Touch for Health Kinesiology protocols have been used around the world for over 30 years. Many anecdotal reports have been received over these many years. In these reports, claims for benefits have been reported repeatedly by people of all walks of life and in nearly all the major health professions.

We have known for a number of years that these reports need to validated and reported in peer-reviewed journals. The cost of health care has risen around the world due to the scientific advances in understanding disease and the functioning of the human being in health and disease states. The need for personal responsibility and the most effective care with the least amount of risk is very important and is offered by the TFHK protocols.

The world needs both safe, efficient and effective touch therapy as well as the modern scientific care offered by drugs and surgical procedures. Research into the outcomes of Touch for Health Kinesiology(TFHK) protocols is absolutely necessary to introduce these protocols to the widest possible number of health care professionals.

We intend to gather the data from many different Kinesiology Institutes and practitioners from around the world by recruiting these institutes and practitioners by having a Internet site that will store the outcomes of the use of TFHK. This data will be available for researchers that will publish the truth that is revealed by the studies done.

No individual person will be identified in the reporting of the outcomes and the data will only include location of the practitioner or Institute and not the name of the person. There will be no withholding of interventions as we do not anticipate comparison of interventions vs. non intervention in the preliminary studies which will be done with the data.

The findings will be disseminated to Kinesiology Journals around the world and other peer-reviewed Journals in the Health Care field by the researchers who are qualified to use the data from the site.

Dr. John Thie, DC
Founder of Touch for Health,
Research Director of International Kinesiology College

Dr. John Thie was the founder of one of the most successful complementary health care programs in the world, Touch for Health. A respected Chiropractor, he was Director of the Thie Chiropractic Clinic in Pasadena, California. His practice, founded in 1957, was considered one of the most successful in the United States in outcomes. Dr. Thie was a graduate of the University of Southern California and the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic. He did additional graduate work at UCLA.

Jane and his wife, Carrie, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in December 2002 and have three sons and five grandchildren. He was a past faculty member of the Sports Medicine Department of Pepperdine University, the Center for Holistic Studies of Antioch University West, as well as the extensions of UC, San Diego, Riverside, and Valley College. He lectured at dozens of colleges and seminars domestically and internationally, including UC Berkeley School of Public Health, USC Dental School Acupuncture Study Group, and the Olympic Training Center in Warsaw, Poland. In 1978, he introduced Touch For Health to medical personnel in Peking, Shanghai, and Nanking in the Peoples Republic of China. He was founding Chairman of the International College of Applied Kinesiology and was a member of the International Examining Board since its founding in in 1975 until his death in August, 2005.

Retired from practice, he and Mrs. Thie traveled to Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and other parts of the world, including Japan, China, South America, and Africa. Dr. Thie followed an extensive seminar and lecture schedule training professionals, paraprofessionals, and lay people. He was often a keynote speaker at Kinesiology/TFH Association national and international meetings and delivered the keynote address at the 30th Annual Touch for Health conference in July , 2005, just weeks prior to his death.