Applied Kinesiology Essentials: The Missing Link In Health Care

This text fills an important gap in applied kinesiology and manual muscle testing literature. A text designed and written to meet the needs of those working with neuromuscular dysfunction in a variety of professions. A comprehensive updating of the scientific rationales and approaches of AK and the importance of the manual muscle test in physical-emotional-nutritional diagnosis. Expanded coverage explores the reliability and validity and the expanding usefulness of the manual muscle test. It provides a comprehensive, highly-illustrated and evidence-based discussion of the relationship of muscle weakness to body pain and dysfunction. An essential rationale for treatment of the musculoskeletal system based on the relationship between the central nervous system and the muscular system. This series of textbooks have been acclaimed by many who are in the process of studying applied kinesiology as a very helpful tool. A thorough understanding of the material in this text will enable a physician or therapist, whatever his or her specialty, to more effectively handle problem patients and get to the basic underlying cause of a condition. The chapter on Applied Kinesiology and Traditional Chinese Medicine covers applied kinesiology’s unique methods of evaluating the meridian system, as well as the contemporary research showing the myofascial system as a metasystem capable of conducting Qi throughout the body. Clearly written and fully illustrated throughout, this text offers practical, comprehensive coverage of the AK approach to holistic health care. The basics of applied kinesiology are presented in a concise, comprehensive, and updated style – all in one volume. Over 200 pages of highly illustrated material from leaders in the field of applied kinesiology ensure the diagnostic and treatment approaches presented are up-to-the-minute and easier to follow than before.