Science-Based Evidence for Muscle Testing as a Diagnostic Tool
The Value of Integrative Assessment TechniqueTM
Integrative Assessment Technique, as we've already discussed, is a muscle testing technique created by Dr. Loren Marks, a doctor of chiropractic. While it does have its roots in CRA, it reaches beyond that discipline.
IAT goes a step further and "provides the practitioner with a unique set of tools to define the origins of a patient's health problems" by marrying the bio-energetic world of muscle testing with the academic world of functional medical testing. "The purpose of IAT is to provide the practitioner with a set of tools that enable... [him/her] to be truly accurate in... [their] assessment, while providing a correlation coefficient to known diagnostics and ultimately resulting in superior outcomes in patient care."
What that means in plain old English is this: if we conduct a CBA, and I tell you, for example, that you have a vitamin D deficiency, or adrenal fatigue, or whatever, that information is checkable. If you doubt the truth of my findings, or if you want to further quantify them, you can get a medical test, sometimes through blood, sometimes through saliva, etc., and validate my findings. If you are paying me to provide you with optimal results from personal training, I think that information has extraordinary value.
The Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, located in Oxford, UK, exists "...to develop, teach and promote evidence-based health care and provide support and resources to doctors and health care professionals to help maintain the highest standards of medicine." According to the CEBM, "Evidence-based medicine is the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients." In my opinion, IAT is both evidence- and science-based.
While it is certainly left to your interpretation as to whether or not that statement applies to Integrative Assessment Technique, and thus to the Comprehensive Biosignature Assessment, I think that it does. And while I do not have any patients, because I am not a doctor, I do have a results-based personal training and strength coaching business to run.
Using the CBA as a diagnostic tool to uncover underlying health issues that get in the way of performance goals in the gym works. Whether it works because it is part of the best information that science can provide, or a part of the best information that practical application can provide, or both or neither, is up to you to decide for yourself.
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