Applied Kinesiology

What is Applied Kinesiology?

Applied Kinesiology is when the doctor is testing the muscles of the human body and looking for any weaknesses that shouldn’t be there.

Why do we use Applied Kinesiology?

Muscles move the bones, so it makes sense that a chiropractor should look at how these work.

It’s a great tool to use because it can give us hidden information about what’s going on with your body.

What’s great too is we can recheck the muscle after to see if the treatment worked.

Applied Kinesiology can help figure out a number of problems from headaches, low back pain, knee pain, and walking problems.  Applied Kinesiology, or muscle testing, helps figure out what’s wrong!

What happens if there are weak muscles?

Your muscles should normally be strong.  If you’ve never experienced Applied Kinesiology testing you might be surprised if we find a weakness.  A weak muscle could be the underlying cause of the pain you’re having.

There’s 5 main reasons why a muscle would test weak.

  1. a pinched nerve
  2. too many waste products in the muscle
  3. an acupuncture disturbance
  4. a nutrition issue
  5. a misalignment involving the skull and your breathing pattern.

How do we do the muscle testing?

Sometimes we start with a strong muscle and then have you touch other body parts to see if the muscle stays strong or not.

This doesn’t tell you “what” is wrong, it just gives you the possible location of a problem.

When I am checking someone’s shoulder, I’m looking for what muscles are not working right.

Look me up on YouTube if you want to see some videos of this.

Where did Applied Kinesiology come from?

It was discovered by Dr. George Goodheart back in the 1960’s.  He found that weak muscles would sometimes get strong by rubbing certain points. This helped his patients get better.

Advanced Uses of Applied Kinesiology

Applied Kinesiology | Englewood CO Chiropractor

Englewood Chiropractor Robert Ebeling, DC PC
of A-Just-A-Ble Chiropractic Center

3333 South Bannock St #235
Englewood, CO 80110
(303) 377-1755