By definition, kinesiology, as we read in "kinesiology, a sweet medicine" by Fabio Burigana and Roberto P. Stefani, is the study of body movements determined by muscle contractions.

Every movement is always the result of the coordinated integration of individual muscular activities implemented by a complex body management system, the same one that simultaneously controls and correlates all the other functions of the organism.

A careful analysis of the muscles can provide valuable information on the functioning of the entire organism and the kinesiological test is an excellent tool for evaluating someone's general state of health. In fact, the resistance that the muscle is able to express during the test allows it to be classified as a strong muscle, capable of validly opposing the force applied on it by the operator, or as a weak muscle, incapable of carrying out this operation as it is the site of a clear dysfunctional state. Starting from this muscle it is possible to undertake a long journey of investigation into the functional intricacies of the human body to grasp the cause or, more often, the causes that have pushed the system beyond the maximum levels of biological tolerance, into a situation of dysfunctionality of which the weak muscle is the concrete manifestation.

The systematic application of this technique offers the possibility of evaluating a person's overall balance with respect to everything that happens inside them or affects them from the outside.

The person who discovered this correlation was a man of remarkable intuition, the American kinesiologist George Goodhearth who, in the 1960's, observed how the pectoralis major clavicular muscle was often weak on examination in the presence of a stomach dysfunction and how the quadriceps muscles could lose strength in conjunction with intestinal disorders.

These first discoveries, thoroughly studied and confirmed, today constitute the operational basis of kinesiology which, applied to many other branches of medicine, can be a valid additional support tool for classical diagnostics.

Personally, I use the kinesiological test to validate the therapeutic path I consider most appropriate. In fact, in full respect of personal choice and one's own transformation situation, it is not necessarily the case that what is best from the therapist's point of view, or rather from someone outside the problem situation, is most appropriate for the patient.

In holistic medicine, the fundamental thing is not to heal the symptom, but to understand the profound message that underlies it, to trace the cause of the discomfort. And this sometimes requires time and the full will to open up to change.

It is well known that every disease is always supported by a secondary advantage. This is why it is important to evaluate, even if it seems paradoxical, the costs and benefits of the healing process.

In this evaluation, the kinesiological test is of significant importance, because it allows me to completely respect my patient's time.