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 Traditional Worldviews
Quantum and Chaos Theories
A Comparison Between Traditional and Modern Models of
Reality
Fractal Geometry
Holograms
Biological Medicine and the Systems of Regulation

Chapter 3
THE MUSCLE TEST
Theory, Procedure, and Interpretation of Muscle Testing
Examiner Prejudice or Impartiality
Applications of Muscle Testing
Challenge
1. Structural or Mechanical Challenge
2. Emotional Challenge
3. Functional-Neurological Challenge
4. Chemical-Physical/Energetic-Electromagnetic Challenge
Therapy Localization
Surrogate Testing
Technique for Surrogate Testing

Chapter 4
PRETESTS
How to Prepare an Indicator Muscle for Accurate Testing
A. Is Dehydration Present?
B. Does the Muscle Test Strong in the Clear?
C. Can the Muscle Be Weakened?
D. Is the Individual Muscle in a Hypertonic State?
Is Neurological Disorganization (Switching) Present?
E. Ocular Lock
F. Kidney 27 and Ocular Lock Correction
G. Auxiliary K 27
 H. Central (Conception) Vessel and Governing Vessel
Muscle Testing Pretests — A Summarized Overview
General Hypertonicity
How to Detect Hypertonic Muscles
How to Correct Hypertonicity in Individual Muscles
How to Correct Hypertonicity in Bilateral Muscle Pairs
How to Correct General Hypertonicity

Chapter 5
DIAGNOSIS AND CORRECTION TECHNIQUES
The Origin-Insertion Technique
How to Perform the Origin-Insertion Technique
Neurolymphatic Reflexes
Neurolymphatic Reflex Point Technique
Neurovascular Reflexes
Vascular Circulation from the Arteries to the Veins
Neurovascular Reflex Point Technique
The Meridian System
The Meridians
Diagnosis of the Reaction to Substances and Other Stimuli
Testing for Possible Positive Effects of Stimuli
Testing for Possible Negative Effects of Nutrition or Other
Non-Toxic Substances
Hidden Problems
Finding Hidden Problems
Activation of the Right and Left Halves of the Brain
Detecting Hidden Problems through Activating the Halves
of the Brain
Repeated Muscle Testing
Repeated Muscle Testing Technique
Fascial Release or Chill and Stretch Techniques for Muscle
Stretch Reaction
Testing for Muscle Stretch Response
 Draining Excess Fluids from a Muscle
Performing the Fascial Release Technique
Performing the Chill and Stretch Technique
Reactive Muscles
The Reactive Muscle Technique
Exercise
Basic Formula for an Exercise Routine
Basic Formula for Muscle Injuries: “RICE”
Two Types of Exercise: Aerobic and Anaerobic
Improving Posture
Typical Postural Difficulties
Specific Exercises for the Most Commonly Neglected
Muscles

Chapter 6
MUSCLE TESTS
Adductors
Deltoids: Anterior, Middle, and Posterior
Gluteus Maximus
Gluteus Medius
Hamstrings
Iliopsoas
Infraspinatus
Latissimus Dorsi
Pectoralis Major Clavicular
Pectoralis Major Sternal
Pectoralis Minor
Peroneus Longus and Brevis
Peroneus Tertius
Piriformis
Popliteus
Rectus Abdominis Group
Rectus Femoris
 Rhomboid Major
Rhomboid Minor
Sacrospinalis Group
Sartorius
Serratus Anticus
Sternocleidomastoideus: Neck Flexors
Subclavius
Subscapularis
Supraspinatus
Tensor Fascia Lata
Teres Major
Teres Minor
Trapezius, Lower
Trapezius, Middle
Trapezius, Upper

Chapter 7
STRUCTURE
Ligament Interlink
Ligament Interlink Technique
Strain Counterstrain
Strain Counterstrain Technique: Jones
Strain Counterstrain Technique: Goodheart
Gaits
Gait Testing Technique
Further Gait Testing
Discussion
Eliminating Gait Imbalances with Fluorite (Mineral) and
Pink Ivory (Wood)
Cloacal Synchronization
Pretests: Testing the Individual Limbs First
Cloacal Synchronization Technique
Discussion
 Hyoid Bone
Muscles of the Hyoid
Hyoid Technique
Injury Recall Technique
Injury Recall Technique: Talus Bone
Injury Recall Technique: Cervical Vertebrae
Ocular Lock, Eyes into Distortion, Eyes Out of Distortion
Ocular Lock: Further Considerations
Eyes into Distortion (EID)
Eyes Out of Distortion (EOD)
Body into Distortion
Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation
Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Technique
Frank Mahoney’s Hyperton-X Technique

Chapter 8
CHEMISTRY
Substance Testing
Techniques to Elicit Hidden Dysfunctions and Muscle
Weaknesses
Organ Neurolymphatic Reflex Points
Substance Testing and Consequences
Retrograde Lymphatic Technique
Retrograde Lymphatic Technique
Hot or Cold?
Testing Whether to Apply Heat or Cold

Chapter 9
Psyche: Mind and Emotions
Emotional Neurovascular Reflex Points
Hand on Forehead Technique
Fine-Tuning the Emotional Neurovascular Reflex Treatment
Frontal-Occipital Holding
 Practical Applications
Determining If There Is a Mental/Emotional Aspect to a
Dysfunction
Reversals and Conflicts
Conflicts Elicit Switching
Sabotage Programs Running
Temporal Tapping
Front Brain–Back Brain
Phobias
Homolateral Organization

Chapter 10
Diagnostic Protocol
Standard Applied Kinesiology Diagnostic Protocol
Structural Screening
Mental/Emotional Screening
Hidden Weakness Screening
Chemistry Screening

Appendices
I. Glossary of Anatomical Terminology
Vocabulary
II. Correspondences of Meridians, Muscles, and Organs/Glands
III. Charts
IV. Step-By-Step Plan for Conducting a Session with AK
Techniques
V. Applied Kinesiology Techniques of Examination and
Diagnosis
VI. Additional Tips for Correcting Weak-Testing Muscles
Locating Active Reflex Points
Challenge All Corrections
“Unsolvable” Problems
VII. How to Improve and Maintain Optimal Health
 General Health Tips for the Therapist to Tell to His Patients
VIII. Case Histories
IX. Bibliography
X. Contact Addresses and Sources
Orthomolecular (Nutritional) Products
The Best Sources of AK Test Kits in Europe
Tables and Tools
Manufacturers of Tables
Diagnostic Labs
ICAK Chapter Contacts
Fractals
About the Author
FOREWORD

Applied Kinesiology had a simple beginning in 1964, based on the

concept that muscle weakness is involved in most muscle spasms
and, indeed, is primary.
Applied Kinesiology is based on the fact that body language never
lies. The opportunity of understanding body language is enhanced
by the ability to use muscles as indicators for body language. The
original method of testing muscles and determining their function,
first brought to my attention by Kendall, Kendall, and Wadsworth,
remains the prime diagnostic device.
Once muscle weakness has been ascertained, a variety of
therapeutic options is available, too numerous to enumerate here.
The opportunity to use the body as an instrument of laboratory
analysis is unparalleled in modern therapeutics because the response
of the body is unerring; if one approaches the problem correctly,
making the proper and adequate diagnosis and treatment, the
response is adequate and satisfactory both to the doctor and to the
patient.
The name of the game, to quote a phrase, is to get people better.
The body heals itself in a sure, sensible, practical, reasonable, and
observable manner. “The healer within” can be approached from
without. Man possesses a potential for recovery through the innate
intelligence or the physiological homeostasis of the human
structure. The recovery potential with which he is endowed merely
waits for the hand and the heart and the mind of a trained
individual to bring it into manifestation, allowing health to come
forth; this is man’s natural heritage.
 DR. GEORGE J. GOODHEART, JR.

This benefits mankind individually and collectively. It benefits the

doctor who has rendered the service, and it allows the force which
created the structure to operate unimpeded. This benefit can be
performed with knowledge, with physiological facts, with
predictable certainty. It should be done, it can be done, and this
book offers a means and a measure of how it can be done. My
appreciation to the author and his staff for the excellent job he has
performed in advancing these principles, and my best wishes are
extended to all who read this manual.
—George J. Goodheart, Jr., DC, FICC Diplomate, ICAK
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

First of all, I would like to give a heartfelt thanks to the founder of

Applied Kinesiology, George Goodheart, DC. His insights and
research are the reason this field exists at all.
Next, I am indebted to the excellent texts of David Walther, DC,
David Leaf, DC, and Wolfgang Gerz, MD. These were my most-used
references for the writing of this book. Dr. Gerz was also kind
enough to read the text, answer questions by phone and fax, provide
various diagrams, and to help with specific questions including the
correct translations of Applied Kinesiology terminology
(Fachbegriffe) for the German edition. His critical reading of this
text, corrections and suggestions greatly assisted its accuracy and
completeness.
My deepest thanks go out also to my personal teachers of
kinesiology: John Grahme, Andres Bernard, Richard Harnack,
Jimmy Scott, Gordon Stokes, Daniel Whiteside, John Thie, Frank
Mahoney, Dominique Monette, Richard Utt, Sheldon Deal, Joan and
Bruce Dewe, John Varun Maguire, Hap and Elizabeth Barhydt, Irene
Yaychuk Arabei, and Andrew Verity. Their dedication and personal
love of kinesiology constitute an ongoing inspiration. A special
thanks to Irene Yaychuk Arabei and Andrew Verity for the personal
balancing sessions that helped me rid myself of various health and
personal problems, making the writing of this book and the
achievement of other life goals possible.
Parts of this text were derived from my doctoral thesis. While I
was writing that thesis, my father played the role of the interested
but uninformed student of kinesiology. Through his continual
questioning, I rewrote and rewrote until a beginner could
understand what I meant. Through the magic of electronic mail
(between California and Switzerland/Germany), he assisted me in
clarifying this text as well. He taught me to seek unity, coherence,
and emphasis in my writing. I hear his guiding words whenever I
write. Thanks to you, Joe Frost.
A special thanks to Tatjana Schuba (Heilpraktikerin, acupuncturist,
fitness trainer, designer). Her design and precision craftsmanship
produced the various anatomical and other graphic drawings.
During the initial writing of this book, Tatjana sat next to me and
translated the text into German. Through her extensive knowledge
of anatomy and physiology, the text achieved scientific accuracy. In
particular the parts about the nervous system, neurophysiology,
hormones, and the meridian system have, through her research and
reworking of my text, achieved greater precision. Writing together
made the work fun and stimulated us both to keep at it for long
hours. Through her questioning of exactly what I meant to say,
many unclear sections of the text were rewritten and greatly
improved.
I also want to thank Kaitlyn Vera, CPT, the model in chapters 7–9,
as well as Michael Lebowitz who allowed me to summarize his latest
protocol of systemic corrections for dealing with difficult patients.
INTRODUCTION

This book is for those who want a detailed introduction to Applied

Kinesiology (AK) as it is performed by qualified chiropractors,
medical doctors and health professionals. The goal of this book is to
present the principles and basic practices of AK in their original
form as developed by George Goodheart, but in a manner and a
format which may be understood even by the reader with no prior
medical training. Standard medical terminology as used in AK is
adhered to in this text. However, since most every specific term or
concept is defined and logically presented, even the complete
beginner should be able to follow and understand the ideas. Since I
especially wish to present these concepts using the vocabulary
common to occupational groups with medical background, I utilize
the following terminology which is also typical in AK literature: The
“examiner” tests the “patient,” “diagnoses” and provides corrective
“treatments.”
At the beginning of the first chapter, I present short definitions of
traditional kinesiology (biomechanics), Applied Kinesiology and
muscle testing so that the reader may more easily understand these
topics. Then a short history of Applied Kinesiology, its methods and
techniques is provided. In order to describe how living beings move
(the original meaning of kinesiology or biomechanics), I describe
the anatomy and physiology of muscles and related structures. Since
muscles are driven by nerves, sections on neurophysiology and
nerve receptors are included. The stress concept of Hans Selye and
how this relates to muscular dysfunction follows. Since many of the
phenomena of Applied Kinesiology cannot be adequately described
within the limitations of the old Newtonian cause-and-effect
scientific model, this is contrasted with the new worldviews
provided by quantum and chaos theories. Biological medicine,
which uses quantum and chaos theories to provide a basis for a
holistic model of healing, and which often uses Applied Kinesiology
for diagnostic purposes, is then described at length. There follows a
section on how to use the concepts of biological medicine to
improve and maintain optimal health.
For those with some experience in muscle testing, the main
portion of this book will provide the theoretical background
necessary to deeply understand and to explain to others how muscle
testing is performed and how muscle strengthening techniques
function. The testing and strengthening of thirty-three muscles are
illustrated and carefully described. The muscle strengthening
techniques discussed in this text include Goodheart’s original origin-
insertion technique, neurolymphatic reflex point massage,
neurovascular reflex point holding, appropriate nutrition, and
manipulation of the neuromuscular spindle cells and Golgi tendon
organs. The detailed explanations of how these techniques are
performed in AK will enable the “apprentice” muscle-tester to use
muscle testing and strengthening techniques with improved
precision and effectiveness. The advanced AK diagnostic and
treatment techniques explained in this book include therapy
localization, challenge, nutritional and other substance testing,
individual activation of the right and left halves of the brain,
repeated muscle testing, muscle stretch response, and reactive
muscles. Use of these techniques will produce much greater ability
to locate and correct the energy imbalances that affect health and
optimal functioning. These basic and advanced AK techniques are
described in a step-by-step format I designed for easy application in
a therapeutic session. A selection of case histories using this format
is presented to help the reader bridge the gap from theory to
practice. Most anatomical and other specific terms used in this text
are defined in the glossary.
The AK techniques in this book should give the student a
thorough theoretical grounding in muscle testing and its application.
However, nothing can replace “hands-on” experience. It is highly
advisable to seek training with a health professional experienced
with AK techniques before attempting to perform them. Readers
who already have experience in muscle testing will find the
techniques that are new for them described in enough detail here
that they will be able to put them directly into use. It is hoped that
this text will also whet their appetite for more. For all those who
have the required prior training in a health profession, it is
recommended that they acquire training under the guidance of a
qualified teacher of Applied Kinesiology.
Sports trainers and physical therapists of all sorts will learn useful
techniques from this book and thereby be better able to help their
clients. Mastery of the practical techniques in this text should give
any health professional who practices them the ability to help
patients dispel health problems, improve posture and coordination,
increase endurance, eliminate pains, increase the recuperative
powers and many other salutary effects.
Applied Kinesiology was created in the 1960s by the American
chiropractor, Dr. George Goodheart. It has been further developed
by other chiropractors and by medical doctors. The requirements for
the highest accreditation, the “diplomate” of Goodheart’s
International College of Applied Kinesiology (ICAK), are high
indeed. To join the organization, or take training courses, you must
already be a chiropractor, medical doctor, or other health
professional with a four year medical training and the legal right to
diagnose. Then you must have at least 300 hours of accredited
instruction in AK, publish two AK research papers and practice AK
for two years. Finally, you must pass intensive written, oral and
practical examinations. The ICAK diplomates have tremendous
training, knowledge, and experience behind them. But due to the
stringent and extensive requirements for accreditation, there are not
many of them, and the successful work they do is not yet very
widely known.
In the German branch (ICAK-D), membership and specially
designed AK training programs are available for accredited
practitioners of all state-recognized health professions including
Heilpraktiker, Krankengymnasten, Physiotherapeuten and
Psychologen. A special branch of ICAK-D, the International Medical
Society for Applied Kinesiology (IMAK), exists to serve the interests
of medical doctors and dentists, offering an exclusive AK training
program for them. Germany, Austria and Switzerland are the first
countries where the medical community is beginning to take serious
interest in AK. In fact, there are more medical doctors who use AK
techniques in the German- speaking countries than in the rest of the
world combined.
In an of itself, AK is not a profession. Therefore, in the world of
AK, there are no “applied kinesiologists.” As mentioned, to study AK
one must already be a chiropractor, medical doctor, or at least a
state-approved therapist. For simplicity in this book, qualified
therapists who use AK will be referred to as “examiners” or
“therapists who use AK.”
John Thie (chiropractor and first president of Goodheart’s
International College of Applied Kinesiology) gave some of his
patients AK techniques for self-application as “homework.” He saw
that the patients who did this homework had better and swifter
results than those who didn’t. Excited by these practical results, he
then urged Dr. Goodheart to write a popular book about his
discoveries in AK. Dr. Goodheart gave the job back to Dr. Thie. First
with the help of Mary Marks, and then with both research and
writing assistance from Richard Duree and Gordon Stokes, Dr. Thie
wrote the now famous Touch for Health book, first published in
1973. This was designed for use by lay persons. The only
requirements were that the chosen techniques be easy to learn,
would (even in simplified form) be able to do a lot of good and,
even if done incorrectly, would cause no harm. It is an excellent
system for mothers to help improve the health and performance of
their children. As far as it goes, the system works very well. In fact,
it works so well, that many people use it professionally as a therapy
system. This was a great surprise to its founders. No one ever
intended that Touch for Health become a professional system of
healing. Through its widespread popularity, Touch for Health has
greatly increased the awareness of Applied Kinesiology. More than
two million people world-wide have been introduced to kinesiology
muscle testing techniques through Touch for Health. The many