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How to Listen to Your Body for Optimum Health
Using muscle testing for yourself
The first time I was introduced to muscle testing was when I was 21 yrs old. I had gone to see a chiropractor on the recommendation of my boss. The chiropractor had me hold out my arm and would tell me to “hold”. Then he would test the strength of my limb by gently pushing on it.
At the time, I didn’t really know what he was doing, but it felt like my body was communicating with the doctor and telling him where to focus his efforts.
A few years later when I met an herbalist and her son, they used muscle testing also, but this time they used their fingers, checking the information from the client’s body and double-checking by using each other to pull one another’s fingers apart to confirm answers.
Watching this I had an “ah-ha” moment and realized this was the same thing that the chiropractor was doing, just on a different muscle. I was amazed, but also this felt very natural to me — why wouldn’t we use this to find out what each body does and does not need?
What is muscle testing?
Muscle testing is also referred to as Applied Kinesiology, Behavior Kinesiology Muscle Response Testing, Muscle Checking, or Energy Testing. Many chiropractors use it to find which parts of the body need adjustment and to check if an adjustment has been successfully made. They use it combined with elaborate knowledge of the body’s systems.
If one touches certain key points of the body and at the same time tests if a certain muscle is weak or strong, that can indicate if that key point needs correction or not. The interesting thing is that muscle testing works just as well on mental or emotional issues as on physical body parts.
Basically, one can put one’s attention on something and then test for a weak or strong response. Increasingly, many other professions are using muscle testing, including dentists, osteopaths, massage therapists, and more.
The reason for this is not surprising because the body is not as much of a liar as is the conscious mind. It is much more likely to give an honest assessment of what is going on.
