muscle tension | stress induced muscle spasm

Kinesiology is the study of movement. Applied Kinesiology (AK) is the use of muscle testing in the diagnosis and treatment of health problems. The major breakthrough of AK muscle testing is that most people have an unusual type of muscle weaknesses in their bodies. These muscle weaknesses are not due to a lack of exercise, but are due to a "short-circuiting" of the muscles and their nerve connections. Muscle spasms and muscle tightness have been shown to be secondary in importance to, and in fact, caused by muscle weaknesses.

This is a prime example of how stress affects your overall health.

The "short-circuiting" which creates muscle weakness can be due to many health problems: spinal misalignments (traditional chiropractic concepts), nutritional deficiencies, allergies, acupuncture problems, organ dysfunction, poor circulation, injury to the muscle itself, and on and on. AK treatments are designed to correct these sources of muscle weakness using natural health care methods, thereby correcting the muscle imbalance, and restoring normal function.

AK was developed by Dr. George Goodheart of Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Goodheart is the first chiropractor in history to be officially appointed to the Sports Medicine Modalities Committee of the United States Olympic Committee and served at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics in 1980.

There are AK practitioners all over the world and from many disciplines. The International College of Applied Kinesiology (ICAK) is a multidisciplinary professional organization which is dedicated to the research and education of applied kinesiology. The ICAK and its chapters, including ICAK-USA may be contacted by the following links.

ICAK-USA: www.icakusa.com
ICAK International site: www.icak.com

One of Dr. Goodheart's most valuable parables is about the "zebra in the bathtub". There is a zebra in your bathtub, and he is eating and eliminating you out of house and home and generally making your life miserable. When someone comes over and tells you that his name is "Charley", then you feel so much better, at least at first. But the knowledge of his name does nothing to solve the fact that there is this offensive zebra in your bathtub who is eating and eliminating you out of your domicile. What IS important is "How do I get the zebra out of my bathtub", and secondly, "How did he get there in the first place so I can keep it from happening again!"

Giving the zebra a name is like giving a patient a diagnosis. Many doctors pride themselves in being able to "diagnose" a disease by giving it a name. This is fine as long as the "diagnosis" is not the only goal of the clinician. There must be a therapeutic course implied by a diagnosis. Diagnostics should be therapy oriented rather than an academic exercise. Diagnosis is the naming the zebra while totally missing the boat on
"understanding the process" of how the problem got there, not to mention what to do about it.

There are a very limited number of "processes" of physiology and pathology which are presently understood. However, few clinicians, in any profession, seem to have a grasp on the concept of understanding the processes causing the patient's complaints. If we understand processes which are fundamental to health and disease, then when confronted with a sick patient, we can diagnosis the process and begin specific therapy to change its course.

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Dr Peter Lind

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