Alison Manos

PMS

Pre Menstrual Syndrome is often referred to as "the bane of women's lives" and is becoming more and more common. PMS is the catch-all term for the mixture of varying physical and emotional symptoms which occur in the ten days or so prior to menstruation. Breast tenderness, fluid retention, headache, backache, fatigue, irritability, uncharacteristic aggression, depression and anxiety are just a few of the widely reported symptoms.

My experience as a practitioner and kinesiologist has confirmed what so many of us intuitively suspect, that everyone is different, biochemically different that is, so no two cases of pre-menstrual syndrome are the same. This is where kinesiology is so helpful, because it can use muscle testing to identify imbalances in a client without the need for guess work, and again use muscle testing to gain information about what is needed to re-balance that client. In that way each client is treated as the unique individual they are, and the treatment plan is tailor made just for them.

In my practice I favour a multi pronged approach to women presenting with Pre Menstrual Syndrome, and I use muscle testing to assess whether any or all of the following is relevant:

• Candida Albicans. I don't think I have ever treated a PMS sufferer for whom candida albicans was not part of the picture. Candida, or yeast overgrowth, is very opportunistic and overgrows when the immune system is compromised, causing a wide variety of symptoms such as fatigue, constipation, diarrhoea, poor memory, PMS and muscle pain. Candida interferes with the liver's conversion of oestrogen into a soluble form for excretion, so every candida sufferer is in a state of oestrogen excess of varying degrees and it is this oestrogen excess that is largely responsible for the symptoms of PMS. Using muscle testing we can identify supplements which suit the individual to bring the candida back into balance.
• Relief of breast pain. One of kinesiology's truly amazing techniques which alleviates breast congestion, soreness and pain within minutes.
• Nutritional Supplementation. Using kinesiological muscle testing we can identify which vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids and/or herbs are needed to re-balance each individual sufferer of PMS.
• Meridian balancing. The circulation sex meridian relates to menstruation. Using kinesiological techniques to bring this meridian back into balance can bring the individual almost instantaneous relief and vastly alleviate the symptoms associated with PMS.
• Stress. Many women find the stress of PMS disrupts both their work and social lives. Kinesiology has a large array of techniques for treating stress of all kinds.
• Food sensitivity. Bloating, water retention, headaches, anxiety are all symptoms which can be alleviated in part by identifying and avoiding food sensitivities. Withdrawing foods to which the sufferer is sensitive from the diet will afford some relief from the symptoms almost immediately. Using kinesiology we can identify which foods the client is sensitive to very quickly and efficiently.
• Flower essences. I find, using muscle testing, that Woman Essence from the Australian Bush Flower Essences range can often be very helpful when taken during the run up to a period. To quote from their information sheet: "Woman Essence harmonizes any imbalances and emotions and encourages a woman's own innate strength and beauty through life's cycles.

I hope I've demonstrated above how helpful, not to say crucial, muscle testing is in formulating a treatment plan for each individual. Without kinesiology the practitioner is guessing at what would be helpful, something the kinesiologist never does.

June 2010

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