Kinesiology

Kinesiology was founded in 1964 by the American Chiropractor George Goodheart and is now used by chiropractors, acupuncturists, medical doctors, osteopaths and others with a license to diagnose. Dr. Goodheart found that evaluation of normal or abnormal body function could be accomplished by using muscle testing. 

Since the original discovery, the principle has broadened into testing muscle as a diagnostic method. Kinesiology is a form of alternative medicine and is therefore distinct from academic kinesiology which is the scientific study of human movement. Commonly, patients lie down and raise their dominant arm. Then a practitioner pulls down on the arm while the patient resists. By testing resistance, therapeutic efficacy for particular problems can be evaluated.

Kinesiologists theorize that physical, chemical, and mental imbalances are associated with muscle weakness. Kinesiology is also used in this same manner for the treatment of allergies. A measured weakness in the presence of a substance is due to the effect of an allergy to the item the person is touching. This simple method can be used to detect you allergens.