Extraordinarily Ordinary<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
What I used to do as a chiropractor<\/p>\n
seemed like an ordinary mechanical action.<\/p>\n
Something or things were out of place,<\/p>\n
put them back where they should be.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Sometimes I heard medical doctors speak<\/p>\n
disparagingly at what we did and say that<\/p>\n
the laying on of hands might have some effect<\/p>\n
as if the rest meant nothing.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
When I started practice I thought my technique<\/p>\n
was ninety percent of what I did and was very<\/p>\n
diligent at being the best that I could be.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Lessons came flooding in the first few years.<\/p>\n
The time I really wanted someone with sciatica<\/p>\n
to get better and started getting sciatica myself.<\/p>\n
The lesson was to do my best but not be attached<\/p>\n
to the results, not take it on.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
There were the many times I was getting behind on<\/p>\n
my schedule but had to realize that what I did was too<\/p>\n
important to rush. And old Amish saying always popped<\/p>\n
(pun intended) into my mind in those times, \u201cThe faster<\/p>\n
I go the behinder I get.\u201d So I slowed down to speed up.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
One time I came to treat a patient after I had an upsetting phone<\/p>\n
discussion with an insurance person about a different<\/p>\n
patient. She said to me, \u201cWhat did I do?\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The time I was frustrated by a patient who wasn\u2019t getting better<\/p>\n
and asked her if she really wanted to get better. She said yes but the<\/p>\n
next time in admitted she looked inward and agreed that she really<\/p>\n
didn\u2019t want to\u2026and then started getting better.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Not everyone got better, but I can now say with certainty<\/p>\n
that I tried my best with every patient I ever treated. And the<\/p>\n
ninety percent technique that I started out thinking the case,<\/p>\n
became fifty one percent intent by the time I retired.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I learned that caring is the heart of this life<\/p>\n
and I\u2019ve learned that carries over to everything.<\/p>\n
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