A Trauma informed practitioner doesn’t assume experiences are traumatic or not- they simply know than most people have experienced either multiple events beyond their capacity to handle (trauma memory) or complex trauma- being in heightened habitual stress response and environments that seem “normal” to them. Ironically- I contend this fits the bill for many practitioners- personally as well. But I digress. When we lack assumptions- we strengthen understanding. Understanding how a body response makes sense. And how we can make it make sense to our people. When we make assumptions- we actually systemically re create trauma (without knowing it) by pathologising a body into broken pieces- further demeaning a human. It’s an embedded desire for chiropractors to pathologically look at someone.

You are trained that way. You are regulated that way. You are systemized in your office that way. And I contend you have been coached that way. Even those of us who believe they are in this “vitality” model – still do it. It’s a massive shift to see someone different and seek to ensure your systems don’t do the very thing you are trying to avoid- further hurt people- by unknowingly re traumatizing then. By your questions, by your procedures, even by the chiropractic adjustment …