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Q: What is the difference between chiropractic and applied kinesiology?

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Q: What is the difference between chiropractic and applied kinesiology?
Chiropractic is the diagnosis and treatment of mechanical disorders of the spine and muskuloskeletal system that may interfere with the nervous system. It is a system wherein the practitioner essentially aligns the spine. Each spinal segment (there are 24) is related to a meridian (Chinese Acupuncture […]

Q: What is Applied Kinesiology and how does muscle testing work?

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Q: What is Applied Kinesiology and how does muscle testing work?
Applied kinesiology (AK) is a form of diagnosis using muscle testing as a primary feedback mechanism to examine how a person’s body is functioning. By applying a force to a muscle it can be determined how the muscle is functioning.
In general a muscle will either […]

Q. Physiologically, how does stress affect the body and what are your suggestions for controlling it?

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Q: Physiologically, how does stress affect the body and what are your suggestions for controlling it?
Dr. Hans Selye, a pathologist in the 1930’s, did a tremendous amount of research into how stress affects the body. He identified a pattern of stress-related illnesses as a reaction to chronic stress, concluding from his research that all stress […]

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