Touch for Health

Q: What is Right supraspinatus reflex field?

This point marks a representative right supraspinatus and shoulder reflex field in the Touch for Health teaching frame. It is a broad interface region, not evidence that a muscle test or touch at this coordinate diagnoses an organ or lymphatic condition. According to John Thie, Touch for Health.

Q: What is Left supraspinatus reflex field?

This point marks a representative left supraspinatus and shoulder reflex field in the Touch for Health teaching frame. Bilateral display shows the paired region but does not imply that test findings or balancing needs are symmetrical. According to John Thie, Touch for Health.

Q: What is Right pectoralis major reflex field?

This point marks a right pectoralis major region used as a representative anterior-chest muscle anchor. The display does not assert a one-to-one anatomical correspondence between this muscle, a meridian, and an internal organ. According to John Thie, Touch for Health.

Q: What is Left pectoralis major reflex field?

This point marks a left pectoralis major region used as a representative anterior-chest muscle anchor. It is an attention aid for the teaching map, not a clinical localization of weakness, lymph flow, or visceral dysfunction. According to John Thie, Touch for Health.

Q: What is Right latissimus dorsi reflex field?

This point projects a right latissimus dorsi teaching region onto the lateral trunk. The muscle is largely posterior, so the broad uncertainty radius records the front-view projection and not an exact neurolymphatic contact. According to John Thie, Touch for Health.

Q: What is Left latissimus dorsi reflex field?

This point projects a left latissimus dorsi teaching region onto the lateral trunk. It preserves the selected muscle in the visual summary without claiming that the location measures energy, lymphatic activity, or organ function. According to John Thie, Touch for Health.

Q: What is Right psoas reflex field?

This point marks a right psoas and lower-abdominal teaching region. Because the psoas is deep, the map uses a large uncertainty radius and does not present the point as safe self-treatment or as a test for abdominal disease. According to John Thie, Touch for Health.

Q: What is Left psoas reflex field?

This point marks a left psoas and lower-abdominal teaching region. Bilateral placement is a display convention and does not establish that muscle testing can determine a visceral or meridian imbalance. According to John Thie, Touch for Health.

Q: What is Right quadriceps reflex field?

This point marks a right quadriceps teaching region on the anterior thigh. It represents a broad muscle field for the visual map and does not claim that a test of strength reveals a specific organ state. According to John Thie, Touch for Health.

Q: What is Left quadriceps reflex field?

This point marks a left quadriceps teaching region on the anterior thigh. It is not a complete representation of the quadriceps group and carries no claim of diagnostic or therapeutic validity. According to John Thie, Touch for Health.

Touch for Health is a Modern / Somatic kinesiology — Touch for Health muscle-neurolymphatic map body system as transmitted through the lineage Touch for Health was developed by John Thie as a practical muscle-balancing system that combines muscle testing with acupressure-style touch and reflex-point teaching. Its educational maps associate selected muscles with meridian language and neurolymphatic or neurovascular reflex locations; this front-view display is an editorial summary, not a complete protocol or anatomical atlas.. This page lists every point in the system with sourced placements and links to cross-tradition correspondences curated for The Body Spiritual.

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Primary sources

John Thie, Touch for Health (Touch for Health Foundation, 1973) — Foundational Touch for Health teaching text describing muscle testing, balancing procedures, meridian associations, and neurolymphatic/neurovascular reflex-point concepts. It supports the lineage vocabulary but does not prescribe this ten-point front-view coordinate grid.

Known lineage variants

Touch for Health is a modern educational kinesiology lineage that combines muscle testing, touch, and traditional meridian vocabulary. Course editions and instructors vary in the number of muscles, correction procedures, and reflex locations presented.
The nine anchors condense a larger muscle-and-reflex teaching system into representative regions. They are editorial interface landmarks, not a complete list of neurolymphatic points and not a claim that a muscle test identifies disease or confirms an organ imbalance.
The system's meridian and reflex explanations should not be conflated with established anatomical lymphatic or neurological pathways. Evidence for applied-kinesiology-style diagnostic claims and treatment effects is contested; the map makes no efficacy claim and is not a substitute for clinical care.
Posterior muscles are projected onto the front-view silhouette to keep this corpus consistent. Those anchors use wider uncertainty radii because the coordinate is a visual projection rather than a textual front-view body map.
The channels represent an interface sequence through selected muscle/reflex regions, not a physical channel. Anatomical-right follows the corpus convention x < 0.5, and the overlay is an iconic attention aid only.

Related systems

No other systems share this tradition label.

Points

Right supraspinatus reflex field — Shoulder muscle and neurolymphatic teaching region
Left supraspinatus reflex field — Shoulder muscle and neurolymphatic teaching region
Right pectoralis major reflex field — Anterior chest muscle teaching region
Left pectoralis major reflex field — Anterior chest muscle teaching region
Right latissimus dorsi reflex field — Posterolateral trunk projection
Left latissimus dorsi reflex field — Posterolateral trunk projection
Right psoas reflex field — Deep lower-abdominal and hip teaching region
Left psoas reflex field — Deep lower-abdominal and hip teaching region
Right quadriceps reflex field — Anterior thigh muscle teaching region
Left quadriceps reflex field — Anterior thigh muscle teaching region

Frequently asked

What is Right supraspinatus reflex field?

This point marks a representative right supraspinatus and shoulder reflex field in the Touch for Health teaching frame. It is a broad interface region, not evidence that a muscle test or touch at this coordinate diagnoses an organ or lymphatic condition.

What is Left supraspinatus reflex field?

This point marks a representative left supraspinatus and shoulder reflex field in the Touch for Health teaching frame. Bilateral display shows the paired region but does not imply that test findings or balancing needs are symmetrical.

What is Right pectoralis major reflex field?

This point marks a right pectoralis major region used as a representative anterior-chest muscle anchor. The display does not assert a one-to-one anatomical correspondence between this muscle, a meridian, and an internal organ.

What is Left pectoralis major reflex field?

This point marks a left pectoralis major region used as a representative anterior-chest muscle anchor. It is an attention aid for the teaching map, not a clinical localization of weakness, lymph flow, or visceral dysfunction.

What is Right latissimus dorsi reflex field?

This point projects a right latissimus dorsi teaching region onto the lateral trunk. The muscle is largely posterior, so the broad uncertainty radius records the front-view projection and not an exact neurolymphatic contact.

What is Left latissimus dorsi reflex field?

This point projects a left latissimus dorsi teaching region onto the lateral trunk. It preserves the selected muscle in the visual summary without claiming that the location measures energy, lymphatic activity, or organ function.

What is Right psoas reflex field?

This point marks a right psoas and lower-abdominal teaching region. Because the psoas is deep, the map uses a large uncertainty radius and does not present the point as safe self-treatment or as a test for abdominal disease.

What is Left psoas reflex field?

This point marks a left psoas and lower-abdominal teaching region. Bilateral placement is a display convention and does not establish that muscle testing can determine a visceral or meridian imbalance.

What is Right quadriceps reflex field?

This point marks a right quadriceps teaching region on the anterior thigh. It represents a broad muscle field for the visual map and does not claim that a test of strength reveals a specific organ state.

What is Left quadriceps reflex field?

This point marks a left quadriceps teaching region on the anterior thigh. It is not a complete representation of the quadriceps group and carries no claim of diagnostic or therapeutic validity.