Most people going to a chiropractor have some sort of problem. Sometimes those being referred to my office actually relate minor complaints that they would ordinarily ignore because they think that they must have one to be seen by the chiropractor. They are so caught up in the outside-in thinking, they cannot conceive of the idea that chiropractors take care of seemingly healthy people. They have not understood that chiropractic is as much for the healthy person as for those with medical conditions. What are you doing to try to attract asymptomatic people?
not taking a health history, nor asking or talking about health related topics, in other words, staying in focus and being professional while checking and adjusting subluxations.
Hey Joe,
Are they “caught up” or just unaware the ADIO perspective is available? You know, it is not like they have ever been given a choice. I think most have no idea there is any other way, they see a DR as a fixer, only.
I’m to blame for this. I still catch myself saying, “How are you feeling today?” or “How are you today?” to which many people report symptoms or complaints.
I know that I need to get away from this way of greeting people and explain my objective more consistently when symptoms are brought up. The most concise explanation I use to help symptom reporting PM’s understand what I do is that the presence or absence of symptoms have no bearing on the presence or absence of subluxation period. However, most of these discussions become much longer than I anticipate for a regular office visit and start running late. No solutions yet. I guess I need to choose to BE more concise and choose to be more consistent 🙂