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.

How closely do you think it’s actually followed in the twenty-first century?

My 13 year old boy has flat feet that turn outwards. Though I’m not a doctor, I believed it related to his spine and legs. No, I was told to go see a podiatrist and the referral was written.

The day arrived and we were ushered in. I’m sitting across from my boy when the doctor walks in, looks at him for less than a minute, and proceeds to tell me he will have to do a complicated surgery immediately. He won’t be able to walk for a year and will have a steel plate for the rest of his life. Right in front of my son!

Do no harm? I was livid.

To cripple a healthy 13 year old boy?

Fortunately I’m not a parent that is cowed by a doctor. He is now doing daily exercises that are addressing the root cause which was his body’s alignment issues.

I wish this was an isolated case. Being sold by a doctor for a $30,000 procedure (the insurance would pay for that, but not the therapy he is having), using fear tactics made me angry. But many people, who are skeptical of other sales “jobs” are afraid.

Look at the training the medical profession receives: it’s all drug intervention and invasive surgeries.

I agree that there are times that these treatments are sometimes needed and save lives. But it shouldn’t be the norm when other means aren’t even considered.

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”.

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.

Known as the Hippocrates Health Institute, it was named after the greek Hippocrates. Doing no harm and teaching people to take responsibility for their own health is the cornerstone of this healing center.

Hippocrates Institute was totally unlike anything I had ever experienced in healing. For me, it was a taste of paradise.

People call it a miracle when some with cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, various tumors and so many other health conditions bring about their own healing using what they learn.