How to Perform Applied Kinesiology Muscle Testing and Understand its Neurological Basis

The podcast introduces applied kinesiology muscle testing, clarifying it as a tool that, like language, can be used for various purposes depending on the user's integrity. It demonstrates the basic technique of applying gentle pressure to an outstretched arm to feel for a "lock," which indicates a stable neurological response. The core argument is that muscle testing assesses the brain's signal to the muscle, not just muscle strength, thereby checking the integrity of the neurological pathway.

A crucial distinction is made between a physical muscle's capacity and its functional response, which is governed by the brain. The host explains how the brain interprets body positions, such as a leg moving forward, as part of a walking pattern, leading to the inhibition or facilitation of specific muscles based on learned cross-crawl patterns. This highlights that a "weak" muscle test isn't about physical weakness but a neurological reflex to inhibit a muscle for optimal movement, akin to the patellar reflex.

The episode provides practical steps for practicing muscle testing, including using a "button" on the body to feel the difference between inhibition and facilitation. It introduces the concept of the body as an electromagnetic field and demonstrates how placing a hand in another's field (specifically on the belly button) can alter nervous system communication, leading to an "unlock" or indicating "blocked regulation." This blocked regulation is presented as a significant barrier to healing, suggesting that addressing it is crucial for those struggling with chronic health issues.

The broader implication is that muscle testing, when understood as a neurological assessment tool rooted in physics and neurology, offers insights into the body's adaptive and healing capacities. It's presented as a non-magical skill that can be learned and applied by both practitioners and laypersons to identify sensitivities or intolerances. The host emphasizes the importance of informing oneself rather than dismissing the technique, advocating for a dialogue based on experience and understanding of the underlying physiological principles.

"I think that's kind of like asking does language work you can use language to lie you can use language to inform you can use language to deceive you can use muscle testing for all of those purposes so it all depends on what are you trying to do with it if you use it as a tool and you have some integrity it's a fabulous tool."

"I'm pushing on the bone the bone is held up by muscle the muscle is controlled by a signal from the brain so we're checking all three components in that muscle test."

"the muscle function changes because the signal from the brain changes so when we use it like this it's a neurological reflex just like if some if you're sitting with a foot dangling and someone taps your your knee you're gonna get a patellar reflex."

"when you put the leg forward your brain interprets that as walking because normally when you walk a leg goes forward and the brain also knows that this is not very useful when you try to walk it has practiced this ever since you started crawling your brain learned that there's something called cross crawl that looks like this."

"when we are in this position the brain is going to try to turn this muscle off it's going to inhibit that muscle so you can swing back."

"with experience of tens of thousands of doctors on tens of thousands of patients we have learned that there are different things that are normal and different things that are abnormal."

"because you are a person with a brain and a heart those organs are electrical they communicate and act through electricity that means your body is an electromagnetic field and I am an electromagnetic field so if I put my hand into your field I'm going to change certain aspects of how your nervous system is communicating and this is by the way it's not controversial we are electromagnetic fields and when you put two electromagnetic fields together they're going to affect each other that's just pure physics."

"for someone that doesn't get that unlock we called it that the regulation is blocked or stuck that means their nervous system is not processing it's not turning things on and off with the sensitivity that we need for the body to heal and adapt and do the it's supposed to."

"it's pure physics it's pure neurology there's nothing strange about it it does take a little bit of practice so be patient if it's something that you'd like to learn it comes in very handy because you can start checking things whether you have certain sensitivities or food intolerances they're ways that that even a layperson can use this to their advantage."