KINESIOLOGY - THE HEALTH BUILDING SYSTEM

If you have read my previous blogs you will probably realise that I don't lie and secondly i will definately voice what i am thinking!

Having carried this damn hip injury for about 10 weeks now and conventional treatments not really improving it, ie. I still cannot run, i decided to try out the Kinesiologist at the clinic i work in, http://www.citytherapy.org/.

George is our Kinesiologist and i'l be honest, at first i didn't know what kinesiology was or indeed did and once i did get an idea, i found it hard to really open my mind up to how kinesiology works. It is basically a therapy that builds health, not only physically, but mentally & emotionally and executes this process through the muscles. Now, i know kinesiology does alot more than this, for example, George can test food intolerances in people and even find out which would be the best nutritonal supplement for someone to take! amazing eh!

My experience of George's field was not in foods, but in the muscles - and to speak in real basic terms, he speaks to my muscles through my subconscious mind so they will answer him without me having a hold on it!

George explained on our first session that he could reduce the discomfort in my hip by about 30% by the end of the session - Still being a sceptic but openminded all the same i thought, even if i get some pain relief its sold to me!

Now, the process is basically the locking 'off' and 'on' of the muscles in my arms. So, i sat on the bed with my arms straight and infront of me and George would simply ask me a question, well, not exactly me, but my body and then apply a light pressure to my forearms and if my arms locked - didn't move, my body agreed with what George said and if they softened - so George could move them down, my body didnt agree with what he asked!

I have to add at this point, that i couldnt cheat this process, no matter what he asked me, my muscles answered no matter what my brain was thinking which was weird but all the same amazing!

I thought the most amazing part of the session was when George was putting my hip through muscle tests of strength, to basically individualise all the muscles of my hip and put them right however i couldn't carry out a test on my psoas (hip flexor), as it felt weak & painful, so George simply tested my arm (as the psoas) asking if my arm could be tested as my psoas to which my arm agreed and stayed strong - As soon as George was testing my arm as Psoas i couldnt hold any strength in it which i thought was unbelievable - and believe me, i did try to hold it!

George was also able to lock onto emotional bonds with my injury that could be the reason my injury was not getting better - as he stated, hips are the support structure for our body and at the same time they move us forward - however, i could be emotionally tied to something in the past that wont allow me to move forward! when you think about it in this way, it could make sense! (if you can put a man on the moon, i suppose anything is possible!)

George has continued to amaze me with kinesiology through other various forms of speaking to my subconscious with a thing called body tesing where he will ask my body as a whole a question and my body will respond by leaning forwards or backwards - and again, it is uncontrollable which way you will tilt!

Although I am still struggling with my injury, my kinesiology process has not finished and i believe kinesiology has uncovered an underlying factor to continuous unsuccessful treatments and once these stresses have been removed, kinesiology and sports therapy should have me back on the road to my next race in Nov 09!

All in all, i would recommend kinesiology and in particular George as a kinesiologist to anyone suffering with chronic injury and i am sure you will be amazed with what it can achieve.

Afterall you can't put a price on health!

Stusarmy

THE WINNING MIND

When i decided to write this blog it was the intention to help people understand what it takes to succeed in our health & fitness aspirations - Not only this but enable people to have a positive mind in other apects of their lives!

Many years ago, a heavy weight champion boxer was defeated in a defending title fight, both the media and the public stated 'his day was done' and he should hang up his gloves! But what this fighter decided was he wasn't going to hang up his gloves and infact was going to reclaim his belt and world champion title. Not only did he think this - he stated 'He Will' get this title back in a rematch.

This fighter found what is known as his 'Inner Motivation' - something that will motivate him because he WANTED TO and not because he thought he needed to. He got out of bed every morning becuase the inner motivation for something he wanted drove him to it.

Not only this, he also worked on the techniques that worked for him and binned the ones that didn't and slowly built up consistent skills that was seeing results.

This particular fighter went back into the ring and indeed won back his title status! This same attitude can be applied to someone who wants to lose weight or someone who wants to be more defined - It needs to be dome because that person wants it to be done and not because they think they 'need to lose weight' etc!

It is amazing how many people i come into contact with on a daily basis who say to me during conversation, 'i need to go to the gym' or 'i need to go for a run' in the context that they dont really want to... This automatically makes physical activity a chore and not something to be enjoyed!

Enthusiam towards a goal for instance, losing a stone in weight, will begin to instill the winning mind - telling yourself you are going to lose that stone is self suggesting so YOU are in control of your own thought patterns and in this context; is a positive thought or statement, then anytime your mind wanders back into a negative thought process just channel in into the previous text - this will bring about your mind power! Which is what the boxer did throughout his training!

Although all of the above come from within, we can also take information for the winning mind from an expert in the field - ie. A personal trainer who will also give you external motivation for your winning mind. a Personal trainer will be dedicated to achieving your goal and will help toward your goal by setting realistic and achievable timelines and interim goals.

If we put the whole process together and continue down this path in all aspects of your life you will have a positive-mental attitude that will make you want to get out of bed in the morning and go for that run!

I will blog more in this psychological subject at a later date but in the mean time -

"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult" -Seneca-