Why kinesiology, which Laure Manaudou wants to retrain in, is being monitored by the observatory of sectarian deviations ?

Why kinesiology, which Laure Manaudou wants to retrain in, is being monitored by the observatory of sectarian deviations ?

Laure Manaudou, ici lors des championnats de France de natation à Rennes. MAXPPP – Mickael Chavet

Kinesiology, a holistic practice inspired by Chinese medicine, seems to have appealed to Laure Manaudou, who indicated during an interview that she was considering a career change in this field. What is this practice and why is it monitored by Miviludes ?

Laure Manaudou mentioned her intention to become a kinesiologist, as a career change after an accomplished sports career. During an interview given at the end of September to Femme Actuelle, the former Olympic champion shared her ambitions. "I have completed my kinesiology training course, I have validated my 600 hours of internship, all I have left to do is pass the certification“.

Spotted in this interview by several media outlets, the quote has been the talk of the town for a few days. The reason: kinesiology is a practice observed by Miviludes, the observatory of sectarian deviations (Interministerial Mission for Monitoring and Combating Sectarian Deviations).

“Radicalization of Certain Followers”

While kinesiology is far from being assimilated to a sect, the practice is nonetheless monitored by Miviludes because of “the radicalization of some followers of this movement [having] led to sectarian excesses in which the hygienist dimension elevated to the rank of dogma was a determining factor”, indicates the website of the interministerial mission.

Miviludes explains that kinesiology, a holistic therapy method inspired by Chinese medicine, was founded in the 1960s. “A movement born in the wake of the New Age, its followers and sympathizers advocate, in a more or less radical manner, a break with lifestyle habits deemed harmful, in favor of natural and authentic choices such as organic food, alternative medicines, non-drug therapies or even ’ecology", details the Miviludes website.

Extreme cases

This practice has led to tragedies, as recalled by 20 minutes. In 1996, a 6-year-old German girl with cancer was taken away from her parents, who had been convicted of child abuse, after choosing to treat her with kinesiology.

In France, in the early 2000s, parents adopted a vegan diet for themselves and their children to purify their diet, causing the death of their baby, breastfed by the mother since birth, who “had ended up in a state of major malnutrition", according to Miviludes.

Few trials

An evaluation report of Inserm in 2017 recalled that according to the kinesiology union, this practice “is neither a medicine nor a therapy and has no desire to be. It leaves it to doctors and specialists to treat patients and their illnesses. Kinesiology works upstream, on the health and well-being of the individual and is seen as an educational and preventive approach. Energy kinesiology thus covers broad areas of application: professional, family.

The report, however, highlights the lack of controlled trials to assess the effectiveness of these practices as well as the lack of data on the safety of the practices involved in energy kinesiology.

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