When neurologic disorganization is treated by stimu
lating KI 27-umbilicus, umbilicus-auxiliary KI 27, or GV
CV treatment, the correction is only temporary unless the cause of the neurologic disorganization is also found and corrected. The return of disorganization without other treatment can nearly always be demonstrated after elimi
nating the positive therapy localization or ocular lock by the methods previously described. Have the patient per
form nQrmal daily functions that may include walking, moving the mandible and clenching the teeth, eating a meal, or any other regular activity. If the factor that is the basic cause of the neurologic disorganization is stressed, such as use of the feet when there are foot subluxations, evidence of the neurologic disorganization will return.
The stimulation methods discussed to temporarily eliminate neurologic disorganization are valuable for or
ganizing an individual so that examination and treatment can proceed when the basic cause of the neurologic
dis-organization cannot be found. If the disdis-organization does not return, it is because treatment has eliminated the ba
sic cause. This is fine when it works, but it is making the correction by accident rather than on purpose. If one is familiar with most of the examination and treatment tech
niques in applied kinesiology, the basic cause of neuro
logic disorganization can nearly always be determined and corrected. This, then, is correction by design, not by ac
cident.16
Discussed first is switching in the clear, which sim
ply means that positive therapy localization to KI 27 is present with the patient supine. Hidden switching will be discussed. This is present when an individual shows evi
dence of neurologic disorganization only under certain conditions; there is no positive therapy localization to KI 27 with the patient supine. It appears that all problem patients have neurologic disorganization, but it may not be present in the clear.
To find the cause of neurologic disorganization,
positive therapy localization at KI 27 is used as a tool for further examination. Stimulation is not applied to KI 27 and umbilicus to organize the individual. The basic con
cept is to use applied kinesiology examination tools to find what eliminates the positive therapy localization to KI 27. For example, the patient therapy localizes to bilat
eral KI 27 points and a strong indicator muscle is tested.
When the indicator muscle tests weak with the therapy localization, there is evidence of switching. The examiner proceeds to evaluate various areas and functions of the body, as indicated by body language. For example, the examiner may observe calluses under the mid-distal meta
tarsals, indicating a dropped metatarsal arch that would be similar to the example of placing pencils under the 1st and 5th metatarsals. Using this clue, he has the patient continue to therapy localize the KI 27 points while he challenges the metatarsal bones in a direction for prob
able correction. If the dropped metatarsal arch is the cause of the neurologic disorganization, the positive KI 27 therapy localization will be eliminated when the proper vector of correction is obtained.
Challenge, therapy localization, nutritional oral stimulation, and body movement can be used to find the cause of neurologic disorganization in a similar manner.
When the factor is found that eliminates the positive therapy localization to KI 27, it is treated; this should elimi
nate any further positive therapy localization to KI 27 without stimulating it. If the correction holds and there is no other factor causing neurologic disorganization, evi
dence of it will not recur.
Any factor in the triad of health - structural, chemi
cal, or mental- can cause neurologic disorganization.
Since most doctors tend to be oriented to one side of the triad, it is valuable to make a concerted effort to con
sider all of its aspects as possible causes of neurologic disorganization.
Structural. The most common cause of neurologic disorganization is dysfunction of the cranial-sacral primary respiratory mechanism. When ocular lock is present, one will nearly always find the cause of neurologic disorgani
zation in this system. It may require treatment to the stomatognathic system in general, which includes jaw function, dental occlusion, cranial faults, and cervical spine function. Probably the reason so much neurologic disorganization is caused by dysfunction of the stomatognathic system is the intricate relationship between the system and the equilibrium proprioceptors. (The stomatognathic system is discussed in Chapter 9.)
To evaluate the stomatognathic system as a cause of neurologic disorganization, one uses the tools of ap
plied kinesiology to determine what will eliminate the positive therapy localization to KI 27. It may be eliminated by a phase of respiration, challenge to an area of the skull, having the patient stretch the jaw wide open, or moving the jaw into a certain position. Movement of the jaw pulls on the bones of the skull by way of the masticatory muscles and, in effect, is a type of challenge to the skull.
Unless the basic underlying cause of switching is found, it is mandatory to use the unswitching techniques previously described before treatment so that improper treatment is not applied as a result of erroneous exami
nation findings. Recognize that the results of many muscle tests are different after an individual is unswitched with the techniques previously discussed.
When a patient has positive therapy localization to KI 27, the only factors that should be treated are those which, when challenged, therapy localized, or otherwise evaluated, eliminate the positive KI 27. One will find that the challenge and other examination information in ap
plied kinesiology are the same for the factors that elimi
nate the positive KI 27 before or after it and the umbilicus are digitally stimulated. This does not imply that one should vigorously stimulate KI 27 and the umbilicus when treating the cause of neurologic disorganization. When the proper cranial fault or other causative factor is cor
rected, there will no longer be positive therapy localiza
tion to KI 27.
Whenever the stomatognathic system is treated, the pelvis should be evaluated for category I, II, and III faults.
The sacrum should also be routinely evaluated when cra
nial faults have been corrected.
The second most common cause of neurologic dis
organization on a structural basis is foot dysfunction, which may be excessive pronation, tarsal tunnel syn
drome, individual subluxations, and/or muscle dysfunction.
Almost any malfunction examined and treated by applied kinesiology methods can be the cause of neuro
logic disorganization. After the cranial-sacral primary res
piratory system and foot dysfunction, the more common causes of neurologic disorganization are equilibrium re
flex synchronization, PRYT, gait organization, and dural tension. On a less frequent basis, one should consider ev
erything else treated in applied kinesiology as being a potential cause of neurologic disorganization, including local muscle dysfunction, spinal subluxations, and active reflexes, among others.
At one time, cross-pattern exercise (page 178) was routinely prescribed when an individual was switched. With more effective current methods for finding the basic un
derlying cause of the neurologic disorganization, cross patterning is not usually necessary for lasting corrections.
It is appropriate when a child fails to go through the de
velopmental stages, especially the bilateral phase, prior to developing lateral dominance. This may happen as a result of trauma or parents restricting normal development.
Chemical. Chemical causes of in-the-clear neu
rologic disorganization usually relate to some form of nutrition, which in one way or another influences the neurotransmitters. Having the patient chew an adrenal substance or choline may eliminate the positive therapy localization to KI 27. Goodheart7 relates ribonucleic acid (RNA) to the foundation upon which memory builds. It has been used in applied kinesiology as a method to bring out hidden faults during examination. Chewing RNA may
eliminate positive therapy localization to KI 27. In this instance it appears that the reason RNA brings out hid
den faults is that they were hidden by neurologic disorga
nization.
Mental. Mental causes of neurologic disorganiza
tion may be intrinsic to the patient's physiology, or ex
trinsic in his environment and interaction with people.
Sometimes positive TL to KI 27 can be eliminated by having the patient therapy localize to the bilateral frontal bone eminences. This is the location of the neurovascu
lar points for the pectoralis major (clavicular division) . Successful treatment to the emotional neurovascular points will eliminate the positive therapy localization to KI 27.
Another type of emotional neurologic disorganiza
tion is evidenced by cross-therapy localization to KI 27, in which the right hand therapy localizes the left KI 27 and vice versa. Care should be taken that the two hands do not contact each other, and that the therapy localiza
tion is actually over the KI 27 point. This type of therapy localization is present in an individual who has a homo
lateral crawl pattern, discussed under "Cross Patterning."
It is often associated with aberrant sensory disturbances and may correlate with schizophrenia. There is additional discussion of this type of disturbance on page 438 and elsewhere.5.15
Hidden Switching
Many problem patients fail to respond because they are not examined in the way in which they live. Most examination is done with the patient in a prone, supine, or standing static position. Under these circumstances, the dysfunction may not reveal itself. As mentioned be
fore, most problem patients have neurologic disorgani
zation but it may not be present during the usual static examination. When switching is hidden, therapy local
ization to KI 27 is negative; it becomes positive under different circumstances. Again, evaluate for all sides of the triad of health.
Structural. Hidden switching may be brought out by simply having the patient stand and therapy localize KI 27. Hidden switching is present when therapy local
ization is positive to KI 27 with the patient standing, but not when he is recumbent. This indicates that something in the weight-bearing mechanism is at fault, usually the feet.
Th�re may be no positive therapy localization when standing, but when the patient continues to therapy lo
calize KI 27 and walks, a previously strong indicator muscle weakens. It is not necessary for the patient to continue walking during the muscle test; the positive therapy
10-calization will remain long enough to test an indicator muscle. The indicator muscle will again test strong as soon as the patient quits therapy localizing KI 27. This differ
entiation is necessary to determine that, in fact, the weak
ening is due to neurologic disorganization. Patients who develop dural tension while walking will continue to have a weak indicator muscle for a considerable time after they discontinue the therapy localization to KI 27.
When there is positive evidence of neurologic dis
organization with walking, one can then examine the supine or prone patient with gait, dural tension, and PRYT tests. The only difference from the usual testing proce
dure is testing the patient as he therapy localizes to KI 27.
Treatment is performed in the usual manner.
Dynamic testing for hidden switching can include evaluating the stomatognathic system by having the pa
tient chew some substance that does not cause weaken
ing when there is no therapy localization to KI 27. The test is positive when weakening develops as the patient chews the substance while therapy localizing to KI 27.
Chemical. Hidden switching resulting from chemi
cal influences on the body relates with any element that may be toxic or out of balance. One should consider the toxins an individual may encounter in his home or place of work. When the patient is in your office he may test normal because he is away from his usual environment.
Patients are sometimes on an imbalanced nutri
tional supplement regimen that throws body chemistry off-balance. Under these circumstances, chewing the of
fending nutrition will cause positive therapy localization to KI 27 when it was not present in the clear.
Mental. A patient's indicator muscle may weaken when he activates a disturbing thought process. The best muscle to test is the pectoralis major (clavicular division) when it is strong in the clear. This may or may not relate to hidden neurologic disorganization. If present, there will be weakening when the patient activates the thought pro
cess with therapy localization to KI 27, but not without.
The use of KI 27 as an indicator for switching, both in the clear and hidden, is simply an investigative tool.
When evaluating for hidden neurologic disorganization one must consider the life-style, physical activity, mental processes, and chemical environment in which the pa
tient lives. Failure to correct the patient's health problem may result from not testing him in the manner in which he lives.
Correction of neurologic disorganization is impor
tant in obtaining optimal health. It also improves one's human performance1 and is a key factor in many cases of learning disabilities.