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Muscle testing (also referred to as Applied Kinesiology) is a way to get
honest feedback about what is going on in the body on a physical, spiritual,
intellectual or emotional level. The logical brain is by-passed to get a true
reading of what is occurring in the body/mind. It is used to test for
allergies, in assessing chiropractic problems, and in facilitating personal
work by assessing issues, blocks, methodologies and progress.
Chiropractors utilize muscle testing to find the source of a weakness in the
body. They touch a very particular point on the body that correlates with a
particular part of the spine, while testing the arm. If the arm is weak
(cannot hold firm), then the correlating spot on the spine is the one needing
adjustment.
Muscle testing works just as well on emotional issues as it does on physical
problems. And the physical body responds more clearly and honestly than the
logical or analytic mind does. Answers provided through this process are not
influenced by a persons hopes, social conditioning or social taboos. The
muscle testing process also provides answers from the sub-conscious mind that
are unavailable to the conscious mind.
In terms of how muscle testing works, the person being tested is asked to
hold firm in a particular position while asking a question or pushing on
another area on the body. The body part doing the testing could be the arm
held out to the side of the body, or it could be fingers being held together.
The person is asked to hold it in that position or to resist you pulling
apart their fingers. If they can hold the position, then the issue being
tested is strong or the answer is a "yes." If they cannot hold the position,
then there is a weakness, or the answer is "no."
It is also possible to do self-testing. This involves asking yourself a
question while attempting to hold two fingers together and pulling another
finger from the other hand through those fingers (if the finger doesnt go
through then the answer is a "yes," if it goes through, it is a "no"). Or you
can hold the index finger out straight and attempt to push it down with your
middle finger. The best method is the one that feels most comfortable to you.
Some people have difficulty testing themselves. Dont feel that you are a
failure if this is the case. Practice. And if you still feel uncomfortable
with it, then teach the process to another person, and ask them to do it for
you.
Some people get yess and nos reversed. If this occurs, just retrain the
mind by saying that "a yes is when the arm or finger stays firm, a no is when
it is weak." Because people can get reversed, it is a good idea to begin the
process by asking the person (or yourself) to, "show me a yes" and then test
(they should test strong). And then ask them to "show me a no" and test them
(they should test weak). It is also a good idea to begin by doing the
"General Reversal" test to make sure that a reversal is not accounting for
the answers you are getting.
Questions that are asked during the muscle testing process may determine the
outcome of the testing, so the wording of a question is very important. Make
sure that what you say is what you want to be testing. If the results are
confusing, first try doing a cure for a "general reversal". Then try wording
the question in a different way.
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