Archive for the ‘Value of Chiropractic’ Category

What’s your reality?

Oddly enough, I’ve encountered two situations in the past week to put a fire under my butt so to speak and I want to see if it does the same for you.

One  was a three year old child where the pediatrician discussed putting tubes in the ears.  She has frequent colds and ear infections with antibiotics prescribed each time.

How is it that the mother sees a DC herself, yet that doctor never mentioned checking the child? When the mother asked if she could have her child checked, the DC told her she does not see children and did not give a referral for a DC that did see children.

Another was a child with bedwetting problems……….for the past 9 years.  The mother was told that it was a hereditary condition and the child needs to be on medication for it.  By the way, the family members who had a similar condition that made this “hereditary” were a cousin and an uncle.

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The chameleon chiropractor?

When I went to Life College, Dr. Sid has us memorize the definition of a subluxation word for word.  The philosophy of chiropractic was what we lived.

It’s unbelievable to look at the bumpy road our profession has taken since the beginning.  How many beatings will we take?  What will it take to motivate our colleagues join together to preserve the foundation our profession was founded on? Or is it that we’re so complacent that we no longer care what happens to chiropractic?  Are we going to turn into chameleons that blend in with the rest of the “doctors”?  Will we no longer be separate and distinct?  Is our fate that of the osteopath?  Will we disappear all together?

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Adversity ~ are you a conqueror?

Getting back to Cottrell’s Monday  Morning Choices, this week is on adversity. How do you handle a crisis?  Do you face it head on and do whatever is necessary to succeed and make it through?  Or do you cower back and curl up in a dark corner in the fetal position until it passes?

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Can you save lives?

I wrote an email the other day to the clients in my division & I was talking about how we chiropractors need to extend a hand to fellow DCs.  I’ve discussed this some in the past, but again this is something to revisit.  Our profession is treading water and someone needs to send out the lifeboat before chiropractic sinks.  Will you be a casualty or a survivor?  Will you save others?

Traditionally, chiropractic (from my experience) has been a cut-throat, survival of the fittest profession.  And unless you practice in rose colored glass-ville, maybe yours is the same.  What’s the guy down the street doing?  How can I outsmart him and get the patients before he does? Or……. I know he’s struggling and ready to close his doors.  Maybe I can get his patient files when he goes out of business.

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Does your attitude need an adjustment?

Are you a glass half empty or glass half full type of person?  I discussed this some in my blog on perspective.  This needs to be revisited as it is one of Cottrell’s choices and also something we need to hear repeatedly.

I just watched Creflo Dollar the other night & he was talking about having a spirit of fear.  This is not just fear itself, but also includes doubt.  He says that fear or doubt paralyzes faith and faith paralyzes fear.  So, if you pray as a result of having fear or doubt that your practice will not survive, your prayers will not be heard.  If you have confidence in the Word of God and stand on that truth, HE will supply all your needs and there will be no room for fear/doubt.  As a result, your prayers will be heard.

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Committed to Chiropractic?

Well, did you miss me?  I apologize for missing last week but life “happens” to even me! And yes, I know it’s a Tuesday and it’s the afternoon for that matter.  I’ll get better!

I’m going to pick up where I left off w/ Cottrell.  Choice # 2 is The Committment Choice…..be passionate enough to succeed.

When you first graduated from chiropractic school, you were on fire.  Your commitment level was 110% to make your community healthy and have a $40k per month practice.  You did whatever it took to grow your practice.  But a few years later, something changed.  What happened?  The fire fizzled.  You’re content at twenty.

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Need help in your chiropractic practice?

I’m hoping you read the last blog about the chiropractor that lost all hope and the state of our profession.  I know today was supposed to be on character, but we’ll do that next time.  I wanted to let everyone know about a special opportunity available on a first come first served basis.

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Chiropractors ~ Are you disgusted YET?

This is more important than my “character” discussion, but I guess it also comes into play here.   I just heard devastating news about a chiropractor that committed suicide!  He left behind five children with one on the way.  How bad was his outlook that he felt his only option was to end his life??  How long did it take until he finally lost all hope?  I can’t imagine what he must have been going through and my prayers go out to his family that was left behind.

Does this send a jolt to your system?  Do you get a shiver up your spine?   Are you disgusted?  Will something like this wake us up?

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Chiropractic ~ disappearing act?

Hello all ~

I am passing along some VERY IMPORTANT information for the chiropractic profession.  This is from Dr. Matthew McCoy, the editor of the Journal of Pediatric, Maternal and Family health.  If you care at all about our profession and its future, please read on.

“In what will no doubt become a major historical event in the history of the chiropractic profession the United Kingdom’s General Chiropractic Council has declared that there is no research to support the vertebral subluxation as a cause of health concerns.

Some are heralding it as the death of the subluxation.

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Are you leaving a chiropractic legacy?

I know I said this time we’d get into mission statements, but I’ve had a change of heart.  I was looking at some video of our kids that was taken a couple of years ago & it got me thinking about what kind of legacy will I leave for my kids.  Have you considered this?  What kind of example do you set – whether you have children or not?

I’m sure many of us weren’t raised in ideal situations.  I’m talking about the fairytale family, like what the Cleavers used to portray (or if you grew up in the 70′s-80′s like me – - maybe the Cunningham family!).

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