Miracle Worker?
Often, a patient will call me a “miracle worker.” I usually reply with the standard “I’m so glad that I’ve been able to help . . .” and so on.
Here’s the thing, though. I’m not a magician. I’m not a “faith-healer.” I don’t stick pins in a doll. There is really nothing I do that could be considered a “miracle cure.”
Here’s what I do. Like any other doctor, I examine the patient — an exam in my office consists mostly of orthopedic, neurologic, and palpation testing (using my hands to detect abnormal joint motion, swelling, misalignment, etc). Sometimes I send patients for an X-ray or MRI study.
If the patient has a condition I think I can help, I present a treatment plan. Every treatment modality in my office has a standard code that is recognized by other practitioners (MDs, DOs, PTs, etc) as well as insurance companies (insurance companies would never pay for a “miracle cure” — they scrutinize every type of procedure to the nth degree before they will ever agree to cover it).
If the patient accepts my treatment plan, they usually get really good results (usually very quickly). This is where I am often accused of being a miracle worker. They are just so amazed that I can help them without drugs or surgery.
Most people think that the only “real” solutions to medical problems are drugs and surgery (pharmaceutical companies do a great job of keeping this myth alive with their marketing). Sometimes drugs or surgery are required. For most back pain, headaches, neck pain, and other spine and joint conditions, drug-free, scalpel-free chiropractic will do just fine.
I don’t perform miracles. I just do what I was trained to do, and I have some experience under my belt. Don’t be overly surprised if I can help you too!
We Write The Content
Just so you know, we (meaning me and a couple of other trusted people) write everything on this website. Everything on this website is either written by me or very closely edited by me.
So why would I feel the need to write such a statement? I get TONS of advertisements from website designers every day that claim to “custom-build” a website just for me. What that means is that they have already built a website that is utterly stuffed with information (most of it is junk, or worse!!) and they want me to pay them lots of cash so that my practice will be the ONLY practice (in my zip code) to have such a top-notch, professional website, “guaranteed to drive patients to [my] door.”
I think that’s pretty bogus, and I challenge all of the other D.C.s out there to write their own content as well! In latin, “doctor” means “teacher,” so LIVE UP to your degree!!
It’s important that I say this because my website will change within the next couple of months. I am working with two wonderful LOCAL companies to create a fresh, updated, and great-looking website for East End Chiropractic. Those companies are Harkins Creative, and Blue Kite Marketing. I just want to say before this new website goes live, that I will still write, or at least edit (they are better with words than I, so mostly edit), all of the content of this site! Even though it will look great, and have lots of great features, it will be unique! It will still be a CUSTOM website in every sense of the term. It will neither be canned, nor will it be for sale!
John P. Olsen, D.C.
