Applied Kinesiology (AK), which was developed in 1964 by George
Goodheart, DC, and is a diagnostic tool and health care system
used by medical doctors, homeopaths, naturopaths, chiropractors,
acupuncturists, and many other alternative-care practitioners.
Goodheart was the first to identify the relationship between
individual muscles and corresponding organs. Other offshoots of
AK include: Neuroemotional Technique (NET) Applied
Psychoneurobiology (APN) Contact Reflex Analysis (CRA) Autonomic
Response Testing (ART) To understand applied kinesiology and how
it works, it is necessary to understand how the muscles work in
the body. Applied kinesiology is very similar to but different
from kinesiology itself, which only seeks to understand how the
body moves and how the muscles function. In applied kinesiology,
doctors perform tests on patients to see which muscles are
"strong" and which muscles are "weak." These tests judge the
responses of different muscles to stimulation, and base the
results on how strongly the