Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 2:17:22 PM, you wrote:
SM> Hey Mike,
SM> not sure what you are referring to here when you say...
SM> " The problem with this is the lack of cross-examiner
>> agreement, which has actually suffered under what has happened to AK."
SM> There's an excellent article here
SM> http://www.systemsdc.com/ak/researchDCarticle.html
SM> which among other things reports a recent major review article on Manual
I'm not sure if you are following what I was saying. The
discussion you linked to concerns muscle testing being valid in
musculoskeletal diagnosis. Most people would agree that this is
true. In fact, one of the subjects I teach in a college setting
is a course called Kinesiology and Pathology. Kinesiology and
muscle testing are valid areas of concern in neuromusculoskeletal
care. Applied Kinesiology is a few steps removed from that and
much more "on the fringe". I'm "on the fringe" myself being both
a chiropractor and acupuncturist, so I can appreciate some value
derived from classic AK. I am not an AK diplomate myself, but did
take several seminars from Goodheart and also own his complete
video tape series, which I've watched many times. I would not
base my own practice on AK, but there is a lot there of merit.
In my post I was saying that Goodheart himself was against some
of the practices insinuated into AK by others. One of these
objections was the testing for nutritional appropriateness of a
substance by having the testee hold the item in their hand.
Goodhearts testing was based on neurological theory, not on new
age energy concepts. This is what he said, not me.
As people have drifted into these more esoteric aspects the
cross-examiner reliabilty has declined. The testing is very
subjective and is more similar to divining, dowsing and other
exotic endeavors. They might still have some sort of value in
the same way that a good sense of intuition does.
When I started in practice many years ago, I used to do a battery
of orthopedic and neurological tests on patients. After years of
experience, I am able to "cut to the chase" and home in on the
problem area in a very "non-cookbook" way. I'm using a sort of
intuition honed by time like any other skill. There may be
similar value in some of the more etheric AK practices (as
opposed to what Goodheart taught), but it does not hold up well
under close scrutiny.
Mike
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