Kinesiology first started out in the 1960’s with a chiropractor with a fantastic name - Dr George Goodheart. His branch of Kinesiology worked very physically on the body. Since then different Kinesiologies have evolved which deal in specific areas of expertise. There are now various different branches of Kinesiology but the area that Alison works with is called specialised Kinesiology and she is a qualified PKPer (Professional Kinesiology Practitioner) having undertaken the programme developed by Dr Bruce Dewe of New Zealand. The main way in which Kinesiology is different from conventional Western medicine is that it does not work symptomatically. Put simply this means that we are not treating symptoms. We view the body in terms of energy and any imbalance usually manifests itself in some kind of physical symptom. Alison’s job therefore is to find what the cause of this energy imbalance is to enable the symptom to get better. Over time there has been a recognition that we are not just physical beings. We are far more complex than that. That is to say that we are emotional beings who have feelings and our feelings can have a huge impact on the way our energy operates within us. Furthermore our modern day living puts us very much into thinking mode where we have become mental (left brain) thinkers and tend to push away our feelings and our intuition. This pattern can create a kind of energy imbalance that Kinesiology seems to help. The food that we eat is important as it is the fuel that keeps us going. Imagine a situation where you are feeding it with the incorrect kind of nutrients for your body and therefore what kind of output do you achieve. It is not just nutrition but our surrounding environment that has an effect on us. The electromagnetic field that we create around us is challenging for some individuals’ energy. We also look at people’s spirituality, the things that they love to connect into but that sometimes fall by the way side due to time and life pressures. Kinesiology works beautifully to bring all aspects of a person into balance to enable us to feel much better and more in control of our own lives. After a session the client usually has some areas to work on at home, some of which can be quite challenging as we are helping the body to repattern itself and to leave some old negative programming behind. As an experience it can feel hugely liberating and self empowering. More often than not, the challenge that the client arrived with initially has got better as a result of some of the other areas that we have worked on. Remember as well that symptoms do not have to just be physical ones. They come in all shapes and sizes - relationship issues, stress, learning difficulties, food intolerances, insomnia, irritable bowel - the list is endless. It is best to look at it by saying that if something is not in balance then an imbalance is created within the body that requires adjusting.   The purpose of the client’s first appointment is to take a detailed history of the issues that are taking place in their life now and in the past. It also introduces muscle testing to the client for the first time and enables some preliminary work to be started. A follow up appointment is suggested within a two week period and thereafter at perhaps three or four weekly intervals. It is important to have drunk some mineral or filtered water before each consultation as this ensure that the body is hydrated and prepared for muscle testing.