The Famous ChiroPediatric Top 7 

Shared by Držs Warner at: DrsWarner@chiropediatrics.com

10-27-01

The Top Seven Benefits to Giving a Health Talk for Your New 
Pediatric 
Patients. 
 
There are not many better ways to strengthen the foundation of your 
practice than to educate the children of your practice.  They have an 
insatiable thirst for knowledge and a sense of wonder about their 
bodies.  You can help keep them from being raised in the 'doctor bag' 
culture and watch them benefit from the chiropractic lifestyle. 
 
1.	Educated children will take better care of their bodies and 
grow 
up healthier. 
 
2.	If patients give you an excuse that they can't attend your 
health 
talk because they cannot get a baby sitter, you can tell them to bring 
the kids with them. 
 
3.	If you have a two-doctor office, one can do the adult health 
talk 
and one can give the children's health talk.  If you are a one-doctor 
office this gives you a good opportunity to have your spouse or 
chiropractic assistant take a leadership role and teach the children's 
health talk.  This will also boost your staff's morale and 
participation in your office and mission.  You can also schedule the 
talk at a different time than your adult health talk. 
 
4.	Giving a children's health talk also gives you a great 
opportunity to educate the parents an extra time too.  After the 
talks 
are over an ingenious method to employ is to bring the children and 
parents together and ask the children to share with the parents what 
they learned in their health talk.  With your coaching, the children 
will now explain to the parents at grade school level about what 
they 
learned about chiropractic.  Now the parents can understand the 
chiropractic story on a simple level without you coming across in a 
condescending way. 
 
5.	After the children attend the health talk you will be pleasantly 
surprised on how the children will remind their parents when their 
chiropractic visits are scheduled and the families visit compliance 
will increase.  They will point out to their parents to keep good 
posture and how adjustments will keep their family healthy.  Kids 
will 
also demand that they get checked for subluxation if they have any 
falls on the playground or other types of trauma in addition to their 
regular wellness visits. 
 
6.	Although adult health talks last about one hour, when giving 
children health talks we must keep in mind their attention spans.  
Children's health talks usually last about twenty minutes.  The rest 
of the time they can play games or watch videos.  Giving children's 
health talks also keeps you on purpose and in tune with the children 
of your practice. 
 
7.	It is important to keep the talk for the children fun and 
interactive.  You will be able to teach them about subluxation, brain 
function, adjustment and about the causes of subluxation and as well 
as many other important health issues.  This can lead to other 
educational opportunities such as teaching children's health talks at 
day care centers or schools. 
 
You will see when you start scheduling health talks for the children 
of your office your practice will take on a higher purpose and the 
energy will be infectious.  These educated children will be the 
leaders of tomorrow who will make the world a healthier place for 
everyone.