Does it require muscle testing?

AK can be defined as the clinical application of the study of movement and function. It uses functional muscle testing to measure the physiological response of a muscle to a specific force. With AK, muscle tests represent a primary feedback mechanism to examine how a person’s body is functioning.

By using muscle testing as an indicator tool, your AK Chiropractor reveals imbalances in your body’s structural, chemical or emotional factors, and identifies how well your body is functioning. It also allows your body to specify its preferences for care, and to prioritise certain issues or problems.

In general, your AK Chiropractor finds a muscle that tests weak and attempts to determine what is causing that muscle to function ineffectively. Your Chiropractor then evaluates and applies the therapy that will cause the muscle to test strong and activate your natural healing response.

In order to restore optimal muscle function, your AK Chiropractor may apply manual stimulation directly to the muscle receptors (mechanoreceptors) and other forms of care that may include precise chiropractic adjustments, clinical nutrition, dietary changes and other manual therapy procedures.

What is the triangle of health?

Applied Kinesiology uses the triangle of health model to explain health problems. The triangle of health is represented by an equilateral triangle with structural, chemical and mental health as its sides. When one or more of these factors become unbalanced, a person experiences poor health.

Our health is largely determined by how well we balance the three sides of the triangle of health.

Moving well, thinking well and eating well are the foundations for good health.

Good food without fitness or sleep won’t make you healthy.

Working out every day but starving your body of nutrition and rest won’t make you strong.

Sleeping eight hours a night but not eating well or moving enough isn’t going to keep you bright-eyed and alert.

When you strive to eat well, move well and think well consistently on a daily basis, you will be amazed at how your entire being responds to promote cellular growth, repair, and energy production, allowing all the body’s innate systems to function optimally.

What will Professional Applied Kinesiology do for you?

• Help you live life to your fullest potential.
• Help identify your specific health concerns.
• Help restore your ability to function and thrive.
• Provide care and nutrition advice specific to your needs.
  



If this approach sounds like something you would like to experience, call Roughan Chiropractic today and ask for an AK consultation.