AJCC Jan 2000 Dr. Radermacher has been a chiropractor for 21 years and has been coaching some of the largest practices in the country for the last 12 years. Whereas maximization is patients thinking that their health problem is very serious and very life impacting. Furthermore, most people don t think they have the money to take care of a health problem. A health problem is seen as discommodius to the extent that minimizing it seems most reasonable.
People minimize their problem instead of ignoring it entirely.
The fact that people seek a chiropractor s advice proves that they are aware of the existence of a health problem. Yet they want to hear that the problem isn t serious and that it doesn t require much time or attention. Most patients minimize their health problem to such an extent that a chiropractor could actually be led to believe that the health problem was quite insignificant. When this happens, the chiropractor might sense a lack of desire for care and may subsequently dilute his recommendations for care. That could be dangerous for the patients.