Sigtalks: Sigafoose The Chiropractic Philosophy

Hello and welcome to season 3 of Sigtalks. Let's just jump right in here and say I hope you have enjoyed the past two season and this season I want to dedicate every single episode to you. Because at the end of the day, that is what SigTalks is all about. Helping you become a better philosophically sound chiropractor. So with that I will say again, Welcome to season 3 of Sigtalks. Now for the meat! What is the reason you adjust? Is it for RESULTS?  If it is, then you are in it for the wrong reason. If it is for finding and adjusting the SUBLUXATION, then press play and have a listen to what Dr. James Sigafoose has to say about it it. Love Yea All, Dr. Carey

Hello Summer Break! OK, that is not what this episode is about, it is about the divine melody, or the spark of creation that hits us all, when we take the time to listen for it. Sometimes if we take the time to calm ourselves and listen to the innate voice inside us all, we will hear what the universe is trying to tell us. The key though is to shut the hell up long enough to hear it. I hope you enjoy this weeks episode and that you take the time to just listen, not only to what Dr. Sig is saying, but to the little voice that is inside of you. I will see you in four weeks, we are heading to Greece and the Netherlands for our summer vacation, so in the mean time, keep giving, loving, doing and serving. Dr. Carey

"Education does no harm if what there is of it is natural and has true relation with Innate. But when education becomes egotistical and paramount and displaces the correct values of Innate, all else becomes "uneducated", sub-conscious, non-conscious, and un-conscious. Education then becomes an impenetrable wall Innate does not and cannot break through." -- BJ Palmer This episode takes us everywhere, but when I focused, I zeroed in on the one simple fact that Universal Intelligence, Innate and Nature does not need any help from us. Find the Subluxation, adjust it and leave it alone. Let the body and Innate do whatever it is, it need to do. If we as chiropractors can understand that statement above and then share it with our patients, we will begin to steer away from the symptom based practice and enter into the vitalistic based practice that will grow our offices to a place we only ever dreamed of. Dr. Carey

When we are not philosophically sound, we lose sight on what it is we do. We need to remember that when we specifically adjust the spine, we increase the communication from the brain to whatever area of the body that nerve goes to. Our job as chiropractors is to find the subluxation, adjust it, than maintain that correction long enough, until the innate processes takes over again. That's it! Dr. Carey 

What will it take until you realize that, you ARE INNATE? What is it going to take until you realize that we are NOT back pain doctors? We are not physical therapist or Bells Palsy specialist or geriatric practitioners or pediatric specialist.  We are CHIROPRACTORS, we find SUBLUXATIONS, we correct them and that is it! We allow the body to do what it is supposed to do without interference and in doing so, we reconnect man the physical to what it is that created it.  INNATE is easy, don't make it more difficult then it has to be. That is what I took away from this episode. What did you take away? Dr. Carey

Wishful thinking never got anyone anywhere! I didn't used to think that, but that is when I was actively trying to drink myself to death, so we all know how much we can trust that person. This episode, is my father explaining the difference between wishful thinking and envisioning what it is you want for you and for your practice. It is also a great first step towards understanding what it is you need to do to take your practice from wherever it is to exactly where you ENVISION it to be, not where you wish it was. Take a few moments and have a listen and when your are done, take my suggestion at the end and head on over to www.Sigafoose.com and join Sigafoose Weekly. I promise you will not regret it. Dr. Carey

Is Innate in your garden? How about in your cat or dog? Is Innate in the fish in the ocean or the sequoias of California? If Innate is in all living things, then I think the answer to all of my questions is YES!  There is intelligence in all living matter, now that does not mean it knows how to drive a car or build a skyscraper, but then again we don't know how to change the color of our skin like a Chameleon.  So seeing that there is intelligence in all living matter, doesn't that mean it may want to live or survive or continue to propagate itself? Well if you made it this far into my rant, I suggest that you listen to what my father has to say about it all. Side note, this episode is one where I pretty much agree with everything my father, Dr. Sig, has to say. Miracles never cease! (LOL) Dr. Carey

Innate, Innate, Innate! That seems to be what my topics have been about lately, I guess because overtime I listen to one of my fathers recordings, that seems to be what he is talking about, so that must be what I am supposed to be hearing and working on. This week Dr. Sigafoose talks about Innate and Materialistic and Ideological thinking. Now if you are confused with that, it is like Mechanistic and Vitalistic, or pain base versus subluxation based. You getting the point? If not then let me try to explain it to you this way. Materialistic, is basically understanding chiropractic science and art, but not totally understanding the philosophy, yet you might try, but you don't educate your patients about it.  Ideological, is understanding the science, art and philosophical part of chiropractic and understanding the connection of Innate and the spirit/religious aspect and or nature of what it is we do. You know what, just listen and let me know what you think it means. Dr. Carey

If your first response to explaining INNATE to your patients is why? Than maybe this episode is for you! If your patients do not understand innate, than most likely they are not going to stay with you much beyond their symptoms going away. My father always equated Universal Intelligence with God, I LOVE this, but I don't actually explain it in the same manner.  You see, just as our patients don't have to believe in chiropractic in order for it to work, you don't have to believe that innate and universal intelligence is God in order to understand that it controls and coordinates every aspect of our lives. I don't call Innate, God's, expression of himself in man, but I do know that innate is that knowledge that is within our cell's that I can not control. What do think about Innate and how do you explain it to your patients.

4.54 Billion years, that is a rough estimate of the age of planet Earth. The Universe is approximately 14 billion years old, plus or minus 200 million years, so when I say Universal Intelligence, I am saying that there is approximately 14 BILLION years of knowledge in each and every single cell in our bodies. Now that knowledge when it enters the human form is called Innate Intelligence, that Innate Intelligence, is what is guiding and coordinating every single aspect of our lives. That knowledge comes from our brain and down through our spine and out to our nervous system and literally tells our cells what to do. That my friends is what we should be telling our patients, not, "Hey I can fix your back pain!" I hope you enjoy this episode. Love Dr. Carey Pabouet-Sigafoose

Walk by faith not by sight! These are words I hear in my sleep, these are the words my father, not only lived by, but what he tried to teach so many others to live by as well.  While we did not always agree on much, I have learned that this is one area where I can improve upon, BTW- there are MANY areas where I have room to improve upon, my father, Dr. Sigafoose, believed that it is the HOPE of a better life that can drive us towards being better chiropractors, husbands or wives, friends, siblings or just being a better person. Let me know what you get out of this episode and share it, either at SigTalks.com or on our Facebook page. I look forward to hearing what you have to say. Dr. Carey

Innate is SOURCE is the concept of understanding that we are two half of a whole. It is recognizing that we are a soul and matter and that as chiropractors we help reunite man the physical with man the spiritual.  Only by understanding that we are innate and that we have a body can we understand that one is nothing without the other. Innate, in all of its Universal wisdoms, holds all the knowledge of the Universe within it and our conscious mind only know what it can learn while we are alive. We must learn to trust the innate intelligence within us and stop trying to control it by thinking that we will ever know more than it does. Enjoy this episode where Dr. James Sigafoose takes you on a journey to understand how we as humans must comprehend innate's role in the making of us and how we are not Carey or Patsy or Selina or Patrick, but we are INNATE. 

sto·ry ˈstôrē noun 1.an account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment. 2.an account of past events in someone's life or in the evolution of something.     If you are boring your patients with highly educated verbiage instead of just telling them what innate is and entertaining them with stories of what chiropractic has done for you and for you family, friends and patients, then you are going to loose them sooner than latter.      Say it with love, say it with conviction, say it in a story and your patients will share it and refer 10 times more.     Dr. Carey

Love, compassion and giving to those who can't afford care is one way we can give more then we get. People like to refer, to those they know, like and trust. Dr. Sigafoose has always said that, "Life and the Universe will reward those that give without expecting anything in return." How much more can you love a person - that is really the only thing that you should ever ask yourself. In doing this, you do not have to concern yourself with whether the market is up or down and that way your success is in your own hands. This allows you to look for ways you can increase value and remove yourself from the outcome, because people don't want to see a doctor that seems desperate.  BE ABUNDANT 

THIS INNER POWER SPEAKS By B.J. Palmer WE CHIROPRACTORS work with the subtle substance of the soul. We release the prisoned impulse, the tiny rivulet of force that emanates from the mind and flows over the nerves to the cells and stirs them into life. We deal with the magic power that transforms common food into living, loving, thinking clay; that robes the earth with beauty, and hues and scents the flowers with the glory of the air. With tireless energy it blows the bubble of each individual life and then silently, relentlessly dissolves the form, and absorbs the spirit into itself again. And yet you ask, “Can Chiropractic cure appendicitis or the ‘flu’?” Have you more faith in a knife or a spoonful of medicine than in the Innate power that animates the internal living world?  

Tithe A tenth of the produce of the earth consecrated and set apart for special purposes. The dedication of a tenth to God was recognized as a duty before the time of Moses. Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek ( Genesis 14:20 ; Hebrews 7:6 ); and Jacob vowed unto the Lord and said, "Of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee." I on the other am more of at give back type of guy. Not to a church, but to my patients, friends, family and community. I do believe that when you give, you get back 10-100 fold. How is it that you give back and keep yourself open to the abundance that the universe has in store for us all? Dr. Carey

There is a 4 min. interruption in this episode that I did not cut out for one simple reason, the information in that 4 min. is valuable and I wanted you all to know that it is there and I did not delete something that my father said. In this episode I realized something HUGE! If you believe in God, but do not believe that our bodies were made perfectly, then you do no believe in Universal Intelligence or Innate. My father says that the words are interchangeable and it is a matter of semantics, but I believe it is a bridge for people to be able to better understand how our bodies and the universe work and how religion and science can function together. Am I reaching a little to deep? I don't know, you tell me. Dr. Carey Sigafoose

Meet Dr. Steve Burlison This week we discuss God, Innate and Nature with a special guest.   Dr. Steve Burlison, a Michigan native, attended Central Michigan University for his undergraduate degree. In 2006, he received his Doctoral degree at Palmer College of Chiropractic with a focus on Spinal Rehabilitation. Dr. Steve has since had extensive experience with family care and Pediatrics. Additionally, Dr. Steve is a published author, national speaker, and corporate wellness coach. He is a Certified Chiropractor, Health Expert, and Performance Coach for Team USA Weightlifting, Team USA Wrestling, Team USA Judo, and Team USA Volleyball. He owns and operates several clinics in the Chicagoland area and has one of the most successful practices in Libertyville, Illinois, Burlison Family Wellness. His philosophy is powerful: To build the highest level of value for patient care while creating lifelong changes.He aims to build inspiring relationships with patients while helping them reach their health goals and ultima

Hey Docs,  Have you ever felt like you wanted to get better clinical results in practice, but that you were missing something?   You thought you would get all of the answers in school, but after graduating no one made the neurologic connections for you.  So you keep attending continuing education courses to find the answer.  You know the brain is important, but you don’t know where to begin with Neurology, making it much easier to ignore it completely and continue doing the same old thing with your patients. Have you ever had a patient ask you a question and you didn’t know the answer?  You have your normal patient flow, the things you do with all patients.  When someone veers off that course and asks you a question, isn’t it frustrating, or do you catch yourself giving the same generic response just to move past that question.  I mean with all of your training how is it possible that you still don’t know how the brain controls human function. If you have ever felt like this don’t worry you are not alone. Hav

Answers At the beginning, we anticipate this subject, as presented, will be taken at face value and understood by some, even many of our profession. Many, in our opinion, possess preconceived ideas which need reconstruction. We record our knowledge, gained through research, of the fundamentals upon which Chiropractic rests as promulgated by our father but never clearly explained by him. By careful reading of his writings, gleanings of these ideas are apparent. --BJ Palmer