Dr. Trent Anderson is a Twin-Cities based sports chiropractor
and performance
therapist who uses his extensive training and experience as a
practitioner and elite
athlete in order to elicit positive performance benefits in
athletes of all ages and levels.
He’s a practicing physician, receiving his Doctor of
Chiropractic, with honors, from
Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington, MN. From
this training,
Trent understands the importance of biomechanics and
neuromusculoskeletal balance
in not only staying away from pain and injury but also in
achieving the highest levels of
performance. He also graduated with honors from Arizona State
University, earning a
Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology with a special emphasis on
Sports and Exercise
Psychology. Based on this knowledge and his own experiences as
an elite prep basketball
player and member of the Arizona State Men’s Basketball Team,
Trent understands that
the foundation of health and performance lies in the mental
game.
Trent’s practicing philosophy is that in order to perform
optimally, athletes need to have
the correct combination of Mobility, Stability, Strength, and
Symmetry. He uses a wide
variety of techniques in order to achieve a balance between
these four pillars of
biomechanics in his patients, and is certified in Graston®
Technique (a form of
instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization) as well as
RockTape® kinesiology taping,
fascial manipulation, and joint manipulation/mobilization. He
also utilizes the wisdom
of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) through the use of
acupuncture, cupping, gua
sha (the basis for all instrument-assisted soft tissue
mobilization), and the application of
TCM theory to overall health, as well as performance. Trent is a
Certified Strength and
Conditioning Specialist through the NSCA® and he has a strong
background in
rehabilitation, which he utilizes to create individualized
exercise programs for each of
his patients.
In his own life, Trent enjoys regularly doing CrossFit, yoga,
and exploring a number of
other movement practices and philosophies. He also spends time
running a website,
called Higher Performance Network, that’s dedicated to exploring
the front lines of
human performance from all angles.
