Kinesiology

Kinesiology involves stress testing muscles (muscle biofeedback) to assess their integrity. You may have had similar tests done before by a doctor, physiotherapist or sports trainer. They would most likely have been testing the strength of the muscle or the range of movement.

The types of kinesiology I use are to assess the energy flow through the muscle. By testing several muscles, we can see patterns of energy flow through the body, and make corrections to clear blockages. I use kinesiology in four ways.

Touch For Health (TFH) kinesiology

This system was developed by a chiropractor to help people maintain their general health and wellbeing. It is based on the system of meridians (energy pathways in the body) that are used in acupuncture, acupressure or Traditional Chinese Medicine. Each muscle we test gives us information about what’s happening in a meridian, and enables us to build up a picture of how energy is flowing through your body. By clearing energy blocks and restoring the flow of energy, we can increase your feelings of energy and wellbeing.

For the first session, we would probably do a general “balance”. But we can also add a goal to a balance. If you have a goal that causes you stress to think about, this will disrupt your energy flow and make it even harder to achieve that goal. By restoring balance to the energy system while thinking of that goal, it gives you more resources to achieve it.

Kinergetics

Kinergetics was developed by Philip Rafferty from his experience in Touch For Health, Reiki and other energy techniques. It is a simple, effective method of releasing pain and stress by locating and correcting some of the causes of disease, including emotional and metaphysical ones. It uses muscle biofeedback to identify areas of stress, imbalance, or dysfunction in the body's energy systems. Working with natural healing energy, imbalances are cleared at a deep level, to bring about lasting change to our energetic and physical being.

A basic balance is the hydration balance, as fully hydrated cells are so important ro our wellbeing. But many other balances are available including physical pain, emotional pain, hypertonic muscles, supporting the release of toxins, supporting affirmations, and releasing ways we sabotage ourselves.

More information about Kinergetics.

Reactive Muscle kinesiology

For many different reasons we can develop imbalances in how we use our muscles – injury, weakness in specific muscles, habitual ways of doing things, overuse of a particular muscle (such as using mainly quads when cycling). In time, a pattern develops where the use of one muscle energetically “switches off” another muscle. For example, when cycling you might use your quads but not your hip flexors. If you do a lot of cycling, eventually, your hip flexors might “turn off” whenever you use your quads. This means that there isn’t enough energy flowing through them and they “act” like weak muscles, even if they’re strong.

If you have chronic pain, residual pain from an injury, or postural problems, for example, we might look for reactive muscle relationships. Once found we can correct the imbalance, so that there is no longer a reactive relationship. More about RMK

Muscle Testing for Substance Sensitivities

This involves putting a food or other substance near your body and seeing what happens to the testing muscle. This tells us what happens to your energy system when exposed to that substance. Substances that cause weakness can then by eliminated from your diet or avoided, so we can see what effect they’ve been having on your health.

See Allergies and Sensitivities for more on when and how we’d incorporate muscle testing.

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