CA 107: Chiropractic Techniques & Physiotherapeutic Modalities is a 3-hour chiropractic assistant course that surveys the techniques and modalities commonly used in chiropractic practice. It is designed to help assistants recognize what the doctor is doing, understand the basic goals of care, and support safe, efficient clinical workflows without stepping into diagnosis or treatment.
The course reviews major adjusting systems, therapeutic massage and stretching approaches, and the principles and procedures of physiotherapeutic modalities such as electrical stimulation, ultrasound, light therapy, and traction. Emphasis is placed on indications, contraindications, safety precautions, and the supportive role of the chiropractic assistant during these procedures.
Estimated Completion Time
Approximately 3 hours (Online Format: video, text and downloadable study guide)
Course Topics
- Introduction and understanding subluxation concepts
- Manipulation vs. mobilization and diversified technique
- Extremity manipulation/adjusting and adjustive instruments
- Overview of chiropractic techniques.
- Therapeutic massage: indications, contraindications, and multiple forms of manual/bodywork therapy
- Stretching methods: myofascial stretching, stretch reflex, ballistic, dynamic, active, passive/relaxed, isometric, and PNF stretching with examples
- Principles and procedures of physiotherapeutic modalities across the healing phases
Learning Objectives
- Differentiate manipulation from mobilization and recognize common chiropractic adjusting approaches and named techniques
- Describe the general purpose and basic features of therapeutic massage and multiple stretching methods
- Explain the goals of modality use during the inflammatory, repair, and remodeling phases of healing
- Summarize basic scientific principles behind electrical stimulation, ultrasound, light therapy, and traction
- Identify key indications, contraindications, and safety precautions for common physiotherapeutic modalities used in chiropractic practice
Course Structure
- Concise video modules organized into chiropractic techniques, soft-tissue and stretching, and physiotherapeutic modalities
- Concept-level explanations appropriate for chiropractic assistants (no hands-on adjusting instruction)
- Checklists and examples highlighting safety procedures and the supportive CA role
- Knowledge checks reinforcing terminology, concepts, and indications/contraindications
Quick Course Details
- Course Type: Online
- Credit Hours: 3
- Instructor: Monte Horne, DC
- Format: Recorded online presentation with self-paced access
- Access: Log in and out as needed; resume where you left off
- Certificate: Instant certificate available upon successful completion
- Program: Part of the Certified Chiropractic Clinical Assistant (CCCA) curriculum
About the Instructor
Monte Horne, DC is Founder and Lead Educator at CCEDseminars and postgraduate faculty at Texas Chiropractic College. He created the FCLB-recognized Certified Chiropractic Clinical Assistant program and has extensive experience teaching documentation, physiotherapeutic modalities, and chiropractic procedures.
In CA 107, Dr. Horne presents chiropractic techniques and modalities at a level appropriate for assistants, focusing on safety, terminology, and clinical context so CAs can better support doctors and patients in a variety of practice settings.
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