different meanings.

“Technic” is a set of procedures that can be done by anyone and applies to all situations. “Technique” implies an individuals’ use of his own skill, knowledge and judgment, resulting in a slight variation of what he learned as a “Technic” that works for him.

“Technic” is never used in describing Chiropractic Craniopathy or Chiropractic Manipulative Reflex Technique. That is because they are an art more than a science and so are done by the individual doctor in their own manner. They really cannot be taught as a “Technic”. There are too many variables.

I insist on using the terms as Dr. De Jarnette used them, not because Dr. De Jarnette wrote it that way, but because it is the only correct use of the two terms.

I express my gratitude to Doctors Skip Saderlund, Ned Heese and Dave Beltakis for their contributions to my understanding of the difference of these terms.

David Rozeboom DC, CC