The Ten Pound Quick Start Program

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The Ten Pound Quick Start Program
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A Useful Analogy for Our NewTen Pound Quick
Start Program

• We must teach our patients to think of their
  health using the analogy of a three legged stool.
  
• The first leg of the stool is Chiropractic Care
  that maximizes the potential of the
  neuromusculo-skeletal system.

C H I R O P R A C T I C
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A Useful Analogy for Our NewTen Pound Quick
Start Program

• The second leg of the stool is the Active Care
  that empowers the patient and decreases their
  reliance upon passive care.
• The third leg of the stool is Body Mass and
  Weight Loss.

B O D Y M A S S
A C T I V E C A R E
C H I R O P R A C T I C
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A Useful Analogy for Our NewTen Pound Quick
Start Program

• Weaken one leg and the stool teeters...
• Remove a leg and it comes crashing down!

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The Ten Pound Quick Start ProgramIn Detail
The Quick Start weight loss program was developed
to be integrated into the treatment protocol for
any patient that has an elevated BMI with
concomitant weight bearing joint problems. This
program is easy to implement and follows the full
conventional weight loss program, however the
patients do not go to class but have individual
support meetings with the doctor and/or program
director lasting approximately 10 minutes on the
day of their adjustments. This is provided so
that the patients do not have to make extra
visits to the office. With their initial office
visit the patients are advised of the
three-legged stool treatment analogy. They are
shown the picture of the three legged stool and
it is explained that all of the stool legs must
be treated so that they become strong otherwise
the weight-bearing joint will not heal. They are
told that the weight loss leg of the stool must
be done initially while they are going through
their passive and active treatments. The patients
are advised that they must lose 10 pounds even
though they may have many more pounds to
eventually lose. It is explained that this 10
pounds of weight loss will relieve 40 pounds of
pressure from their weight- bearing problem area.
They can also be shown a printout that supports
this statistic. They are also advised that this
portion of the treatment protocol lasts only one
month while the other two portions may last three
months. In this way the patients understand that
you are then addressing their specific
weight-bearing joint problem and not treating
them as an overall weight patient because they
are coming, at this point in time, to your office
not with weight loss in mind.
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The Ten Pound Quick Start ProgramIn Detail
After the patients have lost 10 pounds they may
wish to continue on with further weight loss at
which time they may be integrated into the class
setting or continue individually. The class
setting is more desirable because patients lose
three times more in a class setting then on their
own and it is much more efficient for the office.
Patients are then given the 5 pound fat replica
to hold and are asked how much do they think its
weighs. Nine out of 10 times they will say at
least 15 pounds. You can explain to them that
this only weighs 5 pounds and that you will be
removing approximately 8 of these from the
weight-bearing joint problem area. Every patient
that enters the office knows that their weight
is affecting their weight-bearing joint
problem. You can then explain to the patients
that they may go to any other weight loss program
such as Nutrisystem_at_ Or Jenny Craig_at_ but that
they must lose 10 pounds during this initial
phase of their treatment or their weightbearing
joint problem will not heal. It is explained that
the program is customized to the patient so the
patient loses weight the fastest and easiest
possible. It can only be used by chiropractors
and has been developed so that it integrates
specifically into the treatment regiment for the
patient. It is explained that with this program
the doctor monitors the patient weekly so that
the patient's ideal weight loss is achieved. The
vast majority of patients will elect to stay and
do their weight loss component with the
chiropractic office.
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The Ten Pound Quick Start ProgramIn Detail
At the time of the patients' individual sessions,
the patients are given the following week's class
material. In total the patients receive four
classes. The patients are advised that they are
being provided some behavior modification so that
the weight that they lose will hopefully not
return. Rather than discuss the cost of each
program with the patient, the patients are
allowed to pick which food they want to eat
during the day which then will translate into
which program best approximates the choices they
themselves have picked. When a chiropractic
office first starts a weight-loss program the
vast majority of patients coming to the office
are there for the treatment of a specific
musculoskeletal neurological problem and not for
weight loss. With the quick start weight loss
program the patient is gently integrated into the
weight loss program without feeling that they are
getting something from the doctor that they did
not initially seek. In time that paradigm will
change and the vast majority of patients will be
coming to the chiropractic office for weight loss
and wellness. The reason for this is that only
10 of the population is interested in
chiropractic treatment as opposed to
approximately 90 being interested in weight loss
and wellness. These patients will need to be
exposed at some point to the chiropractic
philosophy while they are being treated for
weight control.