AK Therapeutic Techniques & Intervention 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which manual technique involves sustained pressure applied to a fascial restriction until tissue release occurs?
- Myofascial release (Correct answer)
- Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation
- Strain-counterstrain
- Muscle energy technique
Correct answer: Myofascial release
Myofascial release uses sustained pressure into fascial restrictions, waiting for the release phenomenon before moving to the next barrier.
Question 2: In applied kinesiology, reactive muscle patterns are best addressed by:
- Strengthening the inhibited muscle in isolation
- Identifying and treating the primary muscle causing the reactive inhibition (Correct answer)
- Applying ice to the hypertonic muscle
- Stretching the antagonist muscle
Correct answer: Identifying and treating the primary muscle causing the reactive inhibition
Reactive muscle patterns require treating the primary facilitated muscle that is neurologically inhibiting its paired reactive muscle.
Question 3: Which nutritional intervention is commonly used in AK when muscle testing reveals a weakness that strengthens with a substance held in the hand?
- Eliminating that substance from the diet
- Supplementing with that substance (Correct answer)
- Neutralizing the substance with homeopathy
- Prescribing pharmaceutical equivalents
Correct answer: Supplementing with that substance
When a muscle tests stronger with a substance in the therapy localization position, it indicates that nutrient may be beneficial and supplementation is considered.
Question 4: Cranial sacral therapy in AK addresses restrictions in which system?
- Lymphatic system
- Cardiovascular system
- Primary respiratory mechanism (Correct answer)
- Peripheral nervous system
Correct answer: Primary respiratory mechanism
Cranial sacral therapy works with the primary respiratory mechanism, which includes the rhythmic movement of the cranial bones, sacrum, and cerebrospinal fluid.
Question 5: When performing Bennett's neurovascular reflexes, the practitioner applies:
- Deep pressure over bony prominences
- Light touch to specific cranial and body contact points (Correct answer)
- Vibration therapy to the spine
- Electrical stimulation to acupuncture points
Correct answer: Light touch to specific cranial and body contact points
Bennett's neurovascular reflexes require very light touch — just enough to move the skin — held for 20 seconds to improve blood flow to related organs and muscles.
Question 6: In AK, which intervention is specifically used to address an ileocecal valve (ICV) syndrome?
- Chiropractic adjustment of T12
- Deep NL reflex stimulation of the right lower quadrant (Correct answer)
- Acupuncture on the spleen meridian
- Massage of the left iliac fossa
Correct answer: Deep NL reflex stimulation of the right lower quadrant
ICV syndrome is addressed through stimulation of its neurolymphatic reflex point in the right lower quadrant, along with dietary modifications.
Question 7: Which AK intervention uses specific pressure on the skull to affect cranial bone motion and dural tension?
- Sacro-occipital technique
- Cranial fault correction (Correct answer)
- Temporal tapping
- Sphenobasilar decompression
Correct answer: Cranial fault correction
Cranial fault corrections in AK involve specific directional pressure on cranial bones to restore normal sutural motion and reduce dural tension.
AK Therapeutic Techniques & Intervention 2
Which manual technique involves sustained pressure applied to a fascial restriction until tissue release occurs?