Hippocrates, the Greek philosopher and scientist taught one underlying principle: to do no harm. It is so important that it became a key part of the Hippocratic Oath taken by people entering the healing profession.
But in this fast-moving age, is it practiced?
My teenage son has flat feet that point out, and even though I believed the problem related to his whole alignment, the pediatrician sent me to a podiatrist.
After sitting in a full waiting room, we were ushered in. In just one minute of looking at him, the doctor tells me he needs an immediate complicated surgery. Right in front of my son! He would be unable to walk for a year and have a steel rod for life.
Do no harm? I was livid.
My 13 year old with a steel rod?
I was angry at that man for scaring my son, but I'm not so easily manipulated. My son is now doing daily exercises to correct the real issues.
Unfortunately, this is not an isolated case. People who are normally skeptical at sales presentations are much less so when they are being sold by a doctor. This was a $30,000 procedure (that the insurance would pay for and it doesn't pay for the much less expensive solution I found).
Look at the training the medical profession receives: it's all drug intervention and invasive surgeries.
While emergency operations and medications can sometimes save lives, the problem is that they've become the only way. Other means don't even come into their heads.
For years I had been searching for a better way. In the process I found a very unique place, that is based on the crazy notion that the body is amazing and self-healing.
Rather than traumatic interventions, they teach people to give the body all the nutrition it needs and stop overworking it with processed "foods", and amazingly it will go into high gear in healing itself.
Consider yourself fortunate if your doctor truly believes and practices "do no harm" as he/she teaches people how to create their own healing.
It seems like a miracle when the body goes into healing - from all manner of conditions: high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer and tumors.
But in this fast-moving age, is it practiced?
My teenage son has flat feet that point out, and even though I believed the problem related to his whole alignment, the pediatrician sent me to a podiatrist.
After sitting in a full waiting room, we were ushered in. In just one minute of looking at him, the doctor tells me he needs an immediate complicated surgery. Right in front of my son! He would be unable to walk for a year and have a steel rod for life.
Do no harm? I was livid.
My 13 year old with a steel rod?
I was angry at that man for scaring my son, but I'm not so easily manipulated. My son is now doing daily exercises to correct the real issues.
Unfortunately, this is not an isolated case. People who are normally skeptical at sales presentations are much less so when they are being sold by a doctor. This was a $30,000 procedure (that the insurance would pay for and it doesn't pay for the much less expensive solution I found).
Look at the training the medical profession receives: it's all drug intervention and invasive surgeries.
While emergency operations and medications can sometimes save lives, the problem is that they've become the only way. Other means don't even come into their heads.
For years I had been searching for a better way. In the process I found a very unique place, that is based on the crazy notion that the body is amazing and self-healing.
Rather than traumatic interventions, they teach people to give the body all the nutrition it needs and stop overworking it with processed "foods", and amazingly it will go into high gear in healing itself.
Consider yourself fortunate if your doctor truly believes and practices "do no harm" as he/she teaches people how to create their own healing.
It seems like a miracle when the body goes into healing - from all manner of conditions: high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer and tumors.
About the Author:
Discover more about my experience at Hippocrates Health Institute The unique Hippocrates Institute Program is explained by Cindy Soto, author and graduate of the program.
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