What is Applied Kinesiology?
The procedure was introduced to medicine in 1960 by the American chiropractic physician George Goodheart. He discovered that the tonus of a muscle changed when he treated important therapeutic points on a patient’s body, and often even when he just touched the muscle.
Inspired by this primary manual-medical observation, Goodheart then went on to investigate other ways of influencing this muscle reaction with a number of colleagues. Therefore we now know that many factors influence the reaction of a muscle. Allergens, damaging substances, indigestible foods, important medicines, minerals, trace elements, vitamins as well as manual treatments, mobilisations, acupuncture and even emotional influences change the muscle reaction.
Applied Kinesiology is therefore primarily a diagnostic method. By changing muscle tonus, we prompt the body to deliver information about what damages it or how we can best support it in a healing process.
Another benefit of this method is that you as the patient are aware of these changes yourself and experience how your body responds to them.
How does Applied Kinesiology work?
The doctor examines different muscles on the basis of pre-defined manual-medical criteria. The procedure focuses above all on reactions of the muscle, which are not controllable consciously, to specific test stimuli. We can principally distinguish between different muscle reactions, which provide insight into the entire regulation behaviour of the body’s metabolism. We distinguish between a:
Inspired by this primary manual-medical observation, Goodheart then went on to investigate other ways of influencing this muscle reaction with a number of colleagues. Therefore we now know that many factors influence the reaction of a muscle. Allergens, damaging substances, indigestible foods, important medicines, minerals, trace elements, vitamins as well as manual treatments, mobilisations, acupuncture and even emotional influences change the muscle reaction.
Applied Kinesiology is therefore primarily a diagnostic method. By changing muscle tonus, we prompt the body to deliver information about what damages it or how we can best support it in a healing process.
Another benefit of this method is that you as the patient are aware of these changes yourself and experience how your body responds to them.
How does Applied Kinesiology work?
The doctor examines different muscles on the basis of pre-defined manual-medical criteria. The procedure focuses above all on reactions of the muscle, which are not controllable consciously, to specific test stimuli. We can principally distinguish between different muscle reactions, which provide insight into the entire regulation behaviour of the body’s metabolism. We distinguish between a:
- Normal tonus – indicating a balanced physiological reaction
- Hypertonus – indicating excessive tension or a stress reaction
- Weakness – indication exhaustion and a weakening of regulation capacity.
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