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How Does It Work?
Why Should We Have Kinesiology?
What Are It’s Benefits?
What Happens At A Session?
Who Can Benefit?
Kinesiology for Babies and Children

How Does It Work?

It uses muscles to test the body’s energy systems. Each particular muscle that is tested in kinesiology is linked with a certain organ or part of the body. Kinesiology is a method of testing muscles to determine how well they function, therefore using their response as a yardstick. It's a holistic treatment that addresses the physical/structural, emotional/mental and chemical (nutritional) aspects of the body.

Quads muscle test photograph

Posture of the body is maintained by tension in the muscles, imagine a tent held by guy ropes, all have to be correctly tensioned, if one or more is slack or too tight, the tent pole will not be vertical until all are correctly adjusted. This principal can be applied to our bodies. Therefore muscles work in pairs – if a muscle is tight its opposing muscle will have weakness eg weak abdominal muscles can cause an achy tight back. The reason a muscle maybe weak: inadequate nutrition, blood supply, lymphatic drainage, physical shock and emotional disturbances. Kinesiology can test for these and determine which are the contributing factors and remedy them by correcting any of these imbalances. This in turn improves the energy flow through the muscle’s corresponding organ or part of the body.

Emotional Stress Relief Photograph

Why Should We Have Kinesiology?

Do You Suffer With:

Acid stomach, indigestion, flatulence, allergies & food sensitivities, anxiety, depression, phobias, arthritis or joint pain, asthma, back ache, breast pain – periodic or constant, catarrh, candida, thrush & bloating, carpal tunnel syndrome, constipation, cramp, digestive disorders, dyslexia, eczema, elbow pain, tennis elbow, repetitive strain injury (RSI), frequent infections, frozen shoulder, heavy or restless legs, hyperactivity in children, insomnia, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), low back pain, menstrual problems, migraines & headaches, morning sickness, post natal depression, premenstrual tension (PMT), sinus problems, skin problems, spots, poor skin, stiff neck, stress & worry, tiredness ......these are just some of the complaints that can be treated using Kinesiology.

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What Are Its Benefits?

Deltoid muscle test photograph

What Happens At A Session?

A confidential consultation will be taken at the first session, about the client’s health and the reason they have come for the treatment. The client will then be asked to lay comfortably on a treatment couch or if less mobile can sit on a chair, clothes remain on during the entire session. The practitioner will then perform a selection of muscle tests on the client by asking the client to hold a particular position eg with their arm. The practitioner will gently push the arm and the client is asked to resist the gentle pressure. This will help both the client and the practitioner determine how well that muscle is functioning. Using this method the practitioner is able to carry out the required treatment and to help achieve bringing balance back to the body’s systems.

Who Can Benefit?

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Kinesiology for Babies and Children

Why Should A Baby or Child Have Kinesiology?

What Are It’s Benefits?

What Happens At A Session?

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