What are the basics of AK muscle testing?
AK is diagnostic; it is not a treatment procedure
AK diagnostic techniques can be used with with any adjusting technique
AK employs muscle testing with other standard methods of diagnosis
AK muscle tests require psychomotor skill that is learned and improved over time
Muscle testing performed without other forms of evaluation or by an unskilled practitioner is typically no better than a psychic reading
There are over 100 articles on AK published in peer-reviewed journals.
- Muscle testing, as practiced by a skilled physician, is part of the neurological examination; it is not energy medicine
- A specific MMT evaluates the status of the anterior horn motor neuron pool and is determined to be either facilitated (“strong”), conditionally inhibited (“weak”), or over-facilitated (unable to inhibit or “over-strong”)
AK muscle testing is about:
Isolating individual muscles by eliminating synergist substitution
Lining up the origin and insertion points and testing in line with the muscle fibres
Using therapy localisation to determine the location of a problem
Controlling for factors like recruitment and force vector
Using indicator muscles to test structures such as joints, tendons, and other muscles that cannot be tested directly
Using indicator tests to determine the direction of traction or thrust necessary for the optimum correction
Objectives of this Seminar
To learn the history of AK muscle testing, why is so widely misunderstood and why it has so many critics
To learn how to muscle test following AK principles
To learn how to find structural issues quickly using these tests
To learn how to confirm that your correction worked and how to show that to the patient
To learn how to use muscle testing diagnostic techniques with any adjusting technique
To learn how to improve confidence and patient compliance no matter your style of adjusting
Format
- Each hour is about 15 minutes of instruction, 45 minutes of practice
- Participants will practice testing each other in a rotating fashion with coaching from the instructor
- Adjustments will be done after everyone has been tested
- Bring your portable tables!
How are AK muscle tests different from ordinary manual testing?
- All modern manual muscle tests are derived from the muscle testing principles developed in the 1960s by George Goodheart, DC
- Goodheart’s work established AK as a clinical subcategory of chiropractic
- Manual Muscle Testing that does not follow the principles of AK is by definition an imitation
- Many strength testing concepts are taught by physical therapists, manual therapists, and sports chiropractors
- AK muscle testing is the gold standard for Doctors of Chiropractic
- AK tests are about proprioceptive response; i.e. neurological function, not strength
- AK tests the CNS, not peripheral or spinal nerves
Location
The Social Hub
Wibautstraat 129
1091 GL Amsterdam
Parking is available on-site. 30 euro/day
Metro Wibautstraat is steps from the front door
Tram Wibautstraat is 500 meters
