This specimen is placed in the radionic instrument. The therapist then uses a sensor with one hand to move in steps along a list on which the rates for the various organ systems are set out. With the other hand, he performs gentle, circular movements over the stick pad. If the therapist with the sensor arrives at a range in which the patient has a loading (e.g. respiratory tract), he obtains a stick effect on the stick pad.

If a high value has been obtained in testing of over-function and under-function, i.e. a value higher than 7, then the details are tested. In our example with the respiratory tract, this would mean that we would be testing the condition of the right-hand lobe of the lung, the left-hand lobe of the lung, the bronchi etc.

In place of the stick pad, it is also possible to use the pendulum or the single-hand rod, or other test methods such as kinesiology or RAC etc.