As an orthopaedic surgeon and osteopath, I have cared for people with chronic and degenerative diseases for many years. Despite the therapeutic successes of replacing joints and the availability of powerful drugs to inhibit inflammation, there was nevertheless a large group of people who needed a different type of care. They responded well to tactile therapies, herbs, homeopathics, acupuncture, electrotherapy and counselling.
These observations led me to the conclusion that the mechanistic and pharmacokinetic view of bodily structure and function advocated by medical science was not making mention of a good deal of human reality, thereby depriving patients of appropriate care. What I had learned at medical school needed to be complemented by the study of traditional healing modalities in East and West, which all acknowledge the existence of a vital force, known as chi in China and prana in India.
Kinesiology offered a synthesis of the structural and vibrational aspects to health. The common manual muscle tests for power and strength were used to monitor energy supply to the specific muscles. Such muscles were called indicator muscles. When tested, indicator muscles display a transient loss of their neuromuscular integrity if energy disturbance is present.
Muscle monitoring works on the holographic principle that every part contains the whole. Thus muscles are used to tap into a person's biocomputer to find and eliminate stressors connected with the health problem. Such stressors might be nutritional and environmental factors, unbalanced emotions and belief systems, or unresolved traumatic memories.
The body carries the effect of such stressors on a subatomic level, which means that the imbalance might not necessarily manifest in an alteration of the physical structure/function. This makes it difficult for therapist and patient alike to trace problems to their core and eliminate them. One of the merits of kinesiology is that some of these unseen and unfelt realities can be transcribed into a physical correlate known as indicator muscle change, thus unveiling areas in which a patient's health may be improved.
Through muscle monitoring, positive choices can be made that strengthen the person's energy field. The indicator muscle tests function as biofeedback tools to detect and correct imbalances. Problems like biocidic food, negative emotions, false beliefs and stressful memories may be eliminated. Once changes are made on the appropriate vibrational level, symptoms of unwellness disappear.
Kinesiology can be understood in the context of vibrational medicine. Vibrational medicine looks upon the body as a human energy field. Patterns of energy form a dynamic web of substance. Gerber (1988) has defined vibrational medicine as "a systems approach based upon the Einsteinian paradigm of healing" (p. 60). Einstein's statement on this subject is m=e:c2.
The very fact that our body is an assembled mass of molecules implies that we are energetic entities. Further, quantum physics discovered in the last decades that every particle of matter is associated with interaction and resonance quanta (parcels of energy) at a ratio of about 1 nucleon to 1 billion quanta. (Ludwig in Brugemann 1993). The quanta exhibit specific patterns and are susceptible to resonance. These subtle energetic configurations (bodies) can be disturbed causing unwellness and pain.
Kinesiology provides a vibrational assessment of bodily tissue. Additionally it promotes an extensive repertoire of vibrational correction techniques to rebalance and strengthen the body on an energetic level. These techniques originated from traditional healing modalities such as tactile therapies, acupressure, counselling, psychotherapy, herbalism, homeopathics, aromatherapy, spiritual healing, etc. They have been modified through the observation of indicator muscle response and tailored to the need of the individual seeking health care.
Dr Anna E Rolfes MBBS MD PhD, Kinesiology and natural healthcare consultant
Footnote:
Biomechanics and pharmacokinetics are based on Newtonian physics. The body is seen as a machine assembled from atoms. Ions move across membranes causing biochemical changes.
References:
Brugemann H. (ed.) (1993) Bioresonance and multiresonance therapy , Haug International, Brussels.
Gerber, R. (1988) Vibrational Medicine: New Choices for Healing Ourselves Bear & Company, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Rolfes A.E. 1997 "The Phenomenon Of Indicator Muscle Change" priv. publication
Thie, J.F. (1987) Touch for Health T.H. Enterprises, Pasadena.
Walther, D.S. (1988) Applied Kinesiology: Synopsis Systems DC, Colorado.
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