Posts under ‘Reliability’

Reading through some of the recent Activator blog postings, I was reminded of how important the step-by-step protocol has been to my daily success in resolving a patient’s condition. Thinking back over the past 35 years, I also recalled how instrumental that procedure was while I was studying to be a chiropractor. The chiropractic college [...]

Recently the slogan “The Activator Advantage” resounded loudly as I was taking care of a patient with a unique medical condition. This patient had his urinary bladder removed. In the near future, his physicians were going to use part of his intestine to rebuild his bladder. In the meantime, both ureters were attached to tubing [...]

Am I adjusting or checking too much or too little?  I ask myself this frequently.  I was such a “test junkie” I probably over-adjusted for a period of time in my 29 years of practice.  I have to remind myself how I got great results after my first Activator seminar in 1981 before we even [...]

As a native Minnesotan, I was raised to follow rules.  Rules governed farming, education, and nearly every other aspect of our lives. To be honest, rules gave us comfort and predictability.  We knew that if we adhered to the rules set forth, we would reap positive results (or at least avoid admonishment!). Following the rules [...]

I have had some interesting cases recently in which patients presented to our office for a specific musculoskeletal complaint, and in addition to responding with results for the particular complaint, they experienced improvement in other areas as well.  One such case was a recent patient who presented for neck pain, and by following the Basic [...]

I am blessed to have been in practice as long as I have been, and even more blessed to have discovered the Activator technique.   While being in practice for a long time has been truly a rewarding adventure because I’ve helped so many people, I consider using the Activator technique even more rewarding. Why? [...]

I had a very interesting morning recently at my practice. I have been working with a young mother throughout her third pregnancy. She progressed well until two weeks before her due date. She became more spinally unstable for that two weeks and she was seen more often. As her due date neared, talk of inducing [...]

I know many chiropractors who believe that because their offices are small, formal protection of files and information may be unnecessary.  But consider all the important records you must keep for your patients and your practice, even if you do not have a large staff. These files are critical to your business operation, especially if [...]