Chiropractic Safety Pin Cycle
May 11th, 2010 by angiemeyerdc | Filed under Chiropractic Coaching, Chiropractic Practice Management, communication.Do you remember the Chiropractic Safety Pin Cycle from philosophy class 101? You know, Brain Cell (B.C.) has efferent transmission to Tissue Cell (T.C) and it has afferent transmission back to brain cell? If not, I’ve included a diagram from The Chiropractic Textbook by R.W. Stephenson from 1927. (If you don’t own it, I highly recommend it)!
However, when it comes to most chiropractor’s communication, they usually have a monologue or just the ‘efferent’ part of transmission, telling people their chiropractic story and wonder why they don’t stay, pay and refer? Why don’t people ‘GET IT’?
With our Rosen Coaching clients and group coaching programs, we look at our communication from both the efferent and afferent sides. As a profession, what if we could communicate in a way that was more congruent (inside-out) by asking questions and getting their input, as opposed to outside-in education?
How most of us communicate is merely the ‘efferent’ part, we never check in with the person and say, “Just to make sure we’re on the same page, what do you get so far?” We never ask them questions, we just tell people what we think and leave it at that. Our profession doesn’t, as a rule, close the safety pin cycle of our communication. No wonder we’re not shifting consciousness yet… It’s time we closed the safety pin on every communication we have! It’s time people really understood what we have to offer them and it’s time for chiropractors to start leading the wellness revolution, becoming the recognized leaders of true health care!
Tags: Chiropractic Coach, Chiropractic Coaching, Chiropractic Practice Management, Chiropractic Practice Success, communication, Leadership, rosen coaching, Safety Pin Cycle
I love this post Angie because it’s so true! Many times I felt that I have told the perfect chiropractic story, drawing on BJ’s eloquent references of winging the birds to finning the fish, only to look up at kind nods or blank stares. So frustrating! But hearing the chiropractic story from a patient’s mouth makes taking those extra few seconds to ask the right question more than worth while. Thanks for a great reminder!
chiropractor is one of the most greatest discovery, because it can heal you without surgery or taking medicine.
It’s time people really understood what we have to offer them and it’s time for chiropractors to start leading the wellness revolution, becoming the recognized leaders of true health care!–Hooray for that!
The diagram flow gives a clear explanation on what this pin cycle really is. Communication and Chiropractic. Both goes well.
Can anyone recommend a website with information like this? Good chiropractic philosophy backed up by scientific validation?
Please checkout Dr. James Chestnut’s Book, The 14 Foundational Premises for the Scientific and Philosophical Validation of the Chiropractic Wellness Paradigm. It’s an excellent, well-referenced and logical resource! http://www.thewellnesspractice.com/products/14_foundational_premises.cfm