George Goodheart

George Joseph Goodheart Jr., D.C. (August 18, 1918 – March 5, 2008) was a chiropractor who invented applied kinesiology.

Career Goodheart attended the University of Detroit and the National College of Chiropractic. After graduating in 1939, he practiced in downtown Detroit with his father, George Goodheart, Sr., for over 30 years. He moved to an office in Grosse Pointe, where he made observations about muscle function and health and introduced Applied Kinesiology. and began teaching it to other chiropractors.

An organization of Goodheart Study Group Leaders began meeting in 1973 and The International College of Applied Kinesiology (ICAK) was founded in 1975 to provide instruction on Goodheart's research to interested health care professionals. Goodheart served as chairman of the Research Committee for the ICAK for 32 years.

Goodheart authored many works on Applied Kinesiology and lectured on the topic frequently.

Private life Goodheart first married Catherine Carroll and had three children and several grandchildren. After she died he married JoAnn Dutts, with whom he did not have any children. Goodheart died March 5, 2008, at the age of 89.