Autonomic Response Testing (ART)

Autonomic Response Testing (ART) is done through testing your body's own neurological reflex points. The neurological reflexes are derived from the autonomic part of the nervous system whose job is to regulate the functions of each and every organ. Autonomic refers to the automatic functions of the body such as heart beating, breathing, digestion, etc.

ART is a study of how the different points on the surface of your body relate to the state of health and to the flow of energy in each and every organ and function of your body.

Each ART reflex represents a specific organ, tissue or function and indicates the effect that energy or lack of energy, is having on your body. By testing the ART reflexes, we have a system of monitoring your body at each visit that helps us identify exactly what your body needs and how well we are meeting that need.

How do we access the autonomic nervous system? We use Applied Kinesiology, commonly known as muscle testing. The technique is painless, powerful and personalized. It involves using the practitioner's hand, lightly pressing on different acupuncture points or reflex locations while simultaneously checking a strong muscle group.

To understand this, it is imperative to realize that the body is very electrical. Your nervous system transmits electrical impulses throughout the body. Your brain, as part of the nervous system, sends and receives these electrical impulses. Specifically, there are 8 nerves from your spinal column that come together at the front of your lower chest area, which is called the Celiac Ganglion or plexus. This area contains a very dense concentration of nerve fibers, which has a constant flow of electrical nerve impulses to and from your brain. From this ganglion, nerves disperse to your abdominal organs and tissues. This area is very sensitive to the electron energy being emitted by every substance all around you.

Your electrical nervous system will respond to the electron energy being emitted by a food or product when it is held up to your ganglion/plexus in your lower chest area. To understand electron energy, you need to know that everything on earth and in the universe has its own specific electron configuration. Energy is being produced when electrons move around the nucleus of a molecule in a substance. This energy can be positive or negative, and it causes a weakness or strength in your body. It will also cause sickness or wellness.

This testing works when your nervous system causes a weakness or strength, which is felt in your arm muscle by the clinician when he/she gently presses your arm while you are holding the food or product at your lower chest area. Your nervous system will cause your arm muscle to be weak when a food or product is not good for you or strong when it is good for you. This test can give you direction in how to treat yourself, and it evaluates if your self-treatment is working.