Collyard Chiropractic

Collyard Chiropractic Collyard Chiropractic is your family practitioner...treating infant to elderly with chiropractic care

Collyard Chiropractic, PA was founded by Dr. Carrie Collyard-Glinsek in 2001 and joined by Dr. Erick Thompson in 2020. It is Collyard Chiro's vision to help people naturally and offer more diverse and comprehensive care to achieve patient's ultimate health goals. Depending on the circumstance of the patient, sometimes chiropractic adjustments in conjunction with massage therapy alone can be the answer, but in some cases additional holistic treatments such as acupuncture, essential oils, nutritional and herbal supplements can help where traditional medicine has not. Beyond just in-office treatments, Dr. Carrie and Dr. Erick also believe strongly in educating patients not only about what they can do to help you but how you can help yourself to stay healthy, naturally.

Happy Monday, Friends. :)
03/30/2026

Happy Monday, Friends. :)

How bout a lil' Throwback Thursday?...For your enjoyment...Dr. Carrie's first professional head-shot post graduation. :)...
03/26/2026

How bout a lil' Throwback Thursday?...

For your enjoyment...Dr. Carrie's first professional head-shot post graduation. :)

"I have been giving some intense nutritional advice in my personal life over the last 3 weeks, and it has made me pause ...
03/25/2026

"I have been giving some intense nutritional advice in my personal life over the last 3 weeks, and it has made me pause and really think about the ramifications of what I’m telling my loved ones and what I tell my patients and even the advice I follow for myself.

So, for complete clarity, here is what I am telling my family: ideally, you should be eating only meat, eggs, vegetables (including tubers and legumes in moderation,) fruit and nuts. These should be whole, ideally unprocessed and real. For cooking lubricant tallow, olive oil, coconut oil, and avocado oil. Salt should be of a high quality and natural (like Celtic Sea Salt). Spices are good, without any additional ingredients. To drink: water, organic coffee and organic tea.

Sugar, grains, hotdogs, canola oil, dyes, “flavoring”, anti-caking agents and preservatives are all completely unnecessary. Even when we go back in time beyond the invention of margarine in 1869, a lot of the foods that are considered staples are foods to prevent starvation. 1869 marks the start of food-like products that were designed for shelf-stability and to increase sales through enhancement of flavor.

It is true that our bodies are designed to derive energy from carbohydrates, but sparingly. Vegetables, fruit and nuts all contain carbohydrates but also contain nutrients and fiber. Additionally, we have the ability to make glucose from fat and protein, we don’t need carbs to survive.

With that being said, every person’s needs are different. Some people for health reasons should minimize their carbohydrate consumption to as low as humanly possible. Other people may need to stretch their dollar, and grains go a long way to help with that.

This isn’t a post telling you that you must cut out everything except organic kale, blueberries, rib eye and salmon. But if we start making informed decisions about how we fuel our bodies we may start to make small changes that ultimately can make a big difference." - Dr. Erick Thompson

Testimonial Tuesday...Help out our little office by taking a couple minutes to write a review on one of our many platfor...
03/24/2026

Testimonial Tuesday...

Help out our little office by taking a couple minutes to write a review on one of our many platforms. Just scan the code and you'll be directed to links to all our social media testimonial pages. Your kind words go a long way and we are thankful for any help you can provide. Thanks for your time, Friends!

It's Monday...Do you know when your next chiropractic appointment is? We ALWAYS care at least once a month because it is...
03/23/2026

It's Monday...Do you know when your next chiropractic appointment is? We ALWAYS care at least once a month because it is easier to stay well then to get well! Call to schedule yours!

Poppins Reboot. Another opportunity to see the show!See you at the theater!
03/19/2026

Poppins Reboot.
Another opportunity to see the show!
See you at the theater!

"Now seems like a good time for a reminder that chiropractic isn’t just about cracking backs (although that is the fun p...
03/18/2026

"Now seems like a good time for a reminder that chiropractic isn’t just about cracking backs (although that is the fun part). Chiropractic, at its core, is about discovering the cause of dis-ease and finding solutions to correct it. Our bodies experience and manifest symptoms of stress in a myriad of ways. The founder of chiropractic described the three main flavors of stress as Trauma, Toxins, and Thoughts. We need to be mindful of how we are stressing our bodies out, because our bodies don’t know the difference between positive or negative stress. As far as our bodies are concerned, the same stress that makes us freeze up on stage also helps us ace the exam.

While we may have our primary focus on the physical stressors (like pain) and deal with those more than the others in the clinic, it is important to know that how we are fueling our bodies or how we are dealing with emotional stress can manifest in physical symptoms. It can also impede our body’s ability to heal from physical injury.

Focusing on only one aspect of health may be necessary if you’re just starting to get back on track for your wellness journey, but wellness encompasses many aspects that we must address if we want to feel our best for as long as possible." - Dr. Erick Thompson

Mary Poppins...Take 2A weather reschedule means you have another chance to catch Dr. Carrie's daughter, Lyla, as Mary Po...
03/16/2026

Mary Poppins...Take 2
A weather reschedule means you have another chance to catch Dr. Carrie's daughter, Lyla, as Mary Poppins this weekend! Join us!

New Week! New Product!Our favorite sparkling electrolyte now comes in 12 ounce cans! In addition to the old 16 ounce opt...
03/16/2026

New Week! New Product!
Our favorite sparkling electrolyte now comes in 12 ounce cans! In addition to the old 16 ounce option, LMNT has offered the 12 ounce option for smaller, more lightweight can to fill more coozies and coolers.

12 Packs: $45
Flavors include: black cherry, lemonade, orange and (new) pineapple.

Stop in to pick some up for your fridge today!

Rescheduled! Due to weather, the Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday 2:00 p.m. performance have been rescheduled unti...
03/13/2026

Rescheduled!

Due to weather, the Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday 2:00 p.m. performance have been rescheduled until next weekend.

Tentatively:
And Saturday, March 21 at 2pm and 7pm

Still performing tonight and tomorrow at 2!!

Spectrum High School Theater performs "Mary Poppins" this weekend. Collyard Chiropractic has always been a strong suppor...
03/12/2026

Spectrum High School Theater performs "Mary Poppins" this weekend. Collyard Chiropractic has always been a strong supporter of the arts, but this time we are even more invested! Dr. Carrie's daughter, Lyla, is playing Mary Poppins! Join us in wishing her and the entire cast and crew a leg-breaking weekend!

Friday. March 13. 7pm
Saturday. March 14. 2pm and 7pm.
Sunday. March 15. 2pm.

"I’ve discussed headaches many times over the years and with many different causes. What about your big toe causing you...
03/11/2026

"I’ve discussed headaches many times over the years and with many different causes. What about your big toe causing your headaches. There is a story that I heard while in chiropractic school that discussed that exact situation. A student had migraines, nothing helped, meds, environmental factors, diet, even standard chiropractic. Then a different chiropractor visited, determined the problem was his toe, fixed it and in a couple days, the headaches went away. Now, I don’t know if that story is one hundred percent factual, but the mechanism is certainly possible.

The great toe (or the big toe) attaches to the first metatarsal via the metatarsophalangeal joint, if that joint is misaligned it will put force along the metatarsal bone and can affect the joint it shares with the medial cuneiform bone. The cuneiform bone can be pushed which attaches to the navicular bone that can eventually succumb to forces and shift. The talus bone doesn’t typically get stuck out of place without pretty severe trauma, but our gait can be affected by misalignment of the lower bones of the foot. Than change in gait usually translates into issues with the lateral malleolus (or the outer ankle.) The outer ankle is made up of the talus (mentioned above) and the distal head of the fibula. The fibula is able to be fractured from an ankle sprain and that same mechanism is behind the imbalanced forces on the outside ankle can cause the proximal head of the fibula (where it attaches to the knee) to become subluxated. That can cause an imbalance in the forces that act on the femorotibial joint and can cause further gait issues. The muscles that act on the knee (the quadriceps and the hamstring muscle groups) can then become imbalanced. That imbalance will affect the ischiofemoral joint (or the hip joint.) To overcome the imbalance of the hip joint, the pelvis can roll forward or backward to take the strain off the muscles, tendons and ligaments associated with that joint. That shift in the pelvis puts strain on the sacroiliac joint, the sacrum being the bottom of the spinal column, the bridge between pelvic bones and the spine. From the sacrum, the misalignment moves up to L5, up the lumbar spine to the thoracic spine, up the thoracic spine to the cervical spine and up the cervical spine where C1 (the Atlas) meets the skull. Imbalances in the suboccipital muscles can cause headaches, disruption of cerebrospinal fluid (fluid that washes over the brain and down the spine) can cause headaches and migraines.

I figured it would be fun to layout the path of dominoes that can fall and just how inter-connected our entire body is. This was just bones, joints, muscles, ligaments and tendons and the pathway is there to explain how a minor issue with a toe can cause headaches.

Many chiropractors seek out the cause. Spinal health doesn’t cause everything. Chiropractic won’t cure or prevent cancer. But the spine (and the musculoskeletal system in general) plays an integral role in every other facet of the function of the human body." - Dr. Erick Thompson

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815 Highway 10, Suite 201
Elk River, MN
55330

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Monday 8am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 6pm
Thursday 10:45am - 8pm
Friday 8:30am - 1pm

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