• Cuthbert S

• Diagnosis
• Kinesiology, Applied
• Muscles
• Musculoskeletal Manipulations
• Open Access Document
• Piriformis Muscles
• Urogenital System

Abstract: As used in chiropractic applied kinesiology (AK), manual muscle testing (MMT) procedures are diagnostic tools in the examination of a system frequently ignored and even unexamined by traditional physicians today: the reproductive system of both men and women. Using AK MMT we can work directly with the position, motion, innervation, nutritional needs, tissue tone and functional capacity of the reproductive organs, their motor nerves, as well as their adjacent and supportive tissues. AK MMT procedures permit us to restore proper tone and structure/function relationships throughout this critical area, and to improve its potential for health. The genitourinary system needs not be viewed differently than other body systems, i.e., it does not need to be ignored as a specific clinical entity and therapeutic target of care.

This paper argues that it makes no sense for the chiropractic profession to deliberately shy away from the genitourinary system in its patient recruitment, history taking, functional examinations or therapeutics. We possess methods within our therapeutic system that permit us to evaluate and treat the genitourinary system; with respect, reverence, sensitivity, and skill. Visual and laboratory inspection of the tissues and fluids of the reproductive organs is only one aspect of the proper evaluation of this integrative neuro-endocrine system.

The relationship of applied kinesiology to the endocrine system is one that creates success for the clinician where other manual modalities might fall short. Each of the endocrine organs has been given diagnostic tests, therapeutic protocols, nutritional correlations, and treatment monitoring methods. The endocrine glands are of course controlled by the nervous system, and this is why chiropractic has proven to be helpful throughout its history for endocrine-related disorders.1 But applied kinesiology offers an exhaustive and repeatably accurate way to monitor both the endocrine symphony and the effect of our natural therapies upon it. This system of chiropractic diagnosis and treatment offers us as much endocrinology for the general practitioner as will be found anywhere. 

Author keywords: Piriformis - Genitourinary - Mass muscle test - Muscle imbalance - Applied kinesiology - Diagnosis 

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