What is Kinesiology?
Kinesiology – pronounced Kin-easy-ology – is borne of chiropractic and embodies Eastern, Traditional Chinese and Western medicine. Since the inception of Applied Kinesiology (AK) in 1964, many clinical techniques have been developed. While some of these specialise in certain aspects of health – such as emotional, physical or spiritual – all utilise the body’s own energy to assess and treat imbalances. This technique is known as muscle testing.
AK is a system for evaluating body function by testing how the body reacts to various forms of stimuli applied to the nervous system. These are known as ‘challenges’ which cause the muscle being tested to lock or unlock. In other words, kinesiological muscle testing does not evaluate the power a muscle can produce but rather evaluates how the nervous system controls muscle function.
AK addresses the triad of health – structural and physical elements, chemical including nutritional, and mental or psychological. In order to achieve health, all three elements of this triad must be in balance. If I had to use just one word to describe kinesiology, it would be balance.
The body has an innate ability to heal itself. When overburdened with stress, toxins, physical damage or injury, the body is thrown out of balance and its healing ability impaired. The qualified kinesiologist is able to identify blockages and, by clearing these, paves the way for the body to heal.
Most of the examination and treatment procedures in AK relate to the nervous, lymphatic and vascular systems together with the inter-relationship of cerebrospinal fluid, the cranial-sacral respiratory motion and acupuncture/meridian points.
Subsidiary techniques of AK include Touch for Health, Neural Organisational Technique, Neuro Stress Release, Neural Spiritual Integration, Three-in-One, Kinergetics, and Counselling Kinesiology just to name a few. Although the techniques may vary in their approach to a health issue, they all address imbalances by clearing blockages.
Some areas where kinesiology has proven particularly beneficial are:
- learning disabilities;
- allergies;
- chronic pain;
- head and jaw issues;
- sports or physical injuries, including whiplash;
- emotional and stress-related issues;
- strengthening focus;
- nutritional imbalances;
- conception and fertility.
Kinesiology is complemented by nutritional and herbal medicine. Fatigue, pain, anxiety, depression and many other conditions may be attributed to nutritional deficiencies. These may be the result of unwise dietary choices or blockages – you may be consuming wholesome foods but absorption of nutrients is just not happening. Kinesiology is able to identify sub-optimal nutritional status as well as reveal underlying blockages. By removing the inhibiting cause, your body will be able to benefit from nutritional or herbal medicine prescribed by a qualified Nutritional or Herbal Medicine practitioner.
Our bodies are a complex interwoven system embodying the physical, chemical and emotional. All these aspects must be functioning and interacting in order to support optimum health. Kinesiology embraces all these aspects in a gentle, non-invasive form of balancing and re-harmonising of the entire self.
Dagmar is a qualified kinesiologist, nutritional medicine and herbal medicine practitioner so is able to provide a truly holistic approach to your health concerns.
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