Kinesiology - helpful or hocus pocus?

Hocus pocus?, It was used on my pony which had a skin condition with a view to using certain essential oils with great success, coat was healthy and gleaming within 2 weeks! Coincidence? who knows:)
 
not really sure, sort of witchy type of getting to the bottom of pains etc. interesting but is it a bit 'look into eyes not around the eyes' stuff??
 
Ahahahaaa!! Hocus pocus? It's in the syllabus for medical students.

It must be a different name, perhaps you have it confused with an essential part of anatomy, physiology and biomechanics of humans and animals. It is the study of movement.
 
It must be a different name, perhaps you have it confused with an essential part of anatomy, physiology and biomechanics of humans and animals. It is the study of movement.

It was a combination of Kinesiology and the use of essential oils that was used. So I can see where the connection between the two is made.

http://www.aromatic-kinesiology.com/aromatherapy-emotions-article.htm
 
Hmmm.... Well, I had to do kinesiology as part of my physiology degree and none of that rings a bell. It was all movement related, very in depth musco-skeletal stuff with lots of physiotherapists lecturing and nutritionists, and we learnt about specific movements that promote better flow of energy (physical exertive energies) and the way the body moves and how it should move to avoid injury.

Can't remember much about essential oils. That is aromatherapy to me :) and something I have used with great success myself too.

I don't doubt that it could help. A relaxed body is very restorative and I am a huge believer in natural therapies.

I don't think kinesiology is hocus pocus but please do some research first and what you're subscribing to.
 
tallyho! said:
Hmmm.... Well, I had to do kinesiology as part of my physiology degree and none of that rings a bell. It was all movement related, very in depth musco-skeletal stuff with lots of physiotherapists lecturing and nutritionists, and we learnt about specific movements that promote better flow of energy (physical exertive energies) and the way the body moves and how it should move to avoid injury.
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That was how we found out what the issues were, the skin condition was brought on by stress by being in discomfort from not being able to move freely, the oils were used to promote well being. The discomfort was sorted by a physio.

Sorry didn't explain all that terribly well in my first post :(
 
Jaycee said:
That was how we found out what the issues were, the skin condition was brought on by stress by being in discomfort from not being able to move freely, the oils were used to promote well being. The discomfort was sorted by a physio.

Sorry didn't explain all that terribly well in my first post :(
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Ah ok, well, yes that would make more sense. More of a combination of things helping to resolve an issue.

Everything is inter-related and so yes. That is probably how I would have approached the problem too. Stress was a big part of kinesiology actually and how it can affect the flow of energy and correct muscle contraction and relaxation. A blast from the past! I graduated in 2002 and never became a physio like I had wanted. Maybe it's time to retrain and re-read my notes!

It is a real science though and not hocus pocus nonetheless.
 
No experience of it with horses, but personally.

Tested for food allergies. Numerous extracts of dietary components were in tiny glass vials i.e lactose, citrus, gluten etc.

I lay on bed/stretcher thingy and was asked to stick my hand in the air vertically and then resist her pushing arm towards my feet and then head. Obviously could do that ok.

Then she picked various vials and (IIRC) pressed them against my neck (one vial at a time) and asked me to resist the same arm pressure as before.

When she used the citrus and lactose vials, on both occasions I could not resist the pressure, my arm was its own entity and was flopping all over the place! In very simple terms she described this as an intolerance to these foods.
 
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