Autism? Blindness? Cancer? Treat intractable medical conditions by assembling your medical team

December 22, 6:57 AMPhiladelphia Health ExaminerThomas Hartmann

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Todd Bezilla, D.O. in front of his shingle 

Are you or is someone you love faced with the horror of a serious illness, like autism or blindness? Do you feel like the options being proposed by your doctor just do not meet your needs? In this situation a multi-faceted approach, in which you are in charge of your health care rather than your doctor, may be most appropriate. This is known as “assembling your medical team.”

Osteopathic physicians performing manipulative medicine have restored sight to the blind. This field of medicine knows that the body has an almost infinite storehouse of curative properties that it can bring to bear on an illness.

Previous articles have described the diversity of medical services available in the Philadelphia area, including Attractor Field Therapy and osteopathic manipulative medicine, or OMM.  Bach flower essences are another therapy that can be added to any medicinal regimen.

Philadelphian O.J. Taylor gave up his profession at the beginning of the century, entered osteopathy, and helped endow what has become Philadelphia’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, all because his sister's sight had been restored by osteopathy. Local osteopathic physician Todd Bezilla of Wilmington, Delaware, a graduate of PCOM, has successfully treated women with infertility numerous times.

Homeopathic remedies

Homeopaths can cite similar medical “miracles”. For just one example, a recent book on homeopathy and follow-up scientific article describe the relief of autism through its unique methods. More striking are the hundreds of cases of the successful treatment of cancer cited by the great American 20th century homeopath Arthur Hill Grimmer, M.D. in his 900-page collection of papers, or by the contemporary Indian homeopath Dr. A. U. Ramakrishnan. While homeopathy is not a cure-all, this branch of medicine holds answers to many chronic conditions not otherwise treatable.

The bottom line is that if you don’t have an osteopathic physician who can perform manipulation and a good homeopath on your medical team, you are limiting your options. The same goes for a skilled acupuncturist.  Each of these professionals has been trained to help you regain the same balance of health, and together their therapies have a cumulative effect.

While some Americans may object that addressing medical problems in a kitchen-sink approach can be dangerous, this concern is probably limited to drug interactions, and not to the simultaneous use of holistic traditions like osteopathy, homeopathy, acupuncture, and flower essences.

Since you or your loved one has only one life to live, there’s no reason to offer it as an experiment to medical science, as some doctors may recommend. In the end, who will care precisely which therapy did the trick? The main thing is that health is restored.