Kinesiological Testing

The study of Kinesiology was developed in the sixties by Dr. George Goodheart, a chiropractor, who pioneered a specialty he called Applied Kinesiology after finding that benign psychical stimuli – for example, beneficial nutritional supplements – would increase the strength of certain indicator muscles, whereas hostile stimuli would cause those muscles to suddenly weaken. The implication was that at the unconscious level the body “knew,” and through muscle testing was able to signal, what was good and bad for it. The classic example was a universally observed weakening of an indicator muscle in the presence of a chemical sweetener; the same muscle strengthened in the presence of a healthy natural supplement.

In the late ‘70s, Dr. John Diamond refined this specialty into a new discipline he called Behavioral Kinesiology. Dr. Diamond’s startling discovery was that indicator muscles would strengthen or weaken in the presence of positive or negative emotional and intellectual stimuli, the sound of music or a voice, or physical stimuli. A smile would make your muscles test strong, while the statement “I despise you” would make you test weak.

Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt further developed this testing system, making it a part of his diagnostic/treatment methods of Applied Psycho-Neurobiology and Autonomic Response Testing. He theorized that muscle response is mediated by the autonomic nervous system.

Over the last 40 years, multiple books and studies have been published on the use of Kinesiological testing, but a western medical establishment still does not accept it.

Although superficial testing looks easy to do, it is extraordinarily sensitive and can be easily misused and misinterpreted.

Kinesiological testing requires an honesty and maturity on the part of the tester, because intent to get a particular result can change the result of a test.

Multiple conditions in the patient, such as emotional stress, scars, toxins, allergies and energetic imbalance can also change the results of the test. Dr. Klinghardt has developed a comprehensive way to approach the testing, making it a reliable and revealing diagnostic tool.