Investigation is a natural state for chiropractors. Our work tests our curiosity and inquisitiveness about the world and invokes an intense wonder about the functioning of natural processes. Chiropractors are willing to think outside the box – to go against conventional thought and group think.
Chiropractic is a disruptive movement that questions everything. It’s not a vocation, it’s a lifestyle that sees the world in unique ways.
Not willing to suffer the status quo, chiropractors have a preference for the observational based discovery process of deductive thinking and potentiality thinking. Possibilities for humanity’s future are a chief concern for chiropractors who are not willing to just deal with the crisis at hand but rather consider the ramifications of their actions into the future.
A key driver of this disruptiveness is found in the process of investigation.
With this forward thinking it is also necessary to drill down, through a process of critical thinking on the things that matter. It’s not enough for a true chiropractor to be just a therapist and just focus on the offending part, region or symptomatic expression.
It’s inevitable that chiropractors who have embraced the immensity of chiropractic to clinically investigate such things as:
- The specific coupling phenomena and compensation patterns of tensegrity of the spine and the articulations of the kinetic chain.
- Understand the implications of tone and tension of the soft and supportive tissues of the body including organ distortion, fascial, meningeal and neural tension.
- Be aware of the afferent effects of the visceral reflex arcs.
- Explore the various cause/effect relationships and associations with the subluxation complex including thoughts and toxins along with trauma.
Every time you engage with a Practice Member be the inquisitive investigator. Make sure that once you have set your vision and intent for the person you are with then:
- Be curious
- Be sceptical
- Be defined
- Be specific
- Be questioning
- Be present
- Be better than last time
Remember, burnout happens when you cease to be curious, cease to discover and cease to investigate.
So, constantly track on your people with your investigation ‘hat’ on. There is so much value hidden within every person who you care for so suck the juice out of your time in practice.
Mark
