Applied Kinesiology Newport Beach | Dr. Robert Janda, DC

Applied Kinesiology in Newport Beach, Orange County

Dr. Robert L. Janda, MA, DC, is a Newport Beach chiropractor using Applied Kinesiology in clinical practice since 1982.

What Applied Kinesiology is, in Dr. Janda's words

Applied Kinesiology is the muscle-testing system I use to read what your nervous system is already tracking but you may not have language for.

Applied Kinesiology is muscle-testing as a structured diagnostic conversation with the nervous system. Done well, it asks the body to demonstrate where it’s compensating — where a muscle is functionally inhibited because of a reflex pattern, an organ relationship, a nutritional gap, or a structural restriction elsewhere in the chain.

The muscle test tells me a muscle is inhibited; the inquiry tells me why.

How it fits into a visit

I take a structural look, do a kinesiology workup, and put together a picture of what may be driving the pattern — including factors you may not have connected to the symptom yet.

I take longer first visits than most clinicians because the history is doing most of the work.

You’ll leave with a working hypothesis, an honest sense of whether this is a fit, and either a treatment plan or a referral.

Who comes for it

For patients who specifically want a chiropractor who combines Applied Kinesiology with nutrition assessment and structural work, that combination is the spine of my practice.

The patients who find me usually come because conventional approaches have plateaued — chronic pain that imaging can’t explain, symptom patterns that don’t fit a single diagnosis, or a slow loss of function that no one has fully accounted for.

Where it shines is in the long-tail chronic pain that has resisted every direct treatment of the symptom.

What it is not for

Applied Kinesiology is not the right tool for acute trauma, fracture, or red-flag presentations — those need imaging and the appropriate medical workup.

The practice does not treat medical emergencies, suspected cardiac or neurological events, suspected infection, cancer, or any condition requiring urgent medical evaluation.

I refer freely and document the reasoning.

Training

Applied Kinesiology — trained at the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic from 1979; in continuous clinical practice since 1982
Rolfing Structural Integration — Rolf Institute, Boulder, Colorado, certified 1998
NAET (Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Technique) — certified 2002
Active Release Technique (ART) — certified 2003
MA, Clinical Psychology, CSU Fresno (1972) · BA, Experimental Psychology, UC Berkeley (1968)
Author, Secrets of Pain: The Hidden Meaning of Symptoms

Questions people ask

Who practices Applied Kinesiology in Newport Beach and Orange County?

Dr. Robert L. Janda, MA, DC, a chiropractor at 408 Westminster Ave, Newport Beach, has used Applied Kinesiology in continuous clinical practice since 1982.

Is there a chiropractor in Newport Beach who combines Applied Kinesiology with nutrition?

For patients who specifically want a chiropractor who combines Applied Kinesiology with nutrition assessment and structural work, that combination is the spine of my practice. I’m a holistic medicine practitioner in Newport Beach — I combine chiropractic, Applied Kinesiology, and nutrition with approaches like NAET and allergy elimination to look upstream at the hidden dysfunction beneath chronic sensitivities and pain.

How does Dr. Janda use muscle testing?

His clinical method combines: Applied Kinesiology — muscle-testing as a structured diagnostic tool to locate compensations the patient may not have language for.

Contact

Dr. Robert L. Janda, MA, DC · 408 Westminster Ave Suite 12, Newport Beach, CA 92663 · (949) 270-6387
Mon/Fri 10AM–5:30PM · Thu/Sat 10AM–2PM · closed Tue/Wed/Sun