Take the time to analyze your patients. Do a good consultation and a chiropractic exam, determine if they are even a candidate for chiropractic care, then decide on a plan of action. Don’t jump to a treatment based on symptoms only.
Author: drdabalos
Commit now
When you’re at the beginning of a new quarter (or trimester) your schedule can be lighter. Now is the time to commit to the activities that will make you a better chiropractor once you graduate: technique clubs, seminars, shadowing offices. Commit now to those activities and make them non-negotiable.
Don’t wrestle with pigs
When you run into trolls who want to start an argument – just walk away. Spend your time with those who genuinely want to learn, not with those who just want to get a rise out of you.
Can you control compliance?
Understand what is in your control and what isn’t. Do what you can, and empower the patient to make their own decisions.
Practice Name: Important?
Is the name of your practice important? Not as much as you might think. There are other things that are much more important to your success in practice. Here’s how the name of your practice fits into your success plan.
My Rant at CE 2016
Venting my frustration with the average chiropractor out there. Most of us are inspired and excited about chiropractic while in school, but some lose their fire and need to be reminded at seminars. Don’t be like them. Keep your fire burning!
Technique is not enough – (and book recommendation)
Being a good technician is only one part of being a successful real-world chiropractor. Keep improving your technique, but start learning the other aspects of running a business.
Recommended books:
The E-Myth Revisited
The E-Myth Physician
When practice stress is overwhelming
When stress in practice becomes overwhelming, some chiropractors check out. Please understand what pressures there are out there in the real world – and if you’re already feeling the pressure in practice, please reach out to someone who can help. You’re not alone.
Don’t bring your baggage to the office
Your patients are looking to you for healing and support. And you need to give that to them, even if your world is falling apart around you. When possible – you need to check your baggage at the door and show up as the doctor and the healer in the office.
Know when to ditch the script
Scripts aren’t bad – they just don’t apply to every patient in every clinic in every situation. Any parrot can repeat a script, but being a real doctor requires you to know when to ditch the script and meet the patient where they are.