Sigtalks: Sigafoose The Chiropractic Philosophy

This is part II from last weeks show "Is Chiropractic A Religion." I had to share another part of this episode, because the lesson it teaches is so important. Are you an out of the pocket type of guy or more like me, a 15 years in practice and I finally get it type of guy? This episodes explores many different topic, from how you graduate, to politics, to vaccinations. There is so much to digest that I think you will have to listen to it over and over. Dr. Carey

The age old question, "Is chiropractic a religion?" If D.D. had his way it would have been, but thank goodness that B.J. saw it differently.  Now does it have some similarities to religion? Yes. But so does my affection towards cookies, but that does not make me worship at the temple of the oatmeal cookie. There is so much more to this episode then to just dwell on the the title, so have a listen for yourself and if you have read this far, please share this on your social media platforms and comment. Is what we do a religion? Dr. Carey

Do you change your story from patient to patient depending on what aches and pains they are complaining about?  Or due you stick to the chiropractic story! Do your remain consistent and persistent. That is the one tiny detail that I got from this episode, which is filled with so many more gems to educate us and teach us what, The Philosophy, of chiropractic is.

How many people do we never help, because we never took the time to tell them what chiropractic is? How many people are out there grasping at straws and relying on medicine to save them, when all it is doing is covering up the symptoms and killing them slowly? How many people could we save, by just telling them about chiropractic, but we don't, because we are afraid that they will not believe us or worse. I honestly don't know what the worse is, but I am certain all of you could add to that statement. Have a listen to this weeks episode and then in the comments, tell us all your reason for not telling people what chiropractic is. I love you because you all love the things I love! Dr. Carey

So what did everyone do over Christmas? I finally go to dig back through my box of Dad's audios and I came across the 12 tapes a year program. The good news is, is that I saved a year of them, the bad news is the first 12 and the last 12 were lost. So what I did was rename them "The Legend Lives On," and put them on Sigafoose.com as a box set of 12. The clip that I entitled "Sigafoose the P.T. Barnum of Chiropractic" is just one of approximately 12 hours of PURE chiropractic philosophy. It is only fit that this be the first episode of 2018, the year of standing up and screaming from the top of my lungs, "I Am A Chiropractor!"  Are you selling yourself and your personality? You should be! Dr. Carey

For this episode, I had to enlist the help of one of the best chiropractors, consultants and speakers I know, Dr. Pam Jarboe of ChiroBloom.  I had the fortune of speaking on the same platform with her this past year at ChiroEurope and within moments, a lifelong friendship had formed. On this episode, Dr. Pam helps me dig into what Dr. James Sigafoose is speaking about, when he talks about "Practice Building." Dr. Pamela Jarboe practices chiropractic with her husband, Dr. Stephen Jarboe. She began her chiropractic career working as an assistant for a chiropractor in 1986. She traveled into Harlem, NY with her boss; adjusting children who were drug addicted, had AIDS or were abandoned as babies. Inspired by the many changes she witnessed in this practice, especially in herself, she decided to switch from her writing education and attend Life Chiropractic University, graduating as a Doctor of Chiropractic in 1995. Her goal is to support you in creating the practice and life you dreamed of. To create a thoughtful

Have your listened to a speaker or an audio recording where the presenter has left your head spinning? Well today my sister Veronique and her husband Nick and I listened to my fathers consultation call we called "The Law."  In this episode he talks about the Law Of Life and how this relates to how we produce a product, much the same way an orange tree produces fruit. Not only that, but how we must not be concerned about the outcome of what we do and only focus on the source of the supply. Innate is the source and and what we do is our supply. As long as we can be connected to that source, we will have a never ending supply. Deep, so deep I think you will have to listen to this over and over. Love, Dr. Carey

"Here It Is," wraps up one of my fathers best consultation calls ever, in my opinion. Here we see how selling yourself is not just about who you are or how you dress, it is about how simple you make it for your patients to understand what it is we do. I firmly believe that the best way to grow your practice is by internal referrals, via your patients. The more simple the story you tell them the easier it is for them to tell it to their friends and family and that my friend is how you get GREAT referrals. I would like to also state that today starts our Black Friday event on Sigafoose.com,From NOW till Monday, you can get all of my fathers doctor and patient education material for $2000. If bought separately it would be over $15,000 and if you did our regular membership of $99 per month you would spend over $3600. So don't miss out on the chance to be taught by one of the Greatest Chiropractic Philosophers who ever graced our profession. Thanks For Listening, Dr. Carey

When you adjust, what is your consciousness? What is your state of mind? What is your intent? Are you adjusting to just move the bone, or is it to reconnect your patients innate to Universal Intelligence and hence reconnecting the invisible to the visible? I truly feel the concept of, "if you can see it you can have it," also applies to seeing health flow through your patients. If you can see the health in your patient then they can have it. What is your Consciousness when you make that thrust? Love, Dr. Carey

How do you sell yourself? Are you being you, or are you being who everyone thinks you should be? As Dr. Sigafoose says, "Don't be a freak, but be who you are." You have to stand out in the crowd to get noticed, but when you do, you have to deliver your message, in a way that is true to you and to the message itself. Love, Dr. Carey

I am not meant to understand everything, I am not meant to know how or why something works or happens. That does not mean that I have not seen how things can come to someone from the invisible to the visible. In fact I have not only seen it in my own life, but in others as well. In this episode, Dr. James Sigafoose, covers the concept of, "If you can see it you can have it." PLUS, a whole lot of other things that I am still trying to make sense of at the moment. I highly suggest that you book mark this episode, and every time you feel that you are slipping in practice or in life, come back to it and listen to it again so you can get back on track. Lots Of Love, Dr. Carey

Are you doing in office workshops to further educate your patients on what we do as chiropractors?  In this episode, we listen to a clip of Dr. James Sigafoose's, "doctor education video," designed to help doctors learn how to use his flip chart, now a powerpoint presentation, in the office.  This entire program is now available on Sigafoose.com, but even if you do not use it in your office with your patients, this is an excellent tool for you to use to educate yourself and your staff on what CHIROPRACTIC is and why it is so important to be under chiropractic care. Love yea, Dr. Carey

Have you ever thought about someone and then they call? How about when you think about a patient that has not been in for a while and then they show up at the office on the same day.  This is what my father and BJ called the "Law." If you open yourself up to the universe around you, you will be amazed at what it is trying to tell you and how it is trying to help you as well. Just do yourself a favor and make sure the back of the house, YOU, are clear and organized so that when what you ask for starts to present itself, you are ready to receive it. Lot Of Love, Dr. Carey

You got me! Yes, I love to use a play on words when I title the episodes, and this week is no exception. If you get it, leave me a note, either on the Facebook page or at SigTalks.com underneath the episode.  This episode has been a long time coming, and to be honest, I was not ready to listen to it 3 years ago, but now I can listen and I can learn from it, even though I have different thoughts on religion then my father, the information and the way I interpret it, make complete and utter sense to me now. So have a listen and let me know what you get out of it this week? Dr. Carey

Hello Netherlands! So here is our first episode made here in our new home of the Netherlands. I picked this episode, because it is where I am at the moment.  You see I moved here to work with my friend, Dr. Matt Schaer, and the only place to start, when you start in a new office, is from the beginning. So that is why education of ones self, as well as ones patients, is the most important job we have as CHIROPRACTORS!  In this episode you will hear, Dr. James Sigafoose, talk about why an educated patient is a patient for LIFE. Now, don't get me wrong, he talks about a whole lot of other things as well, I am just speaking about when my head had to hear. What did your head hear? Love, Dr. Carey

Are you just another "John" wondering through life, thinking that your and your knowledge knows what is best, yet you are constantly failing at everything you do; Practice, Relationship, Health...? Have you ever thought of letting INNATE direct you from within? If this confuses you, think of it this way, "The Universe in all of its wonderful chaos, knows what it is doing, and that includes pointing you in the right direction! Still confused? Take a minute and listen to what Dr. Sigafoose has to say about it all.

Ok, you all caught me! Yes I love "The Wizard Of Oz" it was a yearly show we all watched as a family, but it does fit here, because just like Lions, and Tigers and Bears, CA's and Screenings and God, can be things that we are all afraid or intimidated by.  In this episode Dr. Sigafoose talks to us from the stage at Parker Seminar and the three topics in this clip that he talks about, can all come back to one thing. FEAR. Fear of letting go and hiring a GREAT CA, fear of marketing your practice and yourself and fear of realizing that there is a higher power that is in control of this Universe we call home.

The Principal Is Alive And Well! I found an old cassette tape series, in one of the last boxes of my fathers works and it is AMAZING!  Chiropractic is chiropractic, simply means, that there is no specialty type of chiropractic, there is just principled chiropractic. I always thought that being a subluxation based chiropractor was good, well as usual, my father proved me wrong. I highly suggest you take a listen and find out for yourself. Dr. Carey

What is chiropractic? What is the subluxation? It is simple, chiropractic is the finding and the correction of subluxations and the subluxation is a nerve that is being impinged by a bone above it or below it or both, that decreases the flow of information from the brain to whatever cell that, that nerve goes to. End of story. Dr. Carey

Finding myself will always be the most difficult thing I have ever done, but in finding myself, I found out who I was and what I was and most importantly, I found where I fit in this world we call chiropractic. In this episode, Dr. James Sigafoose reads from the Greenbooks and you are not going to want to miss one second of it, because if you are having a hard time knowing who you are and where you fit, in service to your patients and yourself, then get ready for a wonderfully bumpy ride. Dr. Carey Pabouet-Sigafoose