I practice two types of kinesiology, Touch for Health developed by Dr. John Thie, and Nutritional Deficiency Response Testing based on Dr. George Goodhardt’s work. Both of these related techniques are multidisciplinary in that they combine western anatomy and physiology with Chinese Meridian Therapy. Specifically, they correlate the strengths and weaknesses of various organs and systems with the health and function of specific muscles.
“Kinesiology itself is now a well-established science, based on testing of an all-or-none muscle response to stimuli. A positive stimulus provokes a strong muscle response; a negative stimulus results in a demonstrable weakening of the test muscle. Clinical kinesiologic muscle testing has found widespread verification over the last twenty-five years. Goodheart’s original research on the subject was given wider application by Dr. John Diamond, whose books brought the subject to the public. Diamond determined that this positive or negative response occurs with stimuli both physical and mental. The research reflected in this volume has taken Dr. Diamond’s technique several steps further, through the discovery that this kinesiologic response reflects the capacity of the human organism to differentiate not only positive from negative stimuli, but also anabolic (life-enhancing) from catabolic (life-consuming), and, most dramatically, true from false. The test itself is simple, rapid, and relatively foolproof. A positive muscle reaction occurs in response to a statement that is objectively true; a negative response occurs if the test subject is presented with a false statement. This phenomenon occurs independently of the test subject’s own opinion or knowledge of the topic, and the response has proven cross-culturally valid in many populations and consistent through time. The test results thus fulfill the scientific requirement of replication and, therefore, reliable verification by other investigators.”
– Hawkins, David R. (2013-08-01). Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior, author’s Official Revised Edition (Kindle Locations 170-181). Veritas Publishing. Kindle Edition.
In it’s simplest terms, Applied Kinesiology Muscle Testing is a biofeedback technique that is just now being explained by quantum physics and studies of the subtle body energy fields.