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Hi, my name is Dr. Steve Minors of Rehab Effects in Austin, Texas. And today we will be discussing
applied kinesiology and its application. We have a patient here that we are going to use
to help us today. And in applied kinesiology, since muscle testing is the primary feedback
mechanism to diagnose, that's what we'll be doing here in using her arm. So, Sarah, please
hold it. Don't let me pull. Excellent. So what we will do now is perform a body scan
to determine the area that needs to be addressed and how it needs to be addressed. Okay. Hold
it please. Great! And hold it again. Good. Now, we're going to go ahead and check the
bladder. Put your hand right there. When we put the hand right there, that is a form of
what is called therapy localization. And in applied kinesiology lingo, we refer to that
as TL, therapy localization. And contacting that area is essentially asking the nervous
system, is this an area that we have a problem with? Is this an area that requires our attention.
Hold it, please, Sarah. Yes, it is. Now, what we need to know at this point is, as I mentioned
in a previous segment, is it structurally related, is there a chemical relationship,
is there an emotional relationship, is there a visceral relationship or a myofascial relationship?
So that's what we'll do now. So we want to know, is there a structural relationship.
No. Strong muscle indicates that there is no structural relationship. So in that case,
a spinal manipulation may not be indicated in this case. Is there a chemical relationship?
No. So there's no potential heavy metal burden that is causing this. Is there a visceral
relationship? Okay. Visceral relationship -- muscle was weak, tested weak. As a result
of the visceral relationship testing weak, we need to determine exactly where is it,
just the bladder itself? Is it the gastrointestinal system? Liver? Kidneys and other related areas.
Bladder? Yes. We are going to test the other areas as well just to make sure there isn't
a co-relationship. Liver. Kidneys. Small intestine. asocial valve. Large intestine. Stomach. Bladder.
Therefore, we know that the only area that needs to be addressed is the bladder. So that
is our form of diagnosis. And as far as the therapy is concerned at this point, now what
we would do is, we would actually go about adjusting the gallbladder. And that would
really be performing soft tissue manipulation to the area, which would be in this fashion:
Bend your knees, please. Okay. And you would place your hand at the very bottom of the
gallbladder. And you would bring the knees up and the hand that's in there is really
doing this. So you are adjusting the gallbladder up. You only do this to the patient's tolerance,
of course. Great! Thank you. Now, since this is a primary feedback mechanism, we are going
to go ahead and re-check that to make sure that what we set out to do was done and if
it wasn't, why? And if it wasn't, could it possibly be because we need to do more of
it or address something else? Go ahead and straighten your legs out, please. Okay. So
we therapy localized the same area. And we check again. Great! Much stronger. The benefit
here is that athletes and everyday people alike may present with low back pain that
maybe related to a bladder issue, similar to this one. And we can reduce the pain a
lot faster and help quicken recovery.