March 2005

New discovery in chiropractic

Seminar series teaches Test & Response system

Submitted by Test & Response

Most doctors are stunned when they hear about the woman, a diabetic since early childhood, who received a demonstration adjustment at a seminar and later was able to drop six units off her normal 24 units of insulin.

But they are even more astonished when they learn that, with the Test & Response (T&R) system, such incredible results are not uncommon. "We get relief on the first visit with most patients, even if they are chronic cases," says Herman Stoffels, D.C., the system's developer. "The T&R discovery works even when everything else has failed. It's so amazing and surprising, it's difficult to believe."

Since "seeing is believing," Stoffels includes hands‑on demonstrations at each of his seminars. More than anything else, these demonstrations have convinced hundreds of doctors of the efficacy of T&R, and its fame has spread quickly.

In 1974, when Stoffels discovered that the body's own natural circulating energy fields interfered with the clarity of reflex testing methods, the entire notion of energy fields was little understood and often dismissed as "new age" nonsense. Since then, researchers have made tremendous strides in understanding the bioelectric systems and how they relate to human health and wellness. In Russia, for instance, scientists "have proved in laboratory experiments that living cells have the capacity to transmit and receive ‑‑ by some sort of radiation waves ‑‑ information about themselves to and from other living cells aside from the transmission of the nervous system," Stoffels explains.

The pioneering chiropractor experimented with a wide variety of positioning and placements of the body and limbs and found that an entirely new dimension in body response could be realized by a few unusual but simple modifications in body and extremity positioning. It was through this experimentation that he discovered that the body's natural circulating energy fields interfered with the clarity and dependability of reflex and energy field testing. "A simple muscle test could be converted to a test of total body response by this changed positioning," he concluded.

This wasn't what Stoffels had expected to find, which is why he emphasizes that he did not invent or devise the Test & Response system, but discovered it.

When the body assumes this position, its usual bioelectrical flow is changed and its normal strength increases, often nearly doubling. This position is the Test & Response basic testing position, which makes muscle testing much easier and less tiring for young, old or ill patients. Even for infants, Stoffels states that the clarity of using a surrogate in testing is unsurpassed and that the T&R correction for infants has a tremendous advantage.

The application of a specific weakening stimulus reverses this added strength and creates a state of unusual weakness in the test.

"With the patient lying in the T&R position, it is only necessary for the doctor to contact the segment of the patient's spine that is most intensely reactive and to perform this simple muscle test to witness the dramatic change in the patient's energy levels," Stoffels explains. "A contact with this most reactive spinal segment causes a loss of both the magnified strength of the T&R position and the normal strength of the body during the test, making a distinct demarcation between the strength and weakness from this test."

By applying the system to patients, he quickly demonstrated its benefits. "The scientific proof that the energy fields of the body hold an intrinsic relationship with the innate and with the fundamental subluxation complexes with which chiropractic has been involved, are being seen in practice," Stoffels notes. "This astonishing discovery gives great new insights as to why chiropractic works so well, regardless of which technique is applied."

Stoffels began teaching his system to small groups of D.C.s, who were almost unanimously won over after seeing the live demonstrations and being given the chance to use the procedures themselves at the seminar. "I'm feeling better and so are my patients," said one doctor who incorporated the T&R system into his practice. "It amazes me every day."

Another D.C. noted: "On just using your general cranial release, one party is breathing 100% better ‑‑ terrific." Yet another told Stoffels that "At this stage of practice ‑‑ 34 years ‑‑ I thought I had seen it all. T&R adds a whole new perspective to my life's work."

Since the T&R system is compatible with all types of practices and techniques, doctors aren't forced to purchase expensive machines or instruments or change their technique. Because of the effectiveness of the system, and the ease with which it can be learned and incorporated into a practice, the Test &Response system has become known as one of the most important discoveries for chiropractic in the 21st century. In fact, the description has become so linked to the T&R system that an Internet search for the term "new discovery in chiropractic" through the popular search engines Google, Yahoo and LookSmart results in articles about Stoffels and Test & Response.

Seminars in 2005 are set for Newark, NJ (May 13‑15), Chicago (July 15‑17) Kansas City , Mo. (Sept. 16‑18) and Denver (Nov. 18‑20).

For more information about the science behind the Test & Response system, or on upcoming T&R seminars, visit www.testandresponse.com or contact Dr. Herman Stoffels at 4565 Prairie Rd., Paso Robles, CA 93446, 805‑239‑9121.