FREQUENCY SPECIFIC MICROCURRENT CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION

  • FREQUENCY SPECIFIC MICROCURRENT CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION

  • This is an open-book test. You may use the FSM Core Seminar slides, the Equipment Practicum, The Core Practicum, and the FSM Core Summary sheet, the FSM Advanced summary protocols, and the Advanced Seminar lecture.

    A passing score is 80% or higher. You can save your progress if needed.  Take your time and enjoy the process.

  • 1. Microcurrent is approved in the category of TENS devices in every country in which it is used. There are certain contraindications based on its approval in this category. What are these contraindications? 1. Current cannot be run through the brain 2. Current cannot be run through a pregnant uterus 3. Cannot be used on patients with demand type pacemakers 4. Current cannot be run through the eye*
  • 2. The convention we use to write out the frequency protocols is designed so that practitioners can clearly describe and share treatment protocols with each other. The convention is:*
  • 3. The 58’s cannot be used on an injury that is more recent than*

  • Detoxification reactions may occur following myofascial treatment. Questions 4, 5 and 6refer to this detoxification reaction.

  • 4. Symptoms of detoxification reaction may include:*
  • 5. To minimize the chances that the patient will experience a detoxification reaction you should*
  • 6. If the patient has a detox reaction following treatment you should*
  • 7. If the patient reports dizziness or disequilibrium following a treatment that included the concussion protocol you should check for:*
  • 8. How would you test for a vestibular problem?*
  • 9. The patient had a head injury six months ago. What symptoms suggest that you should treat chronic concussion protocol on the forebrain?*
  • 10. The patient had a head injury six months ago. What symptoms suggest that you should treat chronic concussion protocol on the midbrain?*
  • 11. The patient had a head injury six months ago. What symptoms suggest that you should treat chronic concussion protocol on the hindbrain?*
  • 12. The patient had an auto accident fourteen months ago and has recently been diagnosed as having primary endocrine failure. What brain part would you treat with the chronic concussion protocol?*
  • 13. The basic "concussion protocol" uses frequencies that treat what two parts of the brain? 1. Forebrain 2. Midbrain 3. Medulla 4.Anterior pituitary 5. Hindbrain*
  • 14. We treat the medulla with the concussion protocol because*
  • 15. The medulla can become concussed*
  • 16. The concussion protocol is used on most patients because*
  • 17. The frequencies are used in "phrases", frequencies that are used together consistently. Which phrase listed below DOESN'T fit?*
  • 18. The patient has leg pain in the lateral lower leg and big toe following an injury that occurred a month ago after bending forward, lifting and twisting at the same time. What frequencies would you use to treat the nerve pain down the leg?*
  • 19. With nerve pain in the lower lateral calf and big toe, what nerve root is inflamed?*
  • 20. This same patient has relief of the leg pain when you treat the nerve. What frequencies would you use for the disc now that the injury is a month old and past the acute stage?*
  • 21. What other therapies would help the disc recover? 1. McKenzie extension exercises 2. Spinal stabilization exercises 3. Flexion exercises 4. Essential fatty acids 5. Bracing*
  • 22. If the disc injury had occurred from lifting a bucket of cement the previous day and was acute instead of a month ago and chronic, what would you do for the disc?*
  • 23. What else can you do for lumbar discogenic pain?*
  • 24. The patient reports full body pain including aching in the hands and feet that came on after an auto accident 6 years ago. What examination findings would you expect to see?*
  • 25. What microcurrent protocols would you expect to reduce the full body pain caused by a previous spine trauma?*
  • 26. If the patient had pain remaining in the arms and hands after you treated the full body pain what protocol would you expect to remove the arm and hand pain?*
  • 27. The patient has an increase in pain in between the shoulder blades and a headacheas you are running 40/10 polarized positive from neck to feet. What is the likely cause?*
  • 28. What would you do to minimize the chances of this adverse reaction?*
  • 29. Which of the following are conditions treated with 230 / 430?*
  • 30. Shingles may present as if it is*
  • 31. Which of the following tissue types would generally be treated polarized? Circle allthat apply.*
  • 32. The “four hour window” refers to:*
  • 33. In which of the following instances would the concussion protocol be useful?*
  • 34. True or False: Microcurrent should never be used in conjunction with other manual or energetic therapies?*
  • 35. What frequency would you try first if the patient woke up one morning with moderate burning or aching pain on the abdomen traveling from the spine to the midline and had no history of trauma.*
  • 36. True or false: Microcurrent is only to be used as an adjunct combined with proper medical, osteopathic, chiropractic or naturopathic diagnosis and treatment.*
  • 37. Regarding care of the gloves*
  • 38. True or False: Microcurrent is a proven effective way of treating cancer.*
  • 39. What frequencies would you NOT use if the patient had an active autoimmune condition?*
  • 40. If the patient were hyperthyroid what frequency would you not use on channel A when combined with /98 on channel B?*
  • 41. If the patient was hyperthyroid what frequency on channel A when combined with/98 on channel B would be most likely to help reduce secretions of the hyperactive gland?*
  • 42. If a patient has low back or neck pain that is worse when they lean back and when they lay prone and if the joints are painful when you compress them, what structure is likely to be the primary “pain generator”?*
  • 43. If the low back facet joints are the pain generator what position is important to decompress the joints and provide comfort?*
  • 44. What frequencies would you use to treat chronic facet pain? If you took the class before 2002 this may be new information. Don’t panic, think through the tissues involved in the facet joint and what pathologies are present in chronic inflammatory pain(inflammation leads to chronic inflammation leads to ... ) and you should be fine.*
  • 45. The patient has a history extreme life stresses in the last 2 years and has been feeling fatigued and irritable and is developing allergies and digestive difficulties. After running the concussion protocol what endocrine gland would you treat and what time of day would you treat it?*
  • 46. What frequencies would you run as a basic endocrine glad treatment if the patient had NO complicating factors such as toxicity or parasites in the gland?*
  • 47. If you are treating a 40 / 10 patient (or any patient) and they begin to shiver as their pain is coming down, what frequencies would you run to try and get them to stop shivering?*
  • 48. The patient is a man who has trouble starting or stopping his urine stream, frequent urination and supra pubic pain. After doing a prostate examination yourself or making sure he has had an examination by another physician to rule out cancer and active infection, what frequencies would you run for a BASIC treatment on the prostate?*
  • 49. In which cases would you use the Abram’s frequencies 64/42, 64/63?*
  • 50. True or False – Because Frequency Specific Microcurrent is so effective it is a wise and safe thing to promise a patient that they’re going to be out of pain at the end of one treatment.*
  • 51. In which cases would you use the Abram’s frequencies 97 / 40, 98 / 20?*
  • 52. If a patient has a known deep vein thrombus (DVT) what would you do?*
  • 53. The wave slope on any microcurrent device that delivers a square waveform can beset from sharp to gentle. A gentle wave slope is better for*
  • 54. The wave slope on any microcurrent device that delivers a square waveform can beset from sharp to gentle. A sharp wave slope is better for*
  • 55. In order to benefit from an FSM treatment the patient must be*
  • 56. In order to “support the stable state” when treating a myofascial pain patient you should recommend which supplements?*
  • 57. A 27-year-old-female patient has low back pain and you suspect that the psoas has trigger points referring pain to the low back. When you palpate the left side of the abdomen it is tender to very light palpation between the umbilicus and the pubic bone and you are unable to exert enough pressure to assess the psoas. What structure is most likely to be causing the pain in this patient?*
  • 58. If you wanted to find out what tissue was causing the palpatory tenderness and muscle guarding in this patient, what frequencies would be most likely to give you the information and response you want?*
  • 59. A 53-year-old male patient has multiple small trigger points in the left abdominalobliques referring pain to the low back. What structure is most likely to be causing the trigger points in this patient?*
  • 60. If you wanted to find out what tissue was causing the trigger points in this patient,what frequency combination would be most likely to give you the information and response you want?*
  • 61. A patient with acute onset moderate to severe (6-8/10) low back and flank pain has a history of kidney stones and comes to your office requesting treatment. He is certain his pain is from kidney stones and doesn’t want to go to the emergency room. What frequency would you run to attempt to alleviate his pain?*
  • 62. A patient comes to you and says that he has had a CT that says he has three small kidney stones. The kidney is not in any danger of injury from the stones and he is refusing lithotripsy. He has heard from a friend that you treated his kidney stones. After you run the protocol that relieves his pain he asks you to treat the stones themselves.What protocol would you run?*
  • 63. The patient has right-sided pain from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet,including the side of his head that he rates as a 7/10. He is taking opiates, which reduce the pain from an 8/10 only to a 7/10. He reports having had a stroke about six months previously. What is the most likely cause of his pain?*
  • 64. What frequencies would you use to treat the patient with this right-sided body pain?*
  • 65. What towel or lead placement would you use on this patient with full body pain?*
  • 66. In order to support the stable state when treating a patient with nerve pain you should recommend*
  • 67. The patient has elevated liver enzymes. What frequency combination is most likely to help reduce these enzymes?*

  • Exam Questions from the Advanced

  • 68. Acute form of sycotic type – aching in the spine, aching all over*
  • 69. Diabetes, asthma and allergies*
  • 70. Skin problems, psoriasis*
  • 71. Tends toward stiffness, arthritis, tumors*
  • 72. Depression, alcoholism mental illness*
  • 73. If you were treating a patient who had heavy metal toxicity what would you be likely to use*
  • 74. How long would you use each frequency above on the first visit?*
  • 75. When treating Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) also known as complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) which of the following does not apply*
  • 76. When treating the immune system which of the following could you use?*
  • 77. A 38-year-old female patient has pain along the spine and at the occiput and tailbone when she flexes forward. She describes herself as stiff and says she wants to try taking yoga but it hurts too much. She has a history that includes a successfully treated bout of spinal meningitis when she was 13. What tissue is most likely responsible for her problem?*
  • 78. This patient can flex forward at the trunk only to about 20 degrees. What frequencies would you use on channel A to treat this patient specifically to increase range of motion?*
  • 79. What tissue would you treat first in this patient to decrease pain and increase range of motion?*
  • 80. The patient experiences a significant increase in pain 2 hours after you have treated the jaw for TMJ. You used 40/116 and 40/59, 39, 783. The jaw feels hot and she thinks it may be a little red. What is the most likely cause?*
  • 81. What should you advise this patient to do?*
  • 82. A patient comes in with a diagnosis of terminal liver cancer. He is in a fair amount of pain only partially relieved by opiates and has refused conventional medical treatment of any kind. He has been given approximately 4 to 12 weeks to live. His friend told him that FSM helps pain and he asks you help keep him comfortable until he dies. Your response should be: 1. We don’t use FSM to treat cancer.2. I can’t treat you because we don’t use FSM to treat cancer.3. I would be happy to use FSM to keep you comfortable 4. I can’t treat you unless FSM is the only therapy that will be used 5. You need to be hydrated for the treatment to be effective. Can you drink approximately 4 ounces of water an hour or 1-2 quarts in the two hours preceding treatment?*
  • 83. The patient in question 82 could be treated with what frequency combinations? 1. 43, 46, 4, 28, 40, 20, 50 / 35, 38, 21 2. The concussion protocol 3. Emotional relax and balance 4. Adrenal support 5. Immune support*
  • 84. The patient has what appears to have influenza – body aches, headache, and malaise. What channel A frequencies would you try to help relieve symptoms?*
  • 85. The patient had cancer in the neck 6 years previously and was treated with surgery and radiation. The cancer resolved but the patient now has scarring and hardening in the soft tissues of the neck and esophagus. He read about FSM on the Internet.Is he a candidate for FSM treatment? Circle the correct answer*
  • 86. What frequencies would you use to treat him?*
  • 87. The patient in question 85 has difficulty swallowing and tends to choke on hard foods. What would you do to help stretch the scar tissues in the esophagus while running frequencies?*
  • 88. Where would you put the leads for the treatment of the patient in question 86?*
  • 89. The patient has had brain fog, body aches and memory problems ever since a viral flu like illness one year ago. What frequency combinations might be useful?*
  • 90. The patient presents with longstanding stomach pain and intestinal distress. You suspect gluten intolerance and begin using 40, 9 / 22, 31, 27, 16, 65, 129. The abdomen softens but the discomfort is only slightly better. The patient begins to relax and says, “Oh, I forgot to mention that I had malaria in 1991.” You ask, “When did the abdominal discomfort start?” “Hmmm it must have been 1992.” What frequency would you try to determine if malaria has anything to do with the patient’s intestinal issues?*
  • 91. A 57-year-old patient has leg pain that has been there for a long time and tells you that he has sciatica. You treat with 40 / 396 and 40 /710 but the leg pain only goes down from a 6 to a 4/10 at the end of each of three treatments and then comes back within 12 hours. The patient denies lifting or bending and swears that he has been doing his extension exercises. You ask the patient if they have ever had anything else wrong with this leg or happen to this leg. The patient says “no – no accidents, no trauma, no surgery.” You ask – anything ever?? And the patient says – “Well I did have polio when I was a kid but I got over that when I was 8.” After silently and internally smacking yourself on the forehead you try:*
  • 92. The patient has a cold sore on her tongue. She has had cold sores for years. She has been a patient in your office for two years and every time she has been treated with 230/430 the cold sore is pain free in 20 minutes and gone at the end of an hour. You check on the patient after 20 minutes of treatment with 230/430 and she reports that the sore on her tongue still has exactly the same amount of pain. What do you do?*
  • 93. The 42-year-old patient has been smoking for 25 years and is attempting to quit because he has been coughing and is tired of his girl friend and mom fussing at him.What protocols would be useful?*
  • 94) What else would you do for this patient to help him achieve his goals?*
  • 95) The patient had an MMR vaccine two weeks ago and is experiencing body and joint pain and still feels flu like symptoms. What frequencies might you try to alleviate the symptoms?*
  • 96) The patient has right arm pain that started gradually after no trauma about 4 days ago. At first it was just pain but now the arm is becoming weaker and the pain is increasing. The sensory and motor examination shows that most of the right brachial plexus is involved. The patient feels a little warm and describes feeling “crummy” in general. You try using 40 / 396 from neck to hand and it doesn’t help. Your working diagnosis is a viral brachial plexopathy – a viral infection affecting the brachial plexus.What would you try to see if you could help?*
  • 97) The patient has had a sore throat for a week and a low-grade fever and refuses tosee an MD for an anti-biotic. What would you try to see if you could help?*
  • 98) The patient in question 97 should NOT be treated with*
  • 99) The patient has normal thyroid levels but has had a large goiter for three years. The scans are negative and she has been told to wait until they are positive so the goiter can be removed. Her friend has been treated with FSM and suggested she call. What would you use to treat the goiter?*
  • 100) The patient has right upper quadrant pain and elevated liver enzymes. He says he used to work in the lawn care business and recently has been working in a paint shop.He doesn’t drink alcohol because it always makes him feel bad the next day. He had the flu last week and was taking Nyquil to sleep and has been using Tylenol for the headaches and body pain. What would you use to treat him?*

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