Reformer of Medicine
Dr. Stephen Typaldos was more than an innovative doctor. He was a reformer of medicine. He demonstrated that the real solution to America's healthcare problems is more effective treatments and better results. All the other problems – rising costs, inadequate insurance coverage, non-medical persons and organizations telling doctors how to do their job – are symptoms of the underlying condition. And we who are continuing his legacy are determined to make his discovery, the Fascial Distortion Model (FDM), the standard of care nationwide and worldwide. Even so, there is more to do.
What needs to be reformed?
Is modern medicine very good or very bad? My LASIK surgery was very good and impressive. The treatment – or, rather, non-treatment – that I received for Lyme disease was very bad. Shockingly bad. So which is it? Is modern medicine a resounding success or failure?
What I have learned from my exposure to modern medicine as a patient, doctor’s child, and entrepreneur in the healthcare field, is that we must differentiate between medical philosophy and medical technology. The former is antiquated, shortsighted, and colored by egos and business interests – an epic failure, as the saying goes. The latter is part of the industrial and technological revolutions that brought us into the modern era. Like those revolutions themselves, medical technology is an epic win for society.
What this means, basically, is that the more a medical specialty relies on technology to do its job, the more successful it is. A medical specialty that relies heavily on philosophy, either by necessity or by choice, is very likely to cause more harm than good.
Our goal is to prove that good medical philosophy is even more powerful than modern medical technology. Fascial distortion medicine makes this point as clearly as possible. It is very low-tech, but the results are often more impressive than my LASIK surgery. There is a lot of work to do. There are many bad ideas to counteract. Anyone who uses FDM in its purity to help their patients recover is a friend of Triggerband.
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