How does Muscle Testing (Applied Kinesiology) work?
Muscle testing, or applied kinesiology, is a practical, safe, and noninvasive diagnostic and therapeutic tool. In a brief session a competent applied kinesiologist can evaluate your various bodily functions by testing your muscles, and then present you with a picture of how your glands, organs, lymphatic system, nervous system, circulation, and muscle and bone structures are working.
It has been scientifically established that there is communication within the body, which is directed by the brain. This communication is sent through the nervous system via electrical pulses. Our heart beat, hearing, sight, movement and many other biological activities are produced by currents passing along nerves.
Magnetic fields are invisible lines of force that radiate from every source of electricity, including the electrical pulses within the nervous system of the human body. Although invisible, the scientific community acknowledges the existence of electromagnetic fields (EMF) around the earth, the human body and every living thing. These EMFs can be measured in terms of gauss and Hertz. Not only does each entity, such as the human body, possess its own EMF, but each component of that entity (cells, tissues, organs, and the atoms and electrons that make up those components) is encapsulated in its own EMF.
Magnetic fields have two polarities, north and south. When these two electromagnetic pulses are synchronized, homeostasis is indicated. When out of sync, imbalance in the muscle or organ is indicated. This “life-force” or nerve energy flows freely through a well-balanced body when the pulses throughout the body are synchronized.
There are two common ways of muscle testing. One way is by checking the leg length of a client. If the legs are uneven, this indicates that the electromagnetic pulses are out of sync within the client’s body. The other common way of muscle testing is by a trained practitioner using one hand to touch a specific area over the muscle or organ being tested while using his/her other hand to apply slight pressure to the client’s extended arm. The client simultaneously resists the applied pressure. If the client is able to withstand the applied pressure, the pulses of the muscle or organ are synchronous. If not, the pulses are out of sync, and synchronization must be re-established.
Nutritional supplements also have EMFs. When the practitioner identifies a muscle or organ that is out of sync, he/she may then place a sample of a specific supplement on the appropriate area over the identified muscle or organ and then muscle test again. At this point, if the client is able to withstand the applied pressure, this indicates that the nutritional supplement tested will work harmoniously with that specific muscle or organ to bring its pulses back into synchronization, thus, re-establishing homeostasis. If the client is not able to withstand the applied pressure, the practitioner will repeat this process until the appropriate nutritional supplement is identified.