Muscle testing, What is it (muscle testing)? How does it (muscle testing)
work? There is a lot of misconceptions
there's a lot of abuse some people ask
me does muscle testing work 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
so let's show you what it is so first of
all if you hold your arm out parallel to
the ground keep that elbow straight so
we're going to keep the person stable
we're not going to put the arm out here
and pretend that we're pushing out here
and she falls over and call that a
muscle test that's just silly but we
keep it where everyone is stable I get
in close and I can just lean in very
very gently I'm gonna start applying a
few ounces and then I gradually build up
to about a pound or two and what I'm
looking for is a solid feel so right
there I got about two pounds of pressure
I have what I call a lock all right so
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 so just to make sure we know
the feeling here I'm leaning in I got
two pounds and it's really nice and
solid I have a lock now if you move your
right leg forward please a little bit
more right there so now we're gonna do
this again everyone is still perfectly
stable there is no pushing anyone over
now we start with ounces we gradually
increase I feel for that lock and there
is no lock all right there is no solid
place where that resistance matches so
what's the difference thank you what's
the difference
between the muscle function here and
here while the bone hasn't changed the
muscle hasn't changed they're still
there they're physiologically the exact
same but 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 your nervous
system is supposed to behave a certain
way well here 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
so 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 so let's
check that if you move your left leg
forward now this looks like the cross
crawl pattern that the brain recognizes
everyone is stable we go real real slow
we feel for the lock and there's a
perfect lock okay you can feel that
difference good and so now this pattern
matches and the brain is going to turn
on this muscle is going to facilitate
that muscle all right
so step back for me now 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 so this is normal to in
hibbett this is normal to facilitate so
everyone has a little button if you will
sitting right here that we can use to
practice this and you can do the same at
home if you like it's the skill it's an
art it takes a while to learn but
there's nothing magical about it and
match for me so here we get a an unlock
or an inhibition here we get a lock or a
facilitation
so it's just a great way to practice if
you want to learn how this works now
there are other things that we can check
to see if the nervous system is behaving
normally and 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 so one
thing that we know is that the belly
button has certain energies that are
pretty sensitive so it's a good place to
start so if I put my hand here and I
push and we test that arm I get an
unlock and that's a normal response 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 and we've also found
that there usually a number of different
stressors that interfere with the body
to cause it to be stuck okay so that's
one of the things that you want to
address or find someone who can address
it because that is usually one of the
most important barriers to healing
people have tried hundred different
things and they just can't seem to to
get any better
very often the body is just kind of
stuck so I hope that helps we please
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and again don't come and just say that
oh there's no way that this can work
because it does if it's something you
don't understand then just inform
yourself okay 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 so let
me know if you learn something if you
have questions if you have experiences
with it and we'd love to have a dialogue
about this thank you
