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Why Your Knee Hurts (and Why It’s Probably Not Your Knee’s Fault!)
Why Your Knee Hurts (and Why It’s Probably Not Your Knee’s Fault!)

Ever feel like your knee just doesn’t trust you anymore? One minute you’re running hills around Lake Minnetonka or crushing your WOD at the gym — and the next, your knee is barking like you’ve aged 40 years overnight.

Here’s the thing: your knee might not actually be the problem. It’s usually the victim of what’s happening above (the hip) or below (the ankle). At Minnesota Movement Chiropractic & Sports Rehab in Excelsior, we see this all the time — athletes, golfers, runners, and weekend warriors dealing with stubborn knee pain that keeps coming back no matter how much they stretch, foam roll, or ice it.

If that sounds familiar, you’re in the right place. We’ll help you figure out why your knee’s angry, fix the real cause, and get you back to doing what you love — pain-free and stronger than before.

(Spoiler: your knee will thank you, and so will your squat form.)

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Anterior Pelvic Tilt / Lower Crossed Syndrome
Anterior Pelvic Tilt / Lower Crossed Syndrome

You know that feeling when your low back is constantly tight, your hips ache after sitting too long, and no amount of stretching seems to fix it? Yeah… that might not just be “getting older” — it could be Lower Crossed Syndrome (aka the lazy glutes + tight hip flexors combo). At Minnesota Movement, we see this all the time — from weekend warriors to high-level athletes.

The good news? This is totally fixable — and faster than you’d think. Whether it’s from sitting all day, training hard without mobility work, or just years of bad movement habits, we’ll help you figure out why your body got here and teach it how to move the right way again.

So if you’ve ever caught yourself wondering why your posture looks more “Instagram slouch” than “Olympic sprinter,” don’t worry — we’ve got you (and your pelvis) covered.

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Expectations of Pain / An utterly confusing relationship.
Expectations of Pain / An utterly confusing relationship.

As a Chiropractor, we work within the realm of helping individuals not only get out of pain but avoid it by increasing their performance capacity as well. It’s been through these experiences of helping people that I’ve been able to gain the importance of these values and lessons which are worth sharing and elaborating on.
As patients not only are you expected to do "exercises" you are also expected to allot time for walks in nature, meditate, journal, sleep 8-9 hours, eat 10 servings of vegetables - oh and still show up for work on time after getting kids ready for school...before picking them up and making sure their homework is done, they aren't getting too much screen time, dinner is something everyone can enjoy and that they actually shower before bed

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The SIMPLE Way to Form a Habit / Happy [early] New Year!
The SIMPLE Way to Form a Habit / Happy [early] New Year!

Habits are defined actions triggered automatically by a contextual cue that is linked to performance (1). To make sense of this, let’s think of an easy day-to-day example. Think about the habit of putting on our seat-belts (defined action) after we get into our car (contextual cue)

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Got Tight Hamstrings?! What does that even mean?!
Got Tight Hamstrings?! What does that even mean?!

Have you ever experienced hamstring tightness? Whether it is after a run, sitting all day at work or school, or after a heavy day in the gym, we all have experienced some sort of hamstring tightness. But what if I told you it might not actually be hamstring tightness? What if I told you it could be your brain playing a trick on you, where you perceive hamstring tightness but the muscle tissue has no problem lengthening fully.

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Recovery > Exercise
Recovery > Exercise

We usually think that we exercise or work out to build muscle, but that's dead wrong. Our activity and performance actually strains the tissue and stresses the body. So how do we get bigger, stronger, faster?! RECOVERY.

It is impossible to increase athletic or daily performance without adequate recovery. For the most simple analogy, think about how your energy levels are after a 5-day stint of less than ideal sleep patterns. Yeah, you're dragging it, right?

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