I'm Dr. Brenna Erickson, a Chiropractor specializing in Directional Non-Force Technique (DNFT), and I'm now accepting new patients in the Minneapolis area. I'm very excited to make a difference in the health of citizens within this humble community and further!
The gentle technique I use is especially beneficial for re-balancing your nervous system and allowing you to live pain-free without any risk of worsening injuries. If injuries, surgeries, and/or disc problems have discouraged you from chiropractic in the past, consider my practice and come visit!
About Dr. Brenna
Dr. Brenna Erickson has been fascinated with medicine and the healing arts since childhood. In undergrad, she studied Latin, psychology, theater, and creative writing in order to better communicate big ideas to the world around her. She worked as a filmmaker and chef before pursuing the career of Chiropractic.
She attended Life West Chiropractic College, graduated in 2017, and created a community of inclusivity and service that future classes continue to benefit from. Now devoted to the practice of Directional Non-Force Technique Chiropractic, she travels around the country to learn from the leaders in the technique to assure quality and innovation in her practice.
She has been a voracious reader, learner, and traveler her whole life and is constantly seeking to better her knowledge and skills. Dr. Brenna is passionate about making health care more accessible and of higher quality for marginalized groups including the LGBTQIA community, chronically ill, and disabled individuals.
What is Directional Non-Force Technique (DNFT)?
Directional Non Force Technique® Chiropractic is an over 90 year old method founded and developed by Dr. Richard Van Rumpt, DC, and further developed and taught since 1986 through D.N.F.T..® Seminars by his successor, Christopher John, DC. The method involves a precise analysis and correction of subluxations causing nerve interference, considering alignment from front to back (posterior), side (lateral), tilted, or back to front (anterior) and front to back (posterior). The bones, ligaments, muscles, and discs are aligned utilizing the thumbs to adjust with a few ounces of force. The reactive leg reflex is the indicator utilized to determine which segments are out of alignment. This is not a short leg, but is a leg which dynamically shortens in response to a physical challenge to the malpositioned segment causing nerve interference.
“We believe in treating the whole person rather than subsets of body systems and pathologies. By incorporating nutritional advice, lifestyle modifications, and specific and effective DNFT chiropractic care, we are able to affect lasting changes in our patients’ bodies to reduce pain and increase vitalistic life-force in both the short and long term. Most times, the body needs to be addressed physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually to completely remove subluxations in the body. We are always checking in with our patients on these levels to maintain the efficacy of our adjustments, and to refer out when our patients’ problems are no longer chiropractic problems. “
DNFT was the first low-force Chiropractic technique. It originated in the 1930s and has been improving patients’ lives for over 90 years. DNFT does not produce any “cracking” or “popping” noises and does not involve manipulating the body into uncomfortable positions. A DNFT practitioner addresses the root cause of function and mobility by removing distortions and malpositions of the body by ensuring clear, efficient communication of the nervous system to the body and vice versa. This is done by breaking down a “traditional” Chiropractic adjustment into 20 micro-adjustments, addressing bones, muscles, ligaments, discs of the spine, and, if indicated, the ribs. The patient receives care at a level of specificity and thoroughness that addresses the root cause right away, which results in increased mobility, function, and vitality rapidly.
