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Healing Hands,
Trusted Care
Dr. Brent Schank delivers personalized chiropractic care focused on relieving pain, restoring movement, and helping patients achieve optimal function for an active, healthy lifestyle. Through trusted clinical expertise, individualized treatment plans, and patient education, he empowers patients to take an active role in their wellness journey and achieve lasting results. When appropriate, Dr. Brent collaborates with other healthcare professionals and specialists to ensure comprehensive, coordinated care tailored to each patient's needs. As a participating provider for most major healthcare plans, the clinic accepts and processes a wide range of insurance benefits to help make quality care accessible and convenient.
Our Services
Dr. Brent utilizes manual manipulative techniques to help patients restore movement, improve function, and maintain an active, healthy lifestyle. His goal is not simply to relieve symptoms, but to identify and address the underlying joint and soft tissue restrictions that may be contributing to pain, movement limitations, and reduced performance.
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Treatment approaches are individualized to each patient's preferences, comfort level, and clinical needs. Drawing on more than three decades of experience, Dr. Brent selects the most appropriate techniques to improve joint mobility, reduce restrictions, and restore balanced movement patterns. Myofascial therapy and manual muscle work are a major focus of the practice, incorporating Tuina (pronounced twee-nah), a traditional Chinese manual therapy used to address soft tissue dysfunction, improve movement quality, and support overall function. By combining these approaches, Dr. Brent helps patients achieve both short-term relief and long-term improvements in function, resilience, and quality of life.
Spinal Adjustments
Postural Assessment
Dr. Brent recognizes that posture plays a major role in the development of pain and functional limitations. The way we sit, stand, move, work, and perform daily activities often contributes to recurring pain patterns and movement dysfunction. Through careful observation and evaluation, he helps patients understand how their posture, habits, and environment may be influencing their symptoms.
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Using postural and movement analysis, Dr. Brent identifies structural imbalances, movement deficiencies, and stress patterns that may be limiting optimal function, performance, and an active lifestyle. He then provides individualized recommendations, education, and corrective strategies designed to improve body awareness, enhance movement efficiency, and support long-term musculoskeletal health. By helping patients recognize and address the underlying factors contributing to their condition, he empowers them to take an active role in their recovery and long-term well-being.
Exercise Therapy
Dr. Brent sees therapeutic exercise recommendations as a tool to extend care beyond the clinic, helping patients take an active role in their own recovery and long-term health. He works especially well with patients who are motivated to take responsibility for their care and engage in active self-care outside of the clinic.Â
Exercise recommendations are targeted, individualized, practical, and simple—designed to be easy to perform at home without the need for specialized machines or facilities.
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Exercises are tailored to address specific deficiencies in strength and movement for each individual, supporting meaningful and sustainable improvement. In many cases, exercise recommendations are introduced early in the course of care to support recovery from the start.
Acupuncture
Dr. Brent is a licensed acupuncture provider. Acupuncture is not offered as a standalone service, but rather as an adjunctive therapy to manual manipulative care.
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Acupuncture is a valuable and highly effective treatment option for a wide variety of conditions when appropriately indicated. It is utilized as an adjunct to manual manipulative techniques, and Dr. Brent uses clinical experience to determine when it is best incorporated into a patient’s overall plan of care.
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Many major insurance plans provide coverage for this service, helping this service more accessible for patients.
Our Clinic
For over 31 years, Winsted Chiropractic Clinic has been a trusted part of the community, dedicated to supporting natural healing, optimal function, and sustainable health. Dr. Brent Schank's mission extends beyond providing immediate relief—he focuses on helping patients restore balance, improve movement, and maintain an active, functional, and healthy lifestyle for the long term. Through personalized care plans and practical self-care strategies, he empowers patients to take an active role in their health and well-being.
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Dr. Brent's approach respects the body's innate capacity to heal while integrating modern, evidence-informed chiropractic care. He provides individualized treatment focused on relieving pain, restoring movement, and optimizing whole-body function. When appropriate, he collaborates with other healthcare professionals and specialists to ensure patients receive comprehensive, coordinated care tailored to their unique needs and goals.
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With more than three decades of clinical experience, Dr. Brent remains committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centered care that helps individuals stay active, resilient, and performing at their best throughout every stage of life.
Dr. Brent Schank grew up in western North Dakota, where he developed a lifelong appreciation for hard work, athletics, and healthy living. His passion for understanding human performance and movement led him to North Dakota State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Math & Science while competing in track & field for the Bison. He later earned his Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.) degree from Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Throughout his career, Dr. Brent has remained committed to continuous learning and professional growth. He has pursued advanced training in rehabilitation, exercise therapy, functional movement, and acupuncture, including specialized study in the Czech Republic. His broad clinical background allows him to bring a well-rounded perspective to patient care and wellness.
After completing his education, Dr. Brent chose to establish his practice in Winsted because he valued the strong sense of community, small-town values, and peaceful rural lifestyle that the area offers. He and his wife, Barb, wanted to raise their family in a close-knit community where relationships matter, neighbors support one another, and quality of life remains a priority. Their commitment to community extends beyond the clinic through active involvement and fellowship at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, which has been an important part of their family's life and values. More than three decades later, Winsted continues to be the place they proudly call home.
Outside the clinic, Dr. Brent enjoys a wide range of hobbies and interests and values staying active and engaged in the outdoors. He and Barb have been married for 35 years and enjoy working together at the clinic. Barb is also a graduate of NDSU, where she earned a degree in Dietetics and shares a lifelong passion for health and wellness. Together, they are proud parents of Connor and Camden, both graduates of NDSU. Grounded in his faith, family, and commitment to service, Dr. Brent enjoys spending time with loved ones, participating in the Holy Trinity Catholic Church community, and helping others live healthy, active, and fulfilling lives.