Every person carries a physician within them – and this inner physician is the most powerful healer we know. The body possesses remarkable self-healing powers that are often overlooked in modern high-performance medicine. Prof. Dr. Jörg Spitz dedicates his work to the central question: how can we activate and strengthen these inner forces?
Symptoms are not enemies – they are signals. A fever fights infections. Pain warns of tissue damage. Fatigue signals the need for recovery. Modern medicine tends to suppress symptoms rather than treating their causes. Prof. Dr. Spitz advocates for a paradigm shift: understanding symptoms as information and supporting the body's self-healing power rather than circumventing it.
The immune system is the most impressive self-healing system that evolution has produced. Millions of specialised cells – T cells, B cells, natural killer cells, macrophages – patrol ceaselessly through the body, recognising threats and neutralising them. This system works best when we provide it with the right conditions: Vitamin D, sufficient sleep, movement, healthy nutrition, and stress reduction.
Psychoneuroimmunology – the science of interactions between the psyche, nervous system, and immune system – demonstrates how closely thoughts, feelings, and physical health are interconnected. Positive social bonds, sense of purpose, gratitude, and relaxation techniques can measurably strengthen immune function. Chronic stress, conversely, weakens the immune system in a lasting way.
Prof. Dr. Spitz integrates the concept of the inner physician into his preventive medicine as a core principle: not the suppression of disease, but the promotion of health is the goal. His online course "Master in the Art of Living" provides concrete tools to activate and maintain one's own self-healing power.