What is Applied Kinesiology?
What is Applied Kinesiology?
29/10/08 07:41
Applied Kinesiology (AK) is a diagnostic method with great potential. The basic tool of AK is the muscle test. In muscle testing, the examiner has the client hold a body part in a specific position and resist the pressure applied by the examiner.
It is usually a surprise to the new client to experience that some of his muscles test weak and that very simple techniques can turn them on so they test strong. Balancing the response of the body's muscles so that they are all turned on results in better posture, balance and coordination. Surprisingly, it also results in clearer thinking, easier learning, increased rate of healing and increased resistance to disease.
Anyone with some experience of the scientific method can understand muscle testing. If a muscle tests strong, it is assumed that all is well. Then various factors can be applied and the same muscle test repeated. If it now tests weak, the factor applied is considered to have a negative effect upon the body.
If a muscle tests weak from the start, one can apply various stimuli and retest. Stimuli that make the weak muscle test strong are considered to have a beneficial, positive effect upon the body. This "weak or strong" model is the one still used by most practitioners today. For years, Dr. Frost (who teaches in English, German and Spanish) taught this model for many years in cities across Europe such as Madrid, Murcia, Albacete, Valencia, Como, Bassano del Grappa, Munich, Tubingen, Bremen, Stuttgart, Lubeck, Copenhagen, Paris, Villersexel, London, Edinburgh, Basel, Zurich and more.
However, in all medical diagnosis, there are always three ranges – too little, the correct amount, and too much. German medical doctors have recently developed methods to determine from muscle testing all three of these ranges. They have learned to correctly differentiate between a muscle that tests "adequately strong" as compared to a muscle that tests "hypertonic, rigid or too strong". Thus, muscle testing can be used for precise medical diagnosis. Dr. Frost now teaches this new AK development to groups worldwide.
Specific muscles have been found to be associated with specific organs. Thus, if a client has a disease of the liver, the associated muscle (Pectoralis major sternalis – PMS) will test imbalanced. It will either test weak (too little) or totally blocked and rigid (too much). An effective remedy for the liver disease, when placed upon the tongue, will cause the PMS to come into balance and test strong (correct). A remedy that makes a weak muscle overly strong and rigid will likely have negative side effects and should be prescribed.
Doctors can use these techniques in their medical practice to determine, in advance, which medicine will work best for the healing of a specific patient. Mothers can use the same methods to find out which herb tea, homeopathic remedy, food, medicine or other remedy will help their ill family members. Athletes trained in these techniques can tune up their bodies for optimal performance.
--Dr. Robert Frost