In this article, we’ll explore the way movement specialists work, and the way we think. The decisions making process used by the clinician will produce and support the change efforts and the results created… or not. Although the fields of improving movement through exercises, hands of techniques, teaching, all have similarities, there outcomes are dependent not on solely the technique applied but the development of the groove. We will explore the fundamentals of observing the causative relationships, and then the process of designing, implementing, and progressing a change effort to produce the desired results.
Whether it is PT, chiropractic, massage, or any of the sub styles of each profession, there are shared commonalities. The motivation for both experienced and novice movement experts are the same. Namely, to impact their client’s life by the interventions provided. The impact of improving someone’s movement cannot be overstated. At the beginning of the session the client could not achieve a desired time, movement, skill, task. At the end of the session, in just a short period of time, they have achieved it. Through the decisions made by the clinician and the teaching and learning the client has gone from a level of physical capacity to more options for involvement in their own life. Wow. To support your client on this level seems to be motivation enough. However consistency in results seems to be available for some clinicians easier than others. Why?
There are many notions about what is happening. It was the diet they are on, the medications they are taking, the affirmations, the psychology, a lot of different ideas. Maybe it just happens, we got lucky. If this was the case, then it would be a game of chance. The best you could hope for is that it would magically appear. Statistical number games would be the strategy employed. Make a lot of something and the quantity of the results will increase as to would be the failed efforts. However statistics would not explain why some practitioners are more consistent in getting results than others. For this we need to understand .
What do top professionals do different? One observation is that they consistently get results. They consistently have new clients, patients that want only their unique skills. They are always busy. Continuing the investigation of the arts let’s consider a few possibilities. What if U2 or the New York Philharmonic or Steven Spielberg or Qunicy Jones showed up for work, and just waited for something good to happen? Imagine going to a U2 concert, and it was a roll of the dice whether or not it was going to be a good show. How about Quincy Jones collaborating with musicians, if the time with him was chance. Is he just that lucky? Steven Spielberg or George Lucas? Is it chance that there movies are block busters. It seems that they know something about creating results that we can learn from. These true artists understand how to focus the process and their mind towards the results.
You can create sessions that generate their own internal energy, creating dynamic motor learning and satisfaction for both you and your client. Notice that these artists and professional creators do so in a variety of disparate and unrelated fields of study. Within the same field different creators may have radically different techniques, and styles. Well if is not about the technique is must be about something else.