Tedd Koren Defends His Position on Teaching KST in Germany My KST (Koren Specific Technique) seminar in Berlin generated some extra interest when Dr. Gerard Clum, President of The World Federation of Chiropractic, accused me of "teaching chiropractic" to "lay people." Those charges are completely incorrect. 1 did not teach lay people and I did not teach chiropractic. KST is an analysis protocol that may be applied to various healing arts including dentistry, homeopathy, optometry, nutrition, allergy elimination as well as chiropractic. In fact, when applied to chiropractic, the results are spectacular. That's how I corrected years of chronic health problems in a few weeks after no chiropractors (or other healers) were able to. When I received the invitation to teach at the Berlin Heilpraktiker (HP or Health Practitioner) post-graduate school, my advisors and i did our routine check on the background of the school and its role in German health care and determined that teaching these individuals KST fit our criteria for advancing the well being of HP patients. (See criteria on my web site, www.teddkorenseminars.com; go to Articles (this matter is in red). We concluded that the regulatory situation in Germany did not warrant canceling the seminar. We also said we are open to any factual information that would cause us to change our minds but, as yet, have received none. (So far, we have received no allegation that teaching this seminar violated any laws.) Here are some key points about the KST Heilpraktiker issue: 1. The HP profession has existed in Germany for about a century. There are 35,000 licensed HP's in a total population of 80 million. There are perhaps a dozen school-trained chiropractors in Germany (there are no chiropractic schools in Germany) who are not licensed HP's. HP's—which included American trained chiropractors who pass the HP exam—are legally licensed to "manipulate" people and are a respected profession. Teaching KST to HP's will save people from being hurt. 2. Nothing in German law prevents American trained chiropractors from practicing their training as long as they pass the HP exam. Let us not forget that DD Palmer was inspired by French and Bavarian (German) "bonesettcrs" and natural healers who shared their work with him in the spirit of helping humanity. I find it ironic that we, as DD's heirs are now telling the Bavarians they can't learn from us. My teaching in Berlin has borne fruit— DCs and HP's are communicating and (hopefully) working together for the betterment of humanity. Already the Berlin school, as a result of this issue, has begun the process of changing its educational standards to better reflect WHO guidelines (they didn't have to do it, but are doing it for better relations with the chiropractic profession). I hope we'll rise above turf wars. The next breakthrough in KST may come from a CCE approved chiropractor, Hei-lpraktikcr, McTimoncy graduate, MD, DO, homeopath, optometrist, dentist, psychologist, psychic or another health care practitioner. Let's hope we remain open to and learn from other professions as we wish for them to remain open to us and that this is done in the spirit of casing the suffering of humanity and furthering the work of repairing the world. TeddKoren, D.C.
