The History of Touch For Health® Kinesiology

In the 1960’s a Detroit Chiropractor, Dr. Goodheart, began combining acupuncture theory with a variety of western discoveries that involved touch reflexes and muscle testing. He discovered that there was a relationship not only between meridians and major organs but also muscles. He called his system Applied Kinesiology. Today it is taught exclusively to M.D.’s and Chiropractors. One of Dr. Goodheart’s earliest students, Dr. John Thie, saw it's potential and developed a simpler system for lay people. He called it Touch For Health® (TFH). Dr. Thie’s goal was to empower anyone interested in self care to be able to use these simple techniques to help themselves, their family and friends.

Today TFH is taught in over 50 countries and the Touch For Health® manual has been translated into over 20 languages. TFH is a very effective system for stress and pain reduction. TFH uses muscle testing to determine imbalances in the acupuncture system. Muscle testing is both an art and a science. It is a skill that takes practice to refine and perfect. Kinesiology looks beyond symptoms and does not diagnose, treat or prescribe named diseases. Through manual muscle testing, kinesiologists can identify the exact nature of blockages in the energy flow. Muscle testing allows one to identify stressors to the body/mind through accessing the body’s wisdom with a kind of body biofeedback. Once imbalances are identified then a variety of techniques can be used to release energy blockages and allow the body’s innate healing processes to heal itself .

While Touch For Health® was originally designed with the lay person in mind, many health professionals have found it to be a wonderful complementary approach to enhance their practice. One of its practical features is that it offers a systematic approach to balancing the body. Some people have learned muscle testing as an assessment tool, but no techniques for corrections. Others study lots of techniques with no coherent protocol for implementing them. Touch For Health® teaches both quality muscle testing and a step by step procedure to address balancing the full meridian system to enhance the health and well being of the whole person.
                                                                                                                                          Reproduced with permission from www.uskinesiology.com

Maryland Kinesiology and Wellness Institute
Karen Beleck, Director
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