Chiropractors, osteopaths, naturopaths, and even allopaths use Applied Kinesiology (AK) muscle testing as a diagnostic tool. Skilled nutritionists also leverage the power of AK to uncover undiagnosed nutritional deficiencies using muscle testing to evaluate supplements.
Why Use AK?
Patients and uninformed medical professionals often ask, “why use AK, why not just run tests?”. The answer to this question is simple.
The body never lies. If a patient is experiencing symptoms, the condition might not have advanced sufficiently to be detected by blood tests.
For example, a patient with hypoadrenia might feel tired and experience light-headedness, immune system problems and tired feet. Blood tests might not show abnormal cortisol levels until the condition is advanced. On the other hand, the practitioner skilled in AK may spot the adrenal insufficiency before it appears in bloodwork.
While that is an extreme example, the more common use of AK by chiropractors and other holistic medical professionals is to identify nutritional deficiencies, allergies, and toxicity in the body.
Muscle Testing for Nutritional Deficiencies
Muscles serve as a reliable way to check for nerve pathways compromised by nutritional deficiency. While the Food and Nutrition Board set recommended daily allowances of vitamins for a healthy person, a distant research council can’t know the individual dietary needs of any person.
Each person’s nutritional needs are influenced by their lifestyle choices, age, sex, weight, the amount they exercise, blood type, personality type, and well as their genetics, and heredity. In addition, the quality of the water they drink and the food they eat, the amount and type of sleep they get, and their living and working environment all impact their nutritional needs.
These influences can’t be captured by an RDA, but the impact on their dietary needs can be assessed with muscle testing using AK.
AK for Other Conditions
Applied Kinesiology isn’t limited to use in assessing nutritional deficiencies. It can be used to assess methylation as an indicator of cellular health, which affects the cardiovascular, reproductive, neurological, and detoxification systems.
It has utility in assessing adrenal and lymph glands, the digestive system, and other major systems and organs. Heavy metals and candida overgrowth may also be detected.
In the hands of a skilled practitioner, AK is a powerful diagnostic tool.
Applied Kinesiology Using Muscle Testing Supplements
AK can be performed using acupuncture or pressure points, but muscle testing with supplements is an easy and effective method.
The patient stands while pressure is applied to the anterior deltoid. They should be able to put a fair amount of resistance against the push to contract the muscle.
The test can then be performed again with the patient either holding a supplement or placing a supplement in the mouth.
The quality of your AK results depends on the quality of supplements you use when testing. Diluted or impure supplements and tinctures provide impure results.
AK Muscle Test Kits
Nutri-West of New York offers a variety of test kits with everything you need for a battery of tests. From Core Level Test Kits that can be used to assess all core body functions to Hormone Methylation Test Kits to assess the endocrine system, these prepackaged test kits simplify the AK muscle testing process.
If you want test kits created to your specifications, just let Nutri-West know. The chiropractor-owners are ready to help you grow your practice through the effective use of AK. Book a consultation to learn more.