Child Clinic

Child Clinic

Children love kinesiology! I’ve often found they are incredibly receptive to the ‘fun games’ it can offer. They often don’t realise we’re actually working out what’s going on with their body and helping them! That’s why I’ve set up a separate children’s kinesiology clinic.

The children’s kinesiology clinic can offer support with:

  • Co-ordination exercises –  for dyslexia, dyspraxia, reading, writing and spelling
  • Attention and hyperactivity problems – to improve concentration and balanced moods
  • Confidence building techniques
  • Improve skin conditions – eczema, acne etc.
  • Digestive concerns – diarrhoea, constipation, upset stomach
  • Sleep patterns – help with issues going to sleep, bed wetting
  • Exam stress – optimum nutrition advice, relaxation techniques, positive visualisation
  • Family worries – divorce and bereavement support
  • Identify food intolerances and discuss alternatives
  • Immune system improvement – to fight off those coughs and colds
  • Muscle test –  to find cause and support with asthma, recurrent illnesses like sore throats + glue ear

Brain Gym – Children’s Kinesiology exercises

These are fun exercises to help improve the left + right brain crossover and get the two hemispheres to synchronise. Practising these regularly can help the nerve and energy paths connect and improve co-ordination, concentration, handwriting and behavioural issues.

Techniques include:

  • Lazy Eights
  • Cross Crawl
  • EFT – tapping techniques that can be used for any worries and phobias, from sleeping issues (in the dark, without a comforter) to a phobia of spiders.
  • Energy hook-up
  • Bach rescue remedies to help identify a relevant emotion

Surrogate testing

Kinesiology can be used on any child, even a newborn. For children under 6, I use a surrogate (this can be a parent or close friend).

My preferred working style is to test and balance clients while they are lying on a massage couch.  Although all muscles can be tested standing up, some more easily than others, in terms of treating someone, it is much more relaxing and beneficial for them to be lying down.

However, there are times when this is not possible or practical :

  • the very young (including babies) who cannot yet understand the instructions to “hold” their muscle position
  • the elderly who cannot leave their chair without a great deal of help
  • the infirm or anyone suffering from an injury which prevents them getting onto the couch
  • anyone who can get on the couch but not comfortably move in certain positions
  • when I can’t get to see someone face to face

Enter the marvels of surrogate testing..!

Working quickly, I initially assess the surrogate’s muscle function on a 14 muscle/meridian balance and temporarily strengthen any weak muscles. When you make skin to skin contact with your child, any ‘weak’ muscles that now show relate to your child and we work on these.

It is useful for the child to relax and be distracted, either by chatting to an additional friend you can bring along or with a book or ipad. The only stipulation is for your child to remain in skin to skin contact with you at all times so try to bring along a distraction device that only needs one hand!

To help the children’s kinesiology session maximise the time available with your child, it’s useful for a health questionnaire to be completed and discussed before the session.

How does surrogate testing work?

If I test an individual (person A) who is touching someone else (person B), effectively the muscle response being monitored is that of the person being touched (B), not the individual being tested (A).    If there is a chain of people, the response coming through is that of the last person in the chain.   As individuals we are acting as a magnet for the energy.   Anyone can be tested in this way and it works – I know it sounds weird and whacky but I have been told time and again by clients that their muscles feel different on resistance when they are touching someone else.

Furthermore if I were to rub the lymphatic points or hold neuro vascular points of the person being physically tested (A), provided contact is maintained with person B, then person B will get a proportion of the positive reaction (whilst person A gets a bit of benefit too).  My preference with surrogate testing is, wherever possible, to test the surrogate, including foods, nutrition, bach flowers and water and then when it comes to actual treatment, do the lymphatic massage, neuro vascular points and emotional work with the client (person B).  If I can’t access lymphatic points due to them being in a hospital bed or their position in a wheelchair for example, I would do those on person A WHILE they were touching person B.

This is fantastic, because it means that kinesiology can be used on absolutely anyone.  I have tested in this way, babies for milk intolerance, treated colic, tested children and treated for digestive issues, helped stiff necks, bad backs – the possibilities are endless.

(Thanks to Linda Belcher for this superb explanation).

Pricing

TreatmentDurationPrice
Initial1.5 hours£150
Follow-Up1 hour£90

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