MASSAGE & BODYWORK LICENSING EXAMINATION (MBLEx)
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMPILATION, VERIFIED SOLUTIONS WITH DETAILED
EXPLANATIONS | 2026/2027 UPDATE |GRADED A+
Extensors -
CORRECT|ANSWER
When assessing the radiocarpal joint, what muscle group would you lengthen to release or decrease
mild extention at the wrist?
Proximal and radioulnar joints -
CORRECT|ANSWER
What joints in the forearm are produced the supination and pronation actions?
Nipples and genitalia -
CORRECT|ANSWER
Which areas of the client are never appropriate for massage treatment?
The client's willingness and ability to contract muscles -
CORRECT|ANSWER
What does active ROM test?
Contract- relax and post-isometric relaxation -
CORRECT|ANSWER
Which of the following techniques are examples of Active Inhibition techniques?
Antagonist/ Agonist -
CORRECT|ANSWER
A(n) ___has the opposite desired action of a___muscle?
Skeletal -
CORRECT|ANSWER
,What body system produces blood cells and stores minerals?
Drop Arm -
CORRECT|ANSWER
What test would be positive if your client had rotator cuff tears?
The Frontal Plane -
CORRECT|ANSWER
What body plane would divide the body vertically into a front and back portion?
Diathrotic -
CORRECT|ANSWER
The glenohumeral joint is freely moveable and is functionally classified as?
Quadratus Lumborum -
CORRECT|ANSWER
Which muscle has its origin at the aponeurotic fibers of the iliolumbar ligament and at the adjacent
portions of the iliac crest?
Subjective -
CORRECT|ANSWER
The S in the acronym SOAP stands for what?
Trapezius -
CORRECT|ANSWER
What muscle is responsible for head, neck, and shoulder movements?
Paralysis,acute stages of healing, and severe pain on exercising -
CORRECT|ANSWER
The contraindications for to resistance exercise includes
Muscle to bone -
, CORRECT|ANSWER
Tendons are fibrous tissue that connect
Touch of health -
CORRECT|ANSWER
Which of the following massage profession methods is an approach of applied kinesiology?
Mouth,pharnyx,esophagus,stomach, small intestine, and large intestine -
CORRECT|ANSWER
What is the proper travel order of food through the gastrointestinal tract?
Motility disorder strongly associated with anxiety , stress, or depression. -
CORRECT|ANSWER
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a gastrointestinal concern that is defined as a(n)
Condition of chronic synovial inflammation in childen -
CORRECT|ANSWER
Still's disease and Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) are inflammatory arthritides defined as a
Petrissage -
CORRECT|ANSWER
Increasing blood pressure is a reflective effect of what type of treatment technique done on the
abdomen?
Does the pain move or refer to other areas -
CORRECT|ANSWER
While giving an assessment there are there are three types of question you ask to obtain relevant
information for the treatment plan; general, specific, and pain question. Which of the following is a
pain question?
Professionalism -
CORRECT|ANSWER
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMPILATION, VERIFIED SOLUTIONS WITH DETAILED
EXPLANATIONS | 2026/2027 UPDATE |GRADED A+
Extensors -
CORRECT|ANSWER
When assessing the radiocarpal joint, what muscle group would you lengthen to release or decrease
mild extention at the wrist?
Proximal and radioulnar joints -
CORRECT|ANSWER
What joints in the forearm are produced the supination and pronation actions?
Nipples and genitalia -
CORRECT|ANSWER
Which areas of the client are never appropriate for massage treatment?
The client's willingness and ability to contract muscles -
CORRECT|ANSWER
What does active ROM test?
Contract- relax and post-isometric relaxation -
CORRECT|ANSWER
Which of the following techniques are examples of Active Inhibition techniques?
Antagonist/ Agonist -
CORRECT|ANSWER
A(n) ___has the opposite desired action of a___muscle?
Skeletal -
CORRECT|ANSWER
,What body system produces blood cells and stores minerals?
Drop Arm -
CORRECT|ANSWER
What test would be positive if your client had rotator cuff tears?
The Frontal Plane -
CORRECT|ANSWER
What body plane would divide the body vertically into a front and back portion?
Diathrotic -
CORRECT|ANSWER
The glenohumeral joint is freely moveable and is functionally classified as?
Quadratus Lumborum -
CORRECT|ANSWER
Which muscle has its origin at the aponeurotic fibers of the iliolumbar ligament and at the adjacent
portions of the iliac crest?
Subjective -
CORRECT|ANSWER
The S in the acronym SOAP stands for what?
Trapezius -
CORRECT|ANSWER
What muscle is responsible for head, neck, and shoulder movements?
Paralysis,acute stages of healing, and severe pain on exercising -
CORRECT|ANSWER
The contraindications for to resistance exercise includes
Muscle to bone -
, CORRECT|ANSWER
Tendons are fibrous tissue that connect
Touch of health -
CORRECT|ANSWER
Which of the following massage profession methods is an approach of applied kinesiology?
Mouth,pharnyx,esophagus,stomach, small intestine, and large intestine -
CORRECT|ANSWER
What is the proper travel order of food through the gastrointestinal tract?
Motility disorder strongly associated with anxiety , stress, or depression. -
CORRECT|ANSWER
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a gastrointestinal concern that is defined as a(n)
Condition of chronic synovial inflammation in childen -
CORRECT|ANSWER
Still's disease and Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) are inflammatory arthritides defined as a
Petrissage -
CORRECT|ANSWER
Increasing blood pressure is a reflective effect of what type of treatment technique done on the
abdomen?
Does the pain move or refer to other areas -
CORRECT|ANSWER
While giving an assessment there are there are three types of question you ask to obtain relevant
information for the treatment plan; general, specific, and pain question. Which of the following is a
pain question?
Professionalism -
CORRECT|ANSWER
