Touch for Health

Touch for Health is a holistic approach to health which teaches the restoring of our natural energies. It is a practical guide to natural health using acupressure, touch and massage to improve postural balance and reduce physical and mental pain and tension.

Touch For Health comes from Applied Kinesiology.  Applied Kinesiology, AK has its roots in chiropractic. It was created by an American chiropractor called George Goodheart. The training and practising of AK is open only to those clinicians who have a license to diagnose. A colleague of Goodheart’s, John Thie, adapted the AK material for lay people and people without manipulative skills and created a comprehensive system called Touch for Health, TFH. Whereas AK, having its roots in chiropractic is based more around the structural and chemical factors, TFH and other branches of Kinesiology place a greater emphasis on the energy and emotional factors. Many branches of kinesiology have grown out of TFH and any branch which uses muscle testing as its primary method of assessment and standard kinesiology treatments and energy balancing is called kinesiology.  This is not to be confused with kinesiology in the medical sciences which is the study of the movement of the body. Many of the branches of kinesiology incorporate treatments from other healing modalities e.g. aromatherapy oils, crystals, flower remedies etc. However, TFH or TFH based courses are still the main foundation training for most kinesiologists and practitioners using kinesiology as an adjunct to their therapy.

What is a muscle test?
     A kinesiology muscle test involves the practitioner placing the person’s limb in a certain position in order to isolate and contract the muscle being tested. The practitioner applies light pressure, about two pounds, for two seconds, in the direction which would extend the muscle. On the practitioner’s instruction to “hold” the person tries to match the practitioner’s pressure. The muscle will either lock in place or give way. This is a test of neurological function and not of muscle strength and provides useful information for the practitioner.

My Training Includes:

60 hours of Touch for Health class at SBBTI

Learned the Touch For Health Massage routine by Phil Selinsky