After a seminar last week, I started to think about something that he suggested. There were about thirty of us there listening to him and he proposed a question.
"What would you guys have done if I had not come because I was unable to get the plane ride or for whatever reason? Would you have just left? If that's what you were thinking WHY?! You should instead all get in a circle and then call out someone to be in the middle. Then say, 'You have one minute to convince us about Chiropractic'."
This got me thinking about how we would do that in district and zone meetings in the mission. We would have to prepare a 1,5,10,30,45 min presentation of our lessons. Why not do the same with Chiropractic?
Today at church someone asked if there were chiropractic students there. Marsha Marie and I rose our hands. He then asked, "Why are you called alternative medicine?" I froze. So I told him to ask Marsha Marie. WHY COULDN'T I ANSWER SUCH AN EASY QUESTION? I should have been able to handle that.
So the club would have someone get in the center and we'd give them a simple question and give them 1-5 min to give their explanation. There is a club already called, 'Toastmasters' however they are more about giving presentations to a defined group instead of impromptu.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
Adjusting to the New
Life has been pretty crazy the past few weeks. I ended first quarter with five A's and four B's! YAY!! We then went to Utah to bless Kimberly and see tons of family and friends. After that we came home and got right back to work with school.
It certainly has been difficult adjusting to this lifestyle. I have been the Ward Mission Leader now for awhile in my church and that in and of it's self is stressful, but then to know that I am balancing a new baby, with graduate school along with how to pay the bills have been quite tough.
Luckily I have certain activities that help me relax and refocus. I was able to play with my brother and nephew over the internet with a game called Spring. WAY fun as my brother and I dominated the first round, and then got completely destroyed the following. As far as being able to refocus, I was able to listen to a great speaker that came all the way up from San Diego. His name is Dr. Matt Hubbard.
There have been multiple people who have come in and tried to be motivational, but for some reason he has struck me the most. He is dynamic and exciting, but also passionate about what he does (just google "Hard Core Chiropractic" and see it on YouTube). I feel that he has taken the seven habits to heart and is constantly trying to push himself to do better. Those type of people get you excited and you should surround yourself with those type of people.
The biggest thing that I learned was, if you can dream it, you can do it. Don't limit your dreams. Also, if they can do it, I can! I am thinking of interning with him in San Diego and possibly start a CORE in Utah. I want to be a leader in Utah for the chiropractors and educate everyone on how great this is. The great thing is, I know I can do it.
It certainly has been difficult adjusting to this lifestyle. I have been the Ward Mission Leader now for awhile in my church and that in and of it's self is stressful, but then to know that I am balancing a new baby, with graduate school along with how to pay the bills have been quite tough.
Luckily I have certain activities that help me relax and refocus. I was able to play with my brother and nephew over the internet with a game called Spring. WAY fun as my brother and I dominated the first round, and then got completely destroyed the following. As far as being able to refocus, I was able to listen to a great speaker that came all the way up from San Diego. His name is Dr. Matt Hubbard.
There have been multiple people who have come in and tried to be motivational, but for some reason he has struck me the most. He is dynamic and exciting, but also passionate about what he does (just google "Hard Core Chiropractic" and see it on YouTube). I feel that he has taken the seven habits to heart and is constantly trying to push himself to do better. Those type of people get you excited and you should surround yourself with those type of people.
The biggest thing that I learned was, if you can dream it, you can do it. Don't limit your dreams. Also, if they can do it, I can! I am thinking of interning with him in San Diego and possibly start a CORE in Utah. I want to be a leader in Utah for the chiropractors and educate everyone on how great this is. The great thing is, I know I can do it.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Another Philosophy Day
I have become very fond of philosophy as it's where I actually learn about what chiropractic is all about. The science classes that I am taking are great, but it's been really nice to know why chiropractic works.
Today in class we talked about momentum, pre/post tests with objective criteria, retracing back to health.
Momentum is simple. We all understand it when it comes to physics class. If a car is starting to roll, and you stand in front of it to stop it, it'll take force to slow it down, stop it, and then it'll start to roll back. It's the same with dis-ease. When you are dis-eased you start to gain momentum. When you then see the chiropractor to adjust you, then it'll take a bit to slow down that process and then stop the dis-ease. Then you'll start to go back the way you came (to health). That is called retracing. If you aren't back to 100% health, that's ok because now you have momentum going in that direction. If you stopped your visits, you'd still make it to becoming healthy.
The hard thing that I am learning is that many chiropractors will be happy to take credit when something goes right, but when something goes wrong, they call it retracing. It's only retracing if you did an adjustment correctly and they don't have their subluxation anymore.
Dr. Dill told us his story. He was helping out a patient and everything was going well. The patient was getting better, but then Dr. Dill made a mistake. He adjusted her when she didn't quite need it. In the pre and post tests that he used (thermography) he was seeing that she was digressing. It was then that his human error went to ego. He felt that he could fix it. He kept adjusting her, and she kept getting worse. Finally he took his ego out of the picture and said that he wouldn't adjust her for two weeks.
He was still taking the pre tests for the patient, but didn't take any post since he didn't adjust her during those two weeks. Well, she started to get better and at the end of the two weeks, she was great.
It concerns me that chiropractors are not using objective criteria before and after the adjustment to show the patient that they are making progress or not. Going back to the doc taking credit or just saying that you're getting better and pain is part of it, there's more to that.
If you adjust someone and they throw up or have a headache (or anything else adverse) there could be two reasons. If you adjusted them correctly, then you are retracing back to health. However, if you maladjusted them, then it was the doctors fault. The way to prove it is with the post test. This is the reason that chiropractors are scared to do the post test because they don't want to show that they maladjusted someone.
I for one don't want to be one of those doctors
The last item that we talked about was about payment and chiropractic assistants. Dr. Dill brought up a great point that he doesn't have a CA because he wants to know all the patients himself, and you keep all the profits. But the other thing is that he tells the patient up front how long it'll take to fix it, and how much it would cost. Then the patient only has to make the decision once to buy or not to.
Now that I have written that, let me explain. This is how Dr. Dill runs his practice. The first day is the examination to see if he can even except the patient for care. Then the second day they'll come in and he'll explain the findings of the exam and then propose the care plan. He'll explain that it'll take this long which equals out to be this much. We can either take it all up front or through an autopay each month.
At first I wasn't sure if I liked that, but then he explained that you don't want them to have to decide if they need care each time they come in just because of money. You want them to decide once and forget it. You want to be their doctor, not having to worry about them paying for the service. There is more that I would like to explain about this, because I believe that it's really important to figure this out.
Today in class we talked about momentum, pre/post tests with objective criteria, retracing back to health.
Momentum is simple. We all understand it when it comes to physics class. If a car is starting to roll, and you stand in front of it to stop it, it'll take force to slow it down, stop it, and then it'll start to roll back. It's the same with dis-ease. When you are dis-eased you start to gain momentum. When you then see the chiropractor to adjust you, then it'll take a bit to slow down that process and then stop the dis-ease. Then you'll start to go back the way you came (to health). That is called retracing. If you aren't back to 100% health, that's ok because now you have momentum going in that direction. If you stopped your visits, you'd still make it to becoming healthy.
The hard thing that I am learning is that many chiropractors will be happy to take credit when something goes right, but when something goes wrong, they call it retracing. It's only retracing if you did an adjustment correctly and they don't have their subluxation anymore.
Dr. Dill told us his story. He was helping out a patient and everything was going well. The patient was getting better, but then Dr. Dill made a mistake. He adjusted her when she didn't quite need it. In the pre and post tests that he used (thermography) he was seeing that she was digressing. It was then that his human error went to ego. He felt that he could fix it. He kept adjusting her, and she kept getting worse. Finally he took his ego out of the picture and said that he wouldn't adjust her for two weeks.
He was still taking the pre tests for the patient, but didn't take any post since he didn't adjust her during those two weeks. Well, she started to get better and at the end of the two weeks, she was great.
It concerns me that chiropractors are not using objective criteria before and after the adjustment to show the patient that they are making progress or not. Going back to the doc taking credit or just saying that you're getting better and pain is part of it, there's more to that.
If you adjust someone and they throw up or have a headache (or anything else adverse) there could be two reasons. If you adjusted them correctly, then you are retracing back to health. However, if you maladjusted them, then it was the doctors fault. The way to prove it is with the post test. This is the reason that chiropractors are scared to do the post test because they don't want to show that they maladjusted someone.
I for one don't want to be one of those doctors
The last item that we talked about was about payment and chiropractic assistants. Dr. Dill brought up a great point that he doesn't have a CA because he wants to know all the patients himself, and you keep all the profits. But the other thing is that he tells the patient up front how long it'll take to fix it, and how much it would cost. Then the patient only has to make the decision once to buy or not to.
Now that I have written that, let me explain. This is how Dr. Dill runs his practice. The first day is the examination to see if he can even except the patient for care. Then the second day they'll come in and he'll explain the findings of the exam and then propose the care plan. He'll explain that it'll take this long which equals out to be this much. We can either take it all up front or through an autopay each month.
At first I wasn't sure if I liked that, but then he explained that you don't want them to have to decide if they need care each time they come in just because of money. You want them to decide once and forget it. You want to be their doctor, not having to worry about them paying for the service. There is more that I would like to explain about this, because I believe that it's really important to figure this out.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Pre-Chiropractic Clubs
Sometimes we get ideas that we have to act upon because they were given to us for a reason. This was one of them.
While pondering what I should be really doing in the admissions office, I came to the obvious conclusion I am here to help people be admitted. There are many ways to do this, but one danced out in front of me since I had the experience of co-starting the Pre-Chiropractic Club at Utah Valley University. If we can help start, organize, and help these clubs thrive, then we'll not only help bring people to understand chiropractic, but students will be more persuaded to apply first to Life West because of the involvement we had with them in undergrad.
I talked to my boss Shohreh about this idea and she loved it so much that she wanted me to write it up and give it to her so that she could give it to the President of the school (Dr. Clum). This is why I am writing this blog.
The idea is simple, the more we empower undergrads with becoming a chiropractor, the more likely they'll decide to apply at Life Chiropractic College West. There is a clear process to accomplish this task.
While pondering what I should be really doing in the admissions office, I came to the obvious conclusion I am here to help people be admitted. There are many ways to do this, but one danced out in front of me since I had the experience of co-starting the Pre-Chiropractic Club at Utah Valley University. If we can help start, organize, and help these clubs thrive, then we'll not only help bring people to understand chiropractic, but students will be more persuaded to apply first to Life West because of the involvement we had with them in undergrad.
I talked to my boss Shohreh about this idea and she loved it so much that she wanted me to write it up and give it to her so that she could give it to the President of the school (Dr. Clum). This is why I am writing this blog.
The idea is simple, the more we empower undergrads with becoming a chiropractor, the more likely they'll decide to apply at Life Chiropractic College West. There is a clear process to accomplish this task.
- If there is no Pre-Chiropractic Club started at the school, have an incentive (small scholarship) to start one.
- Once the club is started, they would have a workstudy from LCCW help them know how to run the club.
- This workstudy would work in admissions and be their personal contact to ensure that their club would succeed.
- Some ways that they would help them would be: get a list of chiropractors within a 20-50 mile radius, assist them in calling the doctors and interviewing them to see if they are willing to be shadowed, give talks, or support them monetarily or with supplies (ie: posters, skeletons, spines, etc), give a list of all the chiropractic schools in the nation, etc.
- Once they have started calling these doctors then LCCW would send some supplies to the club president to put up in the school to drive more students to know about the club and chiropractic.
- Every year we would then send out a recruiter from LCCW and a student (preferably a Talk the Tic person) to talk with the club and make sure that they are succeeding as a club and help them get donations so that they can come to an Open House.
- We would give them more than the typical recruiter talk because we are mainly wanting to get them excited about chiropractic and not just the school. We would share success stories and maybe an alumni that lives close to them. Also, we would give them a list of technique classes that are offered here and give a short explanation of how each works.
- Any sort of documents or visual aides that we supply to them will all say, "Provided by Life Chiropractic College West", in the bottom corner. This will help them know that we are that constant guide that they can always rely on.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Maximized Living and Limitation of Matter
Last Thursday a couple of student representatives of Maximized Living came in and gave us their sales pitch. They are a coaching program that helps Chiropractors know how to setup/run their business. They seemed very enthusiastic and one could tell they had tasted success already even though they are just starting in clinic.
I was captivated with what they had to offer because it felt that it was inline with what I believed in. They focus on five different things in order to achieve health. They are: Mind, Nervous Supply, Nutrition, Exercise, and Toxins. I am unsure what they say when they talk about mind, but the others have always made sense to me.
It only makes sense that if your spirit can talk perfectly to your body and if your body can talk perfectly to your spirit then you will be able to fix just about any problem you face. This is the idea of Chiropractic that if you remove interferences with the nerves then you can allow for perfect communication. Why doesn't this fix all problems? Because there is a couple of limitations.
Limitation of Doctor - Maybe the doctor doesn't have the science, philosophy or art to fix you.
Limitation of Patient - If the doctor puts you in alignment and you go snowboarding really hard and fall down a few times... quite possibly you just made yourself go out of alignment.
Limitation of Matter - (This is my favorite that nobody talks about much) When the body has an imperfection in the quantity, quality, or arrangement of matter.
For example: if a disease is growing faster than you are able to repair, then you will continue to have that disease. However, if you increase the rate of repair that your body is doing (by whatever means) to the point that it is now faster than the rate of growth of the disease, then your body will eventually be cured.
This is what I believe that people forget about when they are trying to "sell" you on chiropractic. There are multiple things that go into healing your body. Of course you need to make sure your nervous system is working right, but if you only feed it McDonald's are you really going to be healthy? Of course not.
It's important to understand this principle because just because you were just aligned by a chiropractor doesn't mean that you can inject yourself with the black plague and feel that you won't get infected. Even with your body in alignment you still have the limitation of matter.
To help bridge the gap that's between health and disease there are a few more other things you can do to minimize that limitation of matter. That's where nutrition, exercise and detoxifying comes in. You want to give your body the best chance possible to be healthy. These are things that can lower that limitation, but not close it. Genetics can not be changed. If you don't have a stomach, you won't be able to function at 100%.
Sufficient to say that Chiropractors don't heal anyone. All we do is take away the subluxation or misalignment between bones and allow the nervous system to work again. We are doctors of the nervous system, not low back pain doctors or even spinal doctors.
Anyway, the reason that I am bringing all of this up is that I did some research on Maximized Living and saw a few things that I liked and disliked. I am still unsure if I want to join them yet, but I do like a few things about them and I don't like others. I want to see it from a patient's perspective and as a Doctor to see if I would like to join them. I would rather not write down right now the things that I have concerns with because I haven't researched it out enough.
I was captivated with what they had to offer because it felt that it was inline with what I believed in. They focus on five different things in order to achieve health. They are: Mind, Nervous Supply, Nutrition, Exercise, and Toxins. I am unsure what they say when they talk about mind, but the others have always made sense to me.
It only makes sense that if your spirit can talk perfectly to your body and if your body can talk perfectly to your spirit then you will be able to fix just about any problem you face. This is the idea of Chiropractic that if you remove interferences with the nerves then you can allow for perfect communication. Why doesn't this fix all problems? Because there is a couple of limitations.
Limitation of Doctor - Maybe the doctor doesn't have the science, philosophy or art to fix you.
Limitation of Patient - If the doctor puts you in alignment and you go snowboarding really hard and fall down a few times... quite possibly you just made yourself go out of alignment.
Limitation of Matter - (This is my favorite that nobody talks about much) When the body has an imperfection in the quantity, quality, or arrangement of matter.
For example: if a disease is growing faster than you are able to repair, then you will continue to have that disease. However, if you increase the rate of repair that your body is doing (by whatever means) to the point that it is now faster than the rate of growth of the disease, then your body will eventually be cured.
This is what I believe that people forget about when they are trying to "sell" you on chiropractic. There are multiple things that go into healing your body. Of course you need to make sure your nervous system is working right, but if you only feed it McDonald's are you really going to be healthy? Of course not.
It's important to understand this principle because just because you were just aligned by a chiropractor doesn't mean that you can inject yourself with the black plague and feel that you won't get infected. Even with your body in alignment you still have the limitation of matter.
To help bridge the gap that's between health and disease there are a few more other things you can do to minimize that limitation of matter. That's where nutrition, exercise and detoxifying comes in. You want to give your body the best chance possible to be healthy. These are things that can lower that limitation, but not close it. Genetics can not be changed. If you don't have a stomach, you won't be able to function at 100%.
Sufficient to say that Chiropractors don't heal anyone. All we do is take away the subluxation or misalignment between bones and allow the nervous system to work again. We are doctors of the nervous system, not low back pain doctors or even spinal doctors.
Anyway, the reason that I am bringing all of this up is that I did some research on Maximized Living and saw a few things that I liked and disliked. I am still unsure if I want to join them yet, but I do like a few things about them and I don't like others. I want to see it from a patient's perspective and as a Doctor to see if I would like to join them. I would rather not write down right now the things that I have concerns with because I haven't researched it out enough.
Mid Terms
This week has been very hectic as mid terms hit us with full force. Memorizing galore and attempting to understand philosophy has been difficult. However, each time we get to a test, it seems easier than expected. We study hard and expect to get C's or D's on the test, but then while taking it we feel confidence. That is very comforting as that tells me that I have internalized this information and know it without even knowing it. How comforting to me to know that when it's needed, I can pull information out that will help out others. I hope that I continue to see this trend.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Baby Kimberly
This weekend was full of excitement and stress. Mixing grad school mid terms with having a baby is an equation for disaster. Thankfully God sends us angels at these times. People from the ward, school and family have all pitched in to help us out. Even people who don't even know us, would give items like blankets to someone who did know us to give to us. I just find it incredible. I was able to get back to my feet in less than a week.
Kimberly Lynn Beadle came into our lives on Friday Jan 29th, 2010 (4:29am) weighing 6 lbs. 11 oz. at 20 inches. It was a short labor at only 3 hours thanks to a walk around a marina, yoga to open the hips, chiropractic adjustments, and acupressure points. We don't know what made it go so fast, but we are happy that it was that quick. Monica and I actually made a documentary of the whole thing, but it's about 45 min. If you really want to watch it cause you are just dieing to have us tell you the story as if we were with you, then I'll send you the link. (we still haven't uploaded it yet).
I mainly just wanted to write down how grateful I am to people who willingly and selflessly gave us help. I am also so glad that Kimberly is healthy. I love to watcher her eyes look at our world. She is just so cute and I love her so much. It's hard to put her down. I run home from school because I just want to be with her. I hope that I'll be able to continue to be a good dad and support her throughout her life. I am also SO proud of Monica! WOW! She is a trooper! She has not complained to me at all about anything! She is an amazing woman and I am honored to have her by my side. I wouldn't want anyone else.
Kimberly Lynn Beadle came into our lives on Friday Jan 29th, 2010 (4:29am) weighing 6 lbs. 11 oz. at 20 inches. It was a short labor at only 3 hours thanks to a walk around a marina, yoga to open the hips, chiropractic adjustments, and acupressure points. We don't know what made it go so fast, but we are happy that it was that quick. Monica and I actually made a documentary of the whole thing, but it's about 45 min. If you really want to watch it cause you are just dieing to have us tell you the story as if we were with you, then I'll send you the link. (we still haven't uploaded it yet).
I mainly just wanted to write down how grateful I am to people who willingly and selflessly gave us help. I am also so glad that Kimberly is healthy. I love to watcher her eyes look at our world. She is just so cute and I love her so much. It's hard to put her down. I run home from school because I just want to be with her. I hope that I'll be able to continue to be a good dad and support her throughout her life. I am also SO proud of Monica! WOW! She is a trooper! She has not complained to me at all about anything! She is an amazing woman and I am honored to have her by my side. I wouldn't want anyone else.
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