I used to have have a pediatrician in my territory* that was just nuts. She believed nutrition cured everything and had her ADHD patients sleep on magnets. Whenever she met someone new, she would give them a "muscle test" to show them that "the body wants healthy food."
Said test involved her pushing on your outstretched arm as you resisted. She would then make you repeat this holding a banana then a packet of sugar. Sure enough, you were able to resist more pressure when you held a banana than a sugar packet. Well, duh. Even with your eyes closed, you know the difference between a banana and a sugar packet and your subconscious responds accordingly. It's muscle memory.
Fast forward to yesterday. I had my first appointment with a new chiropractor because my adorably large children have destroyed my back. Sure enough, at the end of my appointment, he asked if I'd ever been muscle tested. He then proceeded to test my arm resistance with and without a vitamin** on my tongue. Sigh. It was all I could do not to burst out laughing.
However, if it takes a trip to crazy town to fix my back pain, off to crazy town I go!
* I say "in my territory" because I wasn't allowed to call on her. My partner knew me very well and knew I would be unable to mask my thoughts of this woman. Even though magnets cured ADHD, so did our medicine and she wrote quite a bit. He knew I'd look at the woman like the crazy lady she was and that would be the end of our scripts. The one time I did meet her, I had to turn my head and busy myself with my dinner not to laugh at her.
**I did not buy the vitamins as was suggested.
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