Hippocrates, known as the father of medicine coined the phrase now repeated in the Hippocratic Oath: do no harm. The idea just as it was taught by the Greek philosopher and scientist is vital and alive even today.
But in this fast-moving age, is it practiced?
Recently I took my son to a podiatrist after the pediatrician told me that’s who I would have to see and wrote out a referral. He’s 13 and has flat feet that point outwards when he walks.
The podiatrist looked at him for a whole 30 seconds and began to tell me right in front of my son that he needed an immediate triple surgery where a portion of his foot would be removed and a steel plate inserted. He would not be able to walk for a year, and it would likely give him trouble for the rest of his life.
Do no harm? Are you kidding me?
To cripple a healthy 13 year old boy?
I wasn’t intimidated, but I was angry that he had scared my son. Instead, he is doing exercises to address the underlying issues.
If this were an isolated case, I wouldn’t be writing this. It’s not. Fear used to sell a $30,000 procedure (the insurance would pay for it, but not the real solution) is not unusual. It was a sales pitch, but how skeptical are we when pitched by a doctor?
It goes back to the training in medical schools today: it’s all pharmaceutical interventions and surgery.
Sometimes this is essential and will save lives, but how many times are other alternatives simply overlooked?
In searching for better answers, I found a rare gem; a place founded on the belief that the body is an amazing self-healing live “mechanism”.
It seems archane: the idea that if you will give the body all the tools and nutrition it needs and stop overworking it while it’s healing – it will go into high gear.
Named after the father of medicine, the Hippocrates Health Institute truly believes and practices “do no harm” as it teaches people how to create their own healing.
To me, the experience I had at Hippocrates Institute was a taste of heaven. It was so uniquely different.
It seems like a miracle when the body goes into healing – from all manner of conditions: high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer and tumors.
