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Kinesiology "A Scientist Perspective"
As a biomedical
scientist all my working life I like to think I approach all new or
different ideas with an open mind. The trouble, however with being a
scientist is that I want to see proof that that something will work.
This is how it works in the medical profession.
But that is not
necessarily how alternative therapies work. It must be remembered
that just because we do not understand how all the alternative
therapies work does not mean that they can be dismissed out of hand.
Some of the alternative medicines have been around for many, many
years. Acupuncture has been used within the Chinese medical
profession for hundreds of years very successfully yet it cannot be
fully explained. Many of the old remedies from bygone times can now
be explained in medical terms and proven to work yet when they were
used originally there was not the knowledge of science or physiology
to explain the science. Many cultures used heroin for pain relief
long before there was a scientific explanation.
I was first
introduced to kinesiology by a practicing physiotherapist nearly
twenty years ago. Combined with physiotherapy it worked extremely
well and so for the first time I experienced the benefits of an
alternative therapy working along side conventional medicine.
Since then I have
seen kinesiology work for many different problems both physical and
mental. They include depression, anxiety, pain, reflux, joint pain
and even my son’s bad handwriting. How does it work? From a
scientific perspective I have absolutely no idea. But, does it work?
In my experience, yes it does.
My advice to you
would be, see if it can work for you.
Audrey Anderson
Senior Specialist
Biomedical Scientist
Dept. Medical
Microbiology
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