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Connected Paediatrics Weekly: People are like wet Spagetti!

Published 3 months ago • 1 min read

Hi Reader

Dad Joke: Where did the spaghetti go to dance? A meat ball

Song of the Week: Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees​

I am currently sitting with my laptop and an authentic Irish Guiness in Dublin airport (they do taste better).

Waiting to make my way home from a fantastic weekend with the Chiropractic Association of Ireland. A vibrant, warm and welcoming bunch. I have been looking forward to this conference for a few reasons, not least of those being my fellow speakers. Dr Monique Andrews (Dr Mo knows!) and Dr Rob Sinnot. And as so often happens when you have a multiple speakers, the different content always seems to compliment and this weekend was no different. This weekend it was all about Vagus

Dr Mo spoke on polyvagal in depth, Dr Sinnot spoke about the resilience a working vagus provides and I was, as luck would have it, looking at the effect of both of these in children.

Rob dopped two gems I would like to share with you before I see something shiny and I forget all about it.

The first was a quote from Reggie Gold which goes something like “people are like wet spaghetti…you can only pull them, you can’t push them.” What a delicious visual! And how true. People want to do they they want to do, not things they have to do. This resonates with my goal of getting parents excited about their child’s next milestone and wanting to know when the next appointment will be so they can have another chance to show off how well their child is progressing (however that looks for them).

And the second was “Keep it simple, but significant”.

I love the elegance of this. Don’t shower new parents in information. Give the significant stuff. I often like to a play a game with myself where I think “I only have three breaths to make them understand what they need to know” and to be fair they probably won’t remember more than that. Say what’s necessary…it takes practice.

There is much more written in my little notebook but those were the two that really stood out for me and what I will take into clinic on Monday. Keep it interesting and keep it simple.

Ah! That’s my boarding call.

Chat soon

Mike

Connected Paediatrics

Mike Marinus

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