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Dembadon
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Hello,
I'll start with a brief background:
My wife has been experiencing soreness in her forearms accompanied by numbness and 'tingling' in her fingers for quite a few years now. This happens about 3-4 times a week and lasts for hours sometimes. These conditions arose after serving as a dishwasher in college about 10 years ago. The college paid for an ulnar nerve relocation, which did not resolve the issues.
Approximately 2 years ago we were referred to a local kinesiologist by a good friend of ours. I am skeptical of what I saw in the appointment I attended. I was not able to attend the first appointment, however, when my wife came home and described what he did, I wanted to be sure and be at the next one.
Here is an example:
He put his finger in her mouth (supposedly on a specific 'pressure point'), asked her to extend her arm and resist the force of his arm which was being administered in a downward direction. He did this many other times using different 'pressure points' (for lack of a better term). He would even grab small vial containing various elements/vitamins/substances and put them at certain places on her body and ask her to resist force in a similar manner.
I am by no means educated in any field of medical study, however, I consider myself a pretty logical individual who prefers to have data and conclusions which are derived from reliable testing/study methods, not chance occurrences. To me, this type of testing does not seem very reliable and/or scientifically based. Would this not be considered a way of making conclusions based on things that had a high probability of being mere chance correlations? What if she had been working out that day and this method did not elicit an expected response from her muscles due to this fact?
Is my ignorance in the medical field blinding me here? My logic is screaming "This guy is a wacko".
-Robert
I'll start with a brief background:
My wife has been experiencing soreness in her forearms accompanied by numbness and 'tingling' in her fingers for quite a few years now. This happens about 3-4 times a week and lasts for hours sometimes. These conditions arose after serving as a dishwasher in college about 10 years ago. The college paid for an ulnar nerve relocation, which did not resolve the issues.
Approximately 2 years ago we were referred to a local kinesiologist by a good friend of ours. I am skeptical of what I saw in the appointment I attended. I was not able to attend the first appointment, however, when my wife came home and described what he did, I wanted to be sure and be at the next one.
Here is an example:
He put his finger in her mouth (supposedly on a specific 'pressure point'), asked her to extend her arm and resist the force of his arm which was being administered in a downward direction. He did this many other times using different 'pressure points' (for lack of a better term). He would even grab small vial containing various elements/vitamins/substances and put them at certain places on her body and ask her to resist force in a similar manner.
I am by no means educated in any field of medical study, however, I consider myself a pretty logical individual who prefers to have data and conclusions which are derived from reliable testing/study methods, not chance occurrences. To me, this type of testing does not seem very reliable and/or scientifically based. Would this not be considered a way of making conclusions based on things that had a high probability of being mere chance correlations? What if she had been working out that day and this method did not elicit an expected response from her muscles due to this fact?
Is my ignorance in the medical field blinding me here? My logic is screaming "This guy is a wacko".
-Robert
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