Dr. Jessica Kapungulya DC

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Dr. Jessica Kapungulya DC

I am a Chiropractor that specializes in sports and athletic injuries. My goal is to help active individuals recover quicker and more fully from their injuries.

My services include cupping, acupuncture, rehab, joint manipulation and taping. Dr. Wark is a board certified Sports Chiropractor that specializes in sports injury and prevention. Even though her passion is with athletes, she is excited to work with anyone interested in Chiropractic care.

12/27/2025

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The core loves stability.
The trick is to train it in all plans and various conditions. That's what makes it stable.
Why is the core like this?
Because it functions more like a pressurized can because that's how it is shaped.
If one wall of the core is weak, the can can't pressurize fully, so then something will fail.
We will have back pain, hip tightness, neck pain, indigestion, etc.
Teach the can to pressurize by training it in various angles, positions and movements.

12/24/2025

Struggling with groin (adductor) tightness?
I find that a good mix of hip mobility and specific activation of the abductors are a good combination to take tension off the adductors.

12/21/2025

Shin pain with running or jumping?
I find that weakness around the musculature of the shin can cause discomfort around the bone itself.
Why?
Because muscles are meant to take load, like a spring. If that spring isn't very springy (strong) then the load has to go somewhere, so it goes to the bone. Since it's not that bones job to load, it gets mad (pain arises).
So the answer:
Retrain the calf and shin to take load. Activate the muscles that turned off and reload them.

12/20/2025

Helping Nova Classical High School with injuries at the boys basketball game tonight 🏀🤕

12/16/2025

I think that treatment plans should be unique and individualized.
Not everyone will respond well to cupping, adjusting, taping or rehab.
We also don't have to perform 10 services to help someone recover
Treat the cause, keep it simple 💯

12/08/2025

Tired of headaches?
Try this neck exercise routine.
The idea is that you learn how to contract the front of your neck enough to stretch the back of your neck.
The back of the neck is prone to being tight because of poor posture and sitting for too long. So, this is a good way to undo that tightness.
The muscles in the back of the neck attach to the back of the head, so it's common that tension in those muscles can cause headaches.

12/05/2025

The rotator cuff are a group of 4 muscles and they all have to work together in unison to function properly.
I find that poor movements in the scapulas can contribute to the rotator cuff to get over used and strained over time because lack of movement in the shoulder blade makes the rotator cuff work harder.
Use these 3 exercises to keep the scapulas strong and mobile so that your rotator cuff doesn't have to work so hard 💪🏼
If you actively have a rotator cuff strain or shoulder pain, you may not be ready for these exercises yet!

11/26/2025

Sprained Ankle with swelling and bruising?
I love using k-tape to help the swelling and bruising heal faster and more completely.
With the ankle being at the lowest part of the body, swelling likes to stay down there because of gravity.
Also, a lot of the pain that you feel with a sprained ankle is from the swelling. So the sooner you help the swelling out of there, the sooner that you'll start to feel better.

11/19/2025

The warm that I do before running isn't the same every time.
Why?
Because it depends on what my body needs warmed up.
Some days I feel lower back tension, so I do a core warm up. Or if my calves feel tight then I'll do a focused calf warm up.
Today's warm up was reflective on tightness around my hip flexors and groin. So, I used a band to wake up my abductors so that my adductors and hip flexors don't get over worked for this 4 mile run.
I usually stretch after my run/workout because I feel like that's when my muscles are most pliable 💪🏼
How well are you tuned into your body?

11/17/2025

Do you feel your hips working alot when you try doing core exercises?
You may not be getting a strong enough core brace for the hips to relax.
Try these 2 core warm-ups to help train the core to brace harder than the hip flexors. That way, your hips won't feel like they need to "help"
1. Make sure you press your belly button firmly against the ground and don't let it go as you move.
Once you master these 2 exercises, add in easy core exercises with these cues and you should feel your whole abdomen light up!
"tighthips

11/14/2025

I gave a presentation about Sports Chiropractic in an Exercise Science class today at Concordia University and after class a student with an arm sling came up to me and said "my sports chiropractor from SD was the one that diagnosed me with a labrum tear in my shoulder. Thank you for all that you do".

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Totally made my day AND it is so nice to see a shift in perception of my profession.
I've been doing this presentation for this freshman class for 6 years now and usually the students have a negative view on this profession. It's so rewarding to see this shift 🙌🏼

11/13/2025

Do you feel like your hamstrings pull easy or feel tight while playing soccer?
These exercises are my favorite to help engage and warm up the hamstrings in various ways.
The result is looser feeling hamstrings and they will feel stronger when you're running instead of feeling like they are gonna "pull".

Address

10044 Flanders Court NE, Suite 300
Blaine, MN
55449

Website

https://soccer-injuries.com/

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Dr. Wark is a chiropractor that specializes in sports injury and prevention. Even though her passion is with athletes, she is excited to work with anyone interested in Chiropractic care.