Dr. Colleen Barry has been helping people who are passionate about fitness stay active and healthy, for the past two decades. Dr. Barry is a lifetime athlete herself who has built a career on helping active people stay active.
As a Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Fitness Trainer, Dr. Barry spent years training college athletes and active people of all ages. But when it came to solving the most common complaints from her clients who either couldn’t move in ways they once could or had nagging, persistent pain, she wanted to be able to do more. Building on her expertise in fitness and training, Dr. Barry earned her degree as a Doctor of
Chiropractic from Northwestern Health Sciences University in Minnesota and opened her chiropractic health care practice in May 2012.
Dr. Barry credits her personal experience with chiropractic care as a key turning point for improving her own health. Growing up as a multi-sport athlete in Nebraska, she experienced debilitating back pain during a high school basketball practice and
requested to see a chiropractor. After just a few treatments, she realized that chiropractic care was not only helping, but also giving her an understanding of how the body works while providing effective tools for improving in sports, overcoming aches and injuries, and staying well overall. This knowledge had a lasting, positive impact on her approach to health.
Dr. Barry went on to obtain a B.S. in Exercise Science from the University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO), and stayed there as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist for athletes and sports clinic attendees. A few years later, she opened her personal training business and used her knowledge to help a broader group of people. Her experience working with athletes and active people of all ages, plus a natural propensity
to seek information and find answers for healing the body naturally, led her to become a chiropractor.
Dr. Barry is passionate about putting her patients “in the know” and helping them work on their health daily. “Life is the greatest sport of all,” said Dr. Barry. “When you’re
conscious of how you treat your body, give it what it needs to perform optimally and heal problems naturally, you will have the energy and stamina to participate fully in all aspects of your life.”
To stay active and healthy herself, Dr. Barry loves playing hockey, weightlifting, running, biking and walking with her black Lab, Duncan. She also enjoys dining on local, organic cuisine at Twin Cities eateries.
