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Case Studies & Clinical Pearls 206 — at a Glance
| Course: | Lower Extremity Conditions & Clinical Pearls · 2 CE hours · $40 |
| Faculty: | Monte Horne, DC · founder of CCEDseminars · 39+ years in practice · former Designated Doctor, Texas Department of Insurance |
| Format: | On-demand online video with handouts and assessment · instant certificate |
| Pricing: | $20/hr · automatic 10% off at 6–9 hrs, 20% off at 10+ hrs in one order · no promo codes |
| Approval: | PACE Provider #34015544 · co-sponsored by Texas Chiropractic College · acceptance varies by state |
Board-approved · PACE Provider #34015544 · CE Broker auto-reporting for states served · Instant certificate
Case Studies & Clinical Pearls 206 — Lower Extremity Conditions & Clinical Pearls — is a chiropractic course on the differential diagnosis of the lower limb, from the kinematic chain of the foot to the deep biomechanics of the hip, built on 39 years of clinical scenarios in which lower extremity dysfunction masqueraded as spinal pathology. Dr. Monte Horne takes the doctor through the Lower Extremity Clinical Audit — weight-bearing gait analysis and ankle dorsiflexion testing as objective before-and-after data for the athlete and the geriatric walker alike — into the hip-back connection that separates femoroacetabular impingement from L4/L5 radiculopathy with the FABER and FADIR tests in under thirty seconds, and the “silent” knee meniscus, where joint-line palpation and orthopedic sequencing expose the degenerative tears that mimic simple sprains, learning the subtle radiographic and orthopedic markers that separate common strains from surgical necessities.
The lower extremity is where the spine sends its decoys: the hip that presents as a lumbar radiculopathy, the knee that presents as a sprain and is a torn meniscus, the foot that started the whole chain. This 2-hour online course — written by CCEDseminars' founder, a former Designated Doctor for the Texas Department of Insurance and a working expert witness and peer reviewer, and delivered with handouts — is the sixth and final region of the first-pass series, and it closes the head-to-foot tour with the immediate functional change that motivates the patient and documents the case. Every completion generates an instant certificate for your renewal file.
Choose Your Case Study Path — Three Lanes, One Curriculum
The catalog is organized as a curriculum, not a pile of hours — two complete head-to-foot regional series, then specialist case files on the conditions that fill a schedule. Work the regions in order, deepen with the second pass, or pull the file that matches this week's patient; the full catalog lives on the Case Studies & Clinical Pearls category page.
1 · The Regional Series — First Pass (201–206)
A complete head-to-foot tour of case-based diagnosis — the foundation lane. You are here: Case Studies & Clinical Pearls 206.
201: Headache Diagnosis & Clinical Pearls
202: The Cervical Spine
203: Upper Extremities
204: Thorax Conditions & Clinical Pearls
205: Lumbar Spine Diagnosis
206: Lower Extremity Conditions & Clinical Pearls
2 · The Regional Series — Second Pass (207–212)
The same regions revisited with new cases and deeper differentials — the lane that turns pattern recognition into judgment.
207: The Head II
208: The Cervical Spine II
209-A / 209-B: The Upper Extremities II, Parts I & II
210-A / 210-B: The Thorax II, Parts I & II
211: Lumbar Spine Conditions II
212: Lower Extremity Conditions II
3 · Specialist Case Files (213–221)
Board-credentialed faculty open their own files — condition-specific cases from orthopedic, sports, extremity, and nutrition practice.
213: Headache Management & Diagnosis
214: From Anatomy to Diagnoses
215: Case Studies Related to the TMJ
216: Disc Herniation
217: Spondylolisthesis Treatment
218: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Treatment
219: TMD
220: Soft Tissue Injuries
221: Headache Management & Treatment
New case study courses are added to these lanes as faculty release them.
What You'll Learn in Case Studies & Clinical Pearls 206
• Execute the Lower Extremity Clinical Audit (CAP): use weight-bearing gait analysis and ankle dorsiflexion testing to provide objective before-and-after data for the athlete and the geriatric walker.
• Identify the Hip/Back Connection: differentiate femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) from L4/L5 radiculopathy, using the FABER and FADIR tests to isolate intra-articular hip pathology in under 30 seconds.
• Analyze the “Silent” Knee Meniscus: apply joint-line palpation and orthopedic sequencing to expose degenerative meniscus tears that mimic simple knee sprains.
• Implement the subtle radiographic and orthopedic markers that separate common lower limb strains from surgical necessities, from the kinematic chain of the foot to the biomechanics of the hip.
Your Case Study Faculty
Monte Horne, DC — instructor of this course and author of the fourteen-course regional core (201–212), both head-to-foot passes — is the founder of CCEDseminars and postgraduate faculty at Texas Chiropractic College: a 1985 graduate of Southern California University of Health Sciences with three years of postdoctoral training in chiropractic orthopedics, a peer-reviewed author in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, more than 39 years in practice, a former Designated Doctor for the Texas Department of Insurance, and a working expert witness and peer reviewer. The cases teach decision-making the way case review demands it: reasoning a second reader can follow.
Steven Yeomans, DC, FACO brings orthopedic board credentials to the three highest-stakes structural files — disc herniation, spondylolisthesis, and carpal tunnel syndrome (216–218) — the same conditions at the center of his documentation and personal injury teaching.
Heather Wright, DC, CCEP teaches headache management and diagnosis, the anatomy-to-diagnosis bridge, and TMJ case studies (213–215) with an extremity-certified chiropractor's structural precision, and Howard Benedikt, DC, DCBCN — board-certified in clinical nutrition — works the TMD and headache management files (219, 221) where structure, physiology, and nutrition intersect. Dennis O'Hara, DC, DACBSP opens the soft tissue injury file (220) with a sports diplomate's tissue-healing timeline.
Full bios and the complete instructor roster: CCEDseminars faculty page.
Where Case Study Hours Count — State Rules Worth Knowing
Case study coursework is clinical subject matter in its purest form — assessment, diagnosis, and case management — which is exactly what several state boards ask for. In Iowa, these hours feed the 36-hour clinical case-management minimum (this category is case management by name and by content); in Rhode Island, they serve the 50-of-60 clinical requirement; and in Vermont — where practice-building coursework earns no credit at all — patient-care education like this counts fully under the clinical-focus rule.
Online-format allowances still vary by state — some accept every hour online, others cap distance learning or require in-person blocks. Check your state's guide in the full state directory before building your renewal plan.
Build Your Case Study Block
Most courses in the series run 2 hours at $40; the four Series II split-courses (209-A/B, 210-A/B) run 1 hour at $20 each, so the automatic discounts stack naturally: 6–9 hours in one order earns 10% off, and 10 or more earns 20% off — the full first-pass regional series (201–206, 12 hours) lands at roughly $192 instead of $240, and all 42 hours at roughly $672 instead of $840, with no promo codes. This course completes the first-pass regional series, so the natural next step is the second pass, beginning with 207 The Head II — and the direct sequel, 212 Lower Extremity Conditions II. Pair it with 205 Lumbar Spine Diagnosis, the radiculopathy side of the hip-back connection, and with 220 Soft Tissue Injuries, the specialist file behind the strains this course learns to separate from surgical cases. Browse Case Studies & Clinical Pearls Courses
Case Studies & Clinical Pearls 206 — Frequently Asked Questions
What does Case Studies & Clinical Pearls 206 cover?
The lower extremity case by case, from the kinematic chain of the foot to the deep biomechanics of the hip: the Lower Extremity Clinical Audit, using weight-bearing gait analysis and ankle dorsiflexion testing as objective before-and-after data that motivates the patient and documents the case; the hip-back connection — separating femoroacetabular impingement from L4/L5 radiculopathy with the FABER and FADIR tests in under thirty seconds; the “silent” knee meniscus, where joint-line palpation and orthopedic sequencing expose the degenerative tears that mimic simple sprains; and the subtle radiographic and orthopedic markers that separate common strains from surgical necessities. Also known as lower extremity differential diagnosis CE, hip impingement versus lumbar radiculopathy course, FABER and FADIR testing for chiropractors, meniscus tear versus knee sprain, and lower extremity clinical pearls.
How many CE hours is Case Studies & Clinical Pearls 206, and what is the format?
2 CE hours, fully online and self-paced — a recorded online presentation with handouts, available 24/7 to pause and resume at any time, followed by an assessment. Your certificate is available in your account immediately upon successful completion, and you have up to one year from the date of purchase to complete the course.
How do I tell hip impingement from an L4/L5 radiculopathy?
That is the hip-back connection, and the course gives it a thirty-second answer: the FABER and FADIR tests that isolate intra-articular hip pathology against the neurological and dural findings that belong to the lumbar root, read together so the patient with a hip is not treated as a disc, and the patient with a disc is not sent for hip imaging. The same discipline carries to the knee, where the joint-line palpation and orthopedic sequencing separate a degenerative meniscus from the sprain it pretends to be.
Is this course accepted for my state's chiropractic license renewal?
Case Studies & Clinical Pearls 206 is a PACE Provider #34015544 program co-sponsored by Texas Chiropractic College and is accepted in most U.S. states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, seven Canadian provinces, and more than 50 international jurisdictions. The complete approval list appears at the bottom of this page, and your state's online-hour rules are summarized in its CE guidelines page.
How do discounts and certificates work?
Courses are $20 per credit hour, and discounts apply automatically in a single order — 10% off at 6–9 hours, 20% off at 10 or more. No promo codes. Each completion generates an instant certificate with a permanent copy in your account dashboard, and CE Broker reporting is handled automatically for states served.
State Approval and Licensing Reminder
Continuing education requirements — including online-hour caps and clinical-hour minimums — vary by jurisdiction. Review the online chiropractic CE guidelines page and contact CCEDseminars with questions about your specific licensing requirements before registering.
Ready to Enroll in Case Studies & Clinical Pearls 206?
2 CE hours · $40 · online & self-paced · instant certificate. Add it to your cart to complete the first-pass regional series, or pair it with 207 to begin the second.
CCEDseminars · PACE Provider #34015544 · Reviewed by Monte Horne, DC · Last updated September 1, 2026 (CT)