Mitä kinesiologia on?Lyhyesti: Kinesiologian päätarkoitus on auttaa ihmistä luomaan ja ylläpitämään kokonaisvaltaista tasapainoa. Kinesiologia tulee kreikankielisestä sanasta îkinesis îeli liike ja viittaa lihaksien tutkimiseen.Kinesiologian avainoivallus on kehossa olevan energeettisen epätasapainon löytäminen. Tämän oivalluksen tekivät kiropraktikot huomatessaan, että ylijännittyneen lihaksen vastapelaaja osoittautui aina heikoksi. Kinesiologian kehittäminen sai varsinaisesti alkunsa, kun George Goodheart Jr. ,D.C., alkoi 60-luvulla järjestelmällisesti yhdistellä heikkojen lihasten etsintää ja tekniikkoja, joiden avulla heikkoja lihaksia voidaan vahvistaa. Tämän myötä on kehitetty monia kinesiologisia menetelmiä, joille on yhteistä ainakin lihasten testaaminen ja joiden tavoitteena on tasapainon saavuttaminen monesta eri näkökulmasta katsottuna. Kinesiologian ydinfilosofian lähtökohtana on ajatus, että yksilön oman hyvinvoinnin ainoa autenttinen tietolähde on yksilö itse. Alkuperäisestä sovelletusta kinesiologiasta on kehitetty lukemattomia menetelmiä joista Suomessa käytetään tällä hetkellä Oppimiskinesiologia (joka sisältää Aivojumppa -Brain Gym Æ), Touch For Health Æ, Hyperton-X, Three In One Concepts (One Brainô), Neural Organization Technique, ohjelmia Tanskasta sekä Skotlannista kuten mm. Health and Balance through Body Wisdom. Early days of applied kinesiologyIn Dr George Goodheart ís own words,îApplied Kinesiology had a simple beginning in 1964,based on the concept that antagonist muscle weakness is involved in most muscle spasms and,indeed,is primary.î (ref:Walther,1988).Basically,Dr Goodheart ís discovery of Applied Kinesiology arose out of his observation that basic Chiropractic adjustments often were not providing complete relief for physical disabilities and that the problem seemed to be related to muscle spasms that were not being released. A study of the original methods of testing muscles described by Kendall and Kendall (ref:Kendall, 1949) led to the primary diagnostic tool of muscle testing used in Applied Kinesiology. Also instrumental in the early development of muscle testing techniques was Dr Goodheart ís colleague Dr Alan Beardall DC (dec íd). The timing of the muscle testing procedure was changed to provide an evaluation of the control of the muscle by the nervous system rather than an evaluation of the power the muscle could produce. Once the pattern of strong and weak muscles is determined, a variety of non-intrusive therapeutic techniques are available. The initial basic correction was to facilitate inhibited muscles, which would in turn release continuously contracting or spasmed muscles. Dr Goodheart observed that inhibited muscles often exhibited none of the observable atrophy that he expected to find in a physically malfunctioning muscle. He also observed, through palpation, discrete painful nodules at the muscle insertion. Wondering if these nodules might be trigger points for the muscle, he deeply massaged these nodules and found that the muscle immediately regained a high percentage of its strength and that the nodules became less painful. (ref:Goodheart,1964) Neuro-lymphatic massage points (NL)Additional techniques were soon found for facilitating inhibited muscles. The Neuro-Lymphatic Reflexes (NL) had been discovered in the 1930s by Dr Frank Chapman DO (ref:Owens;no date). These reflexes arefound in anterior and posterior intercostal spaces and other locations throughout the body, although not necessarily associated with lymphatic nodes.He related these reflexes to particular organs in the body. Stimulation of the reflexes, especially when they were enlarged or painful, would bring about a reduction in painfulness and a stimulationof the function of the associated organ. (However, in the TFH approach, It is not recommended to massage swollen lymphatic nodes unless a health professional has made a diagnostic determinationthat there is no pathology present that contraindicates massage.) Oriental meridian therapy -AcupunctureA major element of Applied Kinesiology, discovered by Dr Goodheart through the use of NL reflexes,is the specific relationships between the body organs and the muscles.This led to the inclusion of Oriental Meridian Therapy (also known as Acupunture)into the practice ofApplied Kinesiology.This yielded an objective technique to determine the need for NL (NeuroLymphatic) stimulation through muscle testing.In the Oriental model,every organ function is related to a particular energy meridian. Combining the organ/muscle relationships of AK with the organ/ meridian relationships of acupuncture gives us a specific relationship between the muscles and the meridians. With this knowledge, muscle inhibitions (and related organ function inhibition) found through muscle testing can be corrected through meridian therapy. Following the eastern energetic traditional belief that function precedes structure, organ function is emphasized. TFH theorizes that each cell in the whole person has all of the functions associated with each of the organs.Balancing of the power/energy of the whole person by the TFH methods brings about balance in these functions in the whole person. The organs themselves may or may not have discrete physical malfunctions when the organ function in the whole person is imbalanced as indicated by muscle inhibition. Stimulation of the corresponding NL reflex would bring an immediate facilitation of the inhibited muscle and presumably a corresponding improvement in the function of the corresponding organ and Meridian functions.If there was no further stress on the organ, the muscle would remain strong;however if there was continuing stress on the organ,due to poor nutrition, lifestyle, or other factor, then the muscle would become inhibited again over a period of time, indicating a need for treatment of these other factors. Neuro-vascular holding points-NVAlso in the 1930s, Dr Terence Bennett DC, discovered another set of reflexes which affected the vascularity of various structures and organs.(ref:Martin,1983)Dr.Goodheart discovered that by very light stimulation of these Neuro-Vascular Reflexes (NV) he could facilitate muscles that tested inhibited. He found that a particular muscle responded to just one reflex, but that most reflexes would facilitate a number of different muscles. Therapy localization technique-TLAnother major milestone was Dr Goodheart ís discovery of Therapy Localization or TL. He found that a muscle initially testing weak became strong when the patient touched that part of their body where the dysfunction causing the muscle inhibition was located.A later discovery found that therapy localizing various parts of the body, using a muscle that initially tested strong,indicated the location of a dysfunctional reflex or organ function if the muscle tested weak.(ref:Walther, 1988) [Lähde:www.kinesiology.nu] |
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Mitä on kinesiologia?(englanniksi:)Early days of applied kinesiologyNeuro-lymphatic massage points (NL)Oriental meridian therapy -AcupunctureNeuro-vascular holding points-NVTherapy localization technique-TLMuita kinesiologisia menetelmiäSuomessa on tarjolla myös muita kinesiologisia menetelmiä.Lue lisää... |