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My chiropractor has really helped me, but not with muscle testing...just adjustments.
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Aniek
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I tried muscle testing once and the diagnosis was that I was stressed because my mother was worried I wouldn't get married. I know people swear by it, I personally don't.
I do use many other forms of alternative treatment. I work with two medical doctor who use a lot of herbs and supplements. I do yoga regularly.
I believe a good combination of therapies is important to treating Lyme.
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I have found muscle testing, namely ART, to be profoundly beneficial. It is done by my ND and an MD. I have seen some chiropractors do it as well and I think it is a little more hit or miss as to their true level of skill with the technique. Some are very good.
My overall course of treatment has been heavily guided by ART and other energetic tools.
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SForsgren
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I am not sure what "Dr K natural treatment" is. The topic of ART and the topic of treatment approaches are two different topics. Dr. K uses antibiotics, anti-fungals, anti-virals, etc. when appropriate. If we are talking here about muscle testing, that is a separate discussion from treatment approaches or results.
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I use extensive reading and research to inform me of what complementary therapies show cliniccal results, and what therapies people say they respond to well in lyme treatment.
Then I take this information to a very good chiropractor who does kinesiology.
He helps me figure out which therapies to use, when, and how much.
This has been an invaluable resource. I think that mucscle testing can be as skilled or as limited as the practitioner.
I go to someone who came highly reccommended, and who has a very long waiting list.
The most beneficial treatments for me are craniosacral therapy and lymph drainage by a massage therapist.
It helps clear toxins and lowers my pain level.
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hardynaka
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It's my tool number one, it comes before everything else I used. I use it everyday now, for almost everything, even food consumption.
Something I didnt' believe when I fell sick with lyme, now I'm afraid to say I got addicted to it.
I guess though you need a good practioner to get good results. Few discussions were done on this subject not too long ago, you could try a search. Many lyme patients are 'blocked' and then you'll never get good results, so that's why you need a good practioner.
Tosho is using the same practioner I am/ was, but I went more often to my practioners (1x a month) to reshape my whole protocol, so that could also play a role (?).
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I recently visited a LLND that my LLMD recommended. So far I have spent quite a boatload with her on muscle testing and supplements, with no results.
I'll keep trying for a few more months though...trying not to be skeptical....cause I like/respect my LLMD so much, i figure if he recommended her/it, I should try it.
So far, acupuncture has been the most beneficial for me.....I SWEAR by it for pain control and lymph drainage.
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My lyme Dr. recommended my Chiropractor and he is doing a great job for me. They work together (talk on the phone occssionally regarding my treatment) and I love them both. I've seen a great improvement since I've seen my Chiro. (not to mention he helped me with some non lyme related issues). I improved so much since April that I'm his patient of the month in Oct.
I also have been doing Lymph Drainage. The lady comes right to my LLMD's office with her machine. That has also helped me feel better. She says I'm not as bad as most people but it still is worth the weekly 45 minute drive.
My Lyme Dr. seems to be spot on when it comes to what treatments to recommend.
I don't know anything about muscle testing but I think it's time I learned about it. I've been hearing so much about it.
Scott do you have any web site recommendations. I'll check on your site, too.
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GiGi
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More and more medical doctors are taking the ART training. Many practitioners, MD's and ND's, nurses, nutritionists, etc. etc. do a variety of muscle testing. Some methods are better than others.
I would most likely not be here, healthy and well, without having being guided through treatment with muscle testing - ART.
I am not totally up-to-date on other forms of kinesiology, but ART (Autonomic Response Testing) addresses ALL levels that are important for healing; probably the most important one in the long run that will impact success or failure of treatment is the emotional level.
(An unresolved emotional conflict changes the body chemistry within a fraction of a second having a cascading effect into certain body regions, most the time not a positive one. It really pays to resolve these possible conflicts. With ART, it takes a few minutes.)
The trick is to find a good practitioner and then develop a rapport with the person, and the practitioner with you, assuring that the energetic field surrounding all is a positive one. Then good things can happen. Tosho is disappointed and expressed this repeatedly because he does not feel any positive results within a few months. But that is most often not possible. We are literally undoing years of damage that we have suffered, not all because of our own doing and not all because of what others did to us. Much less is it just caused by the event of a tickbite. (Many people carry a Lyme infection and they do not suffer as many of us do and did.)
What we inherit through Mom and Grandma--- (am not quite sure of Dad's and Granddad's hand-me-down)---- and the events that follow until the body finally gives out -- we are aware of many of them.
(Just recently heard firsthand about a child suffering from autism: - it was found to be very mercury toxic; never had a filling; Mom had no fillings at all; but Grandma had a mouthful. Nature's way of passing the bad to the fetus to protect Mom - so it was explained.)
It took me five years to unravel all of the damage. I lived through years of war, hunger and fear. Bad chemistry resulting in constant tooth repair. You all know about mercury and root canals and dentists who still put that stuff into people. It took great efforts on behalf of my doctor and it took more patience that I could sometimes muster to undo every bit of cellular/physical/physiological damage. All is the result of good muscle testing and a doctor who never gave up.
The major impact I see in muscle testing, as long as it is done by a solid practitioner and a proven testing method, is that we can chose the proper treament/medication, etc. in a second. We may suffer from an unknown, unfamiliar mutation of a microorganism, a virus or Lyme mutation nobody knows much about. If the medicine resonates, it's a hit. Sometimes for a short time, sometimes for years. We avoid damage to the system, allergic reactions, a blocked Autonomic Nervous System, so that it can no longer muster the proper defense. The whole intake (meds, supplements, detoxers, etc.) are all tested also together, the whole program selection, assuring that one single supplement does not negate the benefits of all the others.
I would suggest to look around, ask questions at health food stores, etc. -- and you will find a good practitioner. Don't expect them to hang a shingle out in the WallStreet Journal. You probably understand from some of the reactions on other threads on this board to the age-old practice of kinesiology that the final decision you alone can make.
Good luck. Take care.
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