APPLIED KINESIOLOGY
New Patient Special: $39 Applied Kinesiology Screening at our NYC office – Call 212-581-9079 for details
What is Applied Kinesiology (AK)?
Applied Kinesiology (AK) is a system that evaluates physical, chemical and emotional aspects of health using manual muscle testing combined with other standard methods of diagnosis. AK is a non-invasive system that combines skills from many disciplines including Chiropractic, Osteopathy, Medicine, Dentistry, Acupuncture, Biochemistry, Psychology, Homeopathy, and Naturopathy, etc.
New Patient Special: $39 Applied Kinesiology Screening at our NYC office – Call 212-581-9079 for details
What is Applied Kinesiology (AK)?
Applied Kinesiology (AK) is a system that evaluates physical, chemical and emotional aspects of health using manual muscle testing combined with other standard methods of diagnosis. AK is a non-invasive system that combines skills from many disciplines including Chiropractic, Osteopathy, Medicine, Dentistry, Acupuncture, Biochemistry, Psychology, Homeopathy, and Naturopathy, etc.
A session with an AK doctor revolves around muscle testing. The purpose of muscle testing is to determine if the muscle being evaluated is functioning at it’s best. In your daily life, you rarely isolate a single muscle to see how it’s functioning, you use your muscles in groups. If one muscle in your shoulder area isn’t functioning properly then your body will look to compensate for that weakness with other muscles in the area. This will let you go on with life without noticing the problem. Your body is highly intelligent and it does this compensation work for you all the time. The problem is, after years of compensating for these problems, you could run out of ways to ways to compensate and that is typically when you begin to feel a symptom, usually pain.
A session with an AK doctor revolves around muscle testing. The purpose of muscle testing is to determine if the muscle being evaluated is functioning at it’s best. In your daily life, you rarely isolate a single muscle to see how it’s functioning, you use your muscles in groups. If one muscle in your shoulder area isn’t functioning properly then your body will look to compensate for that weakness with other muscles in the area. This will let you go on with life without noticing the problem. Your body is highly intelligent and it does this compensation work for you all the time. The problem is, after years of compensating for these problems, you could run out of ways to ways to compensate and that is typically when you begin to feel a symptom, usually pain.
The goal of the AK doctor is to isolate and test muscles all over the body to learn where the poorly functioning ones are and then to fix them. When you get to the root cause of the pain by finding and fixing the original muscle that caused the problem then your body can finally heal.
At our office, the correction might be a chiropractic adjustment to the spine, specific types of soft tissue work, therapeutic laser, exercises, teaching you how to meditate, teaching you what to eat, advising what supplements to take and more.
The goal of the AK doctor is to isolate and test muscles all over the body to learn where the poorly functioning ones are and then to fix them. When you get to the root cause of the pain by finding and fixing the original muscle that caused the problem then your body can finally heal.
At our office, the correction might be a chiropractic adjustment to the spine, specific types of soft tissue work, therapeutic laser, exercises, teaching you how to meditate, teaching you what to eat, advising what supplements to take and more.
What is it like to be treated by an Applied Kinesiologist?
How is a visit with an applied kinesiologist different from any other chiropractic visit?
- Most chiropractors only focus on the spine. Applied Kinesiology doctors focus on the spine, muscles, fascia, nutrition, exercises, stress, and more.
- Most chiropractors will only focus on where your pain is. Applied Kinesiology is a full body approach to care. We address your pain by getting the entire body to function better.
- Applied Kinesiology allows the practitioner to get to the root cause of your problem faster than any other technique.
If you are looking for an expert in the body who can guide you to understand how to truly be healthy, then find an applied kinesiology practitioner, a principled chiropractor—or both—who will teach you what it truly means to be healthy.
Check out this case study to hear how applied kinesiology helped one of Dr. Piken’s patients.
DR. JASON PIKEN, DC, CNS, PAK
Dr. Jason Piken is a Chiropractor, Certified Nutrition Specialist and Health Coach in NYC offering a unique holistic and whole body approach to nutrition and wellness. Since starting his practice in 1996, Dr. Piken has taught people how to heal from various problems ranging from chronic pain to digestive disorders. When you walk into his office, you know you are in an environment where you are going to be personally cared for. His midtown Manhattan office, Innate Wellness Group, functions as a primary source for healthcare without the use of drugs or surgery.
