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kinesiology
KINESIOLOGY PRONOUNCED, KIN-EASY-OLOGY, WAS FOUNDED BY DR. GEORGE GOODHEART A CHIROPRACTOR, IN THE 1960’S. HE DEVELOPED METHODS FOR BALANCING THE BODY BY USING MUSCLE MONITORING TO EVALUATE AND IMPROVE STRUCTURAL IMBALANCES AND POSTURE, AND FOUNDED WHAT IS KNOWN AS APPLIED KINESIOLOGY. THIS IS RESTRICTED TO BE USED BY THE MEDICAL PROFESSION ONLY. DR. JOHN THIE ANOTHER CHIROPRACTOR WAS INTRODUCED TO GEORGE AND WAS IMPRESSED WITH THESE TECHNIQUES. HE HAD STUDIES CHIROPRATIC, APPLIED KINESIOLOGY, NUTRITION AND ACUPRESSURE AND KNEW THESE REALLY WORKED. FURTHER RESARCH LINKED MERIDIAN ENERGY FLOW WITH MUSCLES AND ORGANS/GLANDS. THUS KINESIOLOGY COMBINES MODERN WESTERN METHODS OF MUSCLE TESTING, ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY WITH THE ANCIENT AND RICH CHINESE TRADITION OF ACUPUNCTURE AND THE KNOWELEGE OF THE MERIDIANS AND ENERGY BALANCING. HE WANTED TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH THE NON MEDICAL PUBLIC AND SO HE TRANSLATED THESE PRACTICAL TECHNIQUES AND IN 1970 TOUCH FOR HEALTH, KINESIOLOGY WAS BORN. OVER THE YEARS MANY BRANCHES OF KINESIOLOGY HAVE DEVELOPED SO NOW IT IS BASED ON APPLIED KINESIOLOGY BUT OFFERS A ROUNDED HOLISTIC APPROACH TO THE ART OF HEALING, USING A WIDE VARIETY OF TECHNIQUES INCLUDING, EMOTIONAL STRESS RELEASE, HOLDING OR MASSAGING NEURO LYMPHATIC REFLEXES, NEURO VASCULAR POINTS AND TAPPING MERIDIAN END POINTS OR ACUPRESSURE POINTS. IT ALSO INCLUDES PERSONALISED NUTRITION AND DIET BY MEANS OF ALLERGY AND NUTRITIONAL TESTING, ENERGY HEALING, SPECIFIC EXERCISES (BIO KINETICS) EYE MOVEMENTS, COLOUR, SOUND AND FLOWER REMEDIES ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF THE BALANCING TOOLS IN THE RICH AND VARIED ART OF KINESIOLOGY. IT IS THE ONLY HOLISTIC APPROCH THAT IS COMPLETELY RECRPTOR/CLIENT DRIVEN. THIS MEANS THAT THE PRACTITIONEER RELIES COMPLETELY ON FEED BACK FROM RECPTORS IN THE CLIENTS BODY. THIS IS CALLED BIO-FEEDBACK AND IS ACHIEVED BY MUSCLE TESTING. THIS INVOLVES APPLYING GENTLE PRESSURE ON SPECIFIC CONTRACTED MUSCLES, GENERALLY OF THE LIMBS, THIS DETERMINES THE MUSCLES ABILITY TO HOLD THE CONTRACTION, OR AN INABILITY TO DO SO. AN INABALITY TO DO SO INDICATES THAT THERE IS SOME FORM OF UNDERLYING IMBALANCE COMPROMISING THE FUNCTION OF EITHER THE MUSCLE ITSELF OR THE ENERGY SUPPLYING IT VIA ITS ASSOCIATED MERIDIAN. EACH MERIDIAN IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO ONE OR MORE OF THESE SPECIFICALLY TESTED MUSCLES. THERE ARE 14 MAIN MERIDIANS AND EACH ONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CARRYING ENERGY TO PARTICULAR ORGANS/GLANDS OR SYSTEMS OF THE BODY. IMBALANCES IN THIS ENERGY SYSTEM INTERFERE WITH THE OPTIMUM FUNCTION OF THE BODY. IF IGNORED LONG TERM THESE IMBALANCES MAY CAUSE UNWANTED COMPENSATIONS AND ULTIMATELY DETERIORATION IN HEALTH AND WELL BEING. THE BODY IS LIKE A COMPUTER, WITH A VAST STOREHOUSE OF KNOWELEGE REGRDING ITS CONDITION. MUSCLE TESTING ACCESSES THIS “BIO-COMPUTER” GIVING INSIGHT INTO THE UNDERLYING CAUSES AND THE SOLUTIONS TO MANY HEALTH PROBLEMS AND SYMPTOMS. ALL THE THERAPIST DOES IS ACCESS THIS KNOWELEGE AND ONCE THIS HAS BEEN ESTABLISIHED, FIND WHATEVER CORRECTION TECHNIQUE IS APPLICABLE TO THE PARTICULAR IMBALANCE. CLIENTS WHO ATTEND A KINESIOLOGIST ARE INVITED TO DEVELOP AND ACCEPT PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN HEALTH, RATHER THAN BEING PASSIVELY “TREATED”. THIS ALLOWS THE CLIENT GREATER CONTROL OVER THEIR OWN HEALTH AND OFTEN THEY ARE GIVEN TECHNIQUES THEY CAN USE THEMSELVES IN TIMES OF STRESS OR AS PART OF THEIR “GROWTH WORK” TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. KINESIOLOGY IS ABOUT FINDING AND TREATING THE ROOT CAUSE OF A PERSONS PROBLEM BY BRINGING THE BODY BACK INTO BALANCE, RELEASING ENERGY BLOCKS, ELIMINATING TOXINS, REDUCING TENSION AND THUS ENHANCING THE BODYS NATURAL HEALING ABILITIES.
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