Dr. Stu Hoffman:
And when you are taking care of a new patient, what kind of contraindications or red flags pop up for you? For me, Stu, I have an interesting practice as you know. I see a lot of children with tremendous special needs. So I see a lot of children that have neurological impairment, I see children with intrauterine strokes. And these are all things that if you're a chiropractor, and you're opening your doors to these children, you have to understand how to examine these kids. This isn't about laying that child on a table and doing an adjustment, it's about knowing what adjustment is appropriate for the underlying condition that that child may have experienced prior to coming into your office. So for me, things that are abnormal in a neurological exam will throw a red flag. Certain history questions, children with certain genetic disorders that would have predispositions to ligament laxity's, or collagen disorders, are all those red flags that you have to look at. Does it mean that the child can't get adjusted? Well no I don't believe that it does. Even though if you look at certain textbooks they'll say things out there that children with hydrocephali, or meningomyelocele are contraindicated for chiropractic. I don't believe it's contraindicated, but I believe you need to dot your I's, cross your T's, do a thorough examination, and figure out how you can care for that patient effectively and safely. And that means modifying what you do as a chiropractor. And that in itself is the exact point of the show today. Because we both agree and advocate that we want everybody adjusted. If they're breathing and they show us any indication of subluxation, we want them adjusted. But that's not enough. We have to know where to adjust them, how to adjust them, and be responsible. And I think that's the maturity of the conversation that we're trying to have with the profession right now that may have been lacking for a period of time. But time changes, and I think that the message is clear that we do need to be a responsible physician. Yes, that physician is chiropractor, but we're a licensed health care provider responsible for another human being. And we want to do the best job possible for them for their immediate needs. But as you so well described, for their future needs that they may not even ever realize that they had, or would have, had they not come to you. And that may be a little too assertoric for some people, but adjusting people is what we all do. And when I was in practice, active practice, I had a family practice. We saw lots of children. And I can actually say that I was one of those people that did not do what a lot of the things that you've shared today. And I was unaware. We did great, we had great results overall, but as you said, is 80% enough? And I'm thrilled that we can put out this message together because I'd like our doctors to become better educated and more aware. And how can they find this information? Because there's a lot of pediatric seminars going on these days, it's big business in the profession. Where do they get this kind of information?
Dr. Lora Tanis:
Dr. Stu Hoffman:
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