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Movers & Shakers
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This year, we want to highlight our next generation of leaders. The Movers and Shakers 40 and Under that represent our communities. thinking on a bigger national scale,” Hulsebus said. “Where I put my donations for advertising means a lot to me because there is always opportunities to spend money as a business owner. I always evaluate where the money is going and who it is benefitting, and I always put that money toward local events.” Thode, 28, who is single, lives in Wells and is in her second year working with Hulsebus, has impacted the community more by getting involved in St. Peter and giving time. Thode serves with the Chamber of Commerce Diplomats which conducts ribbon cuttings at new businesses. Last year she started working with the St. Peter Soccer Club in coaching goalkeepers. She played goalkeeper in college. “They reached out to me, so I got to work with kids from the age of 5 all the way to high school with their goalkeeper skills,” Thode said. Specializing in sports injuries, Thode has become popular with athletes.
Associate Alexis Thode (left) and owner Laura Hulsebus team up as young chiropractors at Hulsebus Chiropractic in St. Peter.
Hulsebus chiropractors help people get well while helping the community
Story and Photos By PAT BECK editor@apgsomn.com
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wner Laura Hulsebus and associate Alexis Thode are making an impact on their community on and off their job at Hulsebus Chiropractic at 206 W. Walnut St. in St. Peter. Besides helping patients to get well, they are giving back to the community by volunteering their time, talents and treasures. Asked about what she enjoys about the profession, Hulsebus said, “It’s really fun helping people get the most out of their life by feeling well. That’s the most rewarding part.” Echoing her partner, Thode said she enjoys helping people get back to doing things that they like and be pain free while doing them. Husebus and Thode have been active in the community in different ways. Husebus, who has owned the business since purchasAPRIL 2022
ing it from Craig Hartman in 2008, has spent a lot of time at St. Peter Chamber of Commerce events, volunteering on the chamber board , the St. Peter hospital commission and the Women Celebrating Women Committee. She has been a guest speaker at clinics on health and wellness at Gustavus Adolphus College. She allows college interns who might be in the athletic training program and high school students a chance to shadow her and Thode as they care for patients. “It’s nice to give back to people that are still learning whether it’s the chiropractic profession or health and wellness,” Hulsebus said. “Our kids are in the public schools and one plays basketball and one plays on the hockey team. We get into a lot of events just from our kids being in programs.” Hulsebus, 40, who lives in St. Peter with her husband, Joey and their two sons, 11 and 6, also impacts the community by giving money locally whether it be advertising and marketing, printing the fire department calendar and sponsoring golf tournaments or the high school. “Community events, I find that’s more important than
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Chiropractor Alexis Thode gives a spinal adjustment to Patty Krenik at Hulsebus Chiropractic in St. Peter.
In her internships while earning her doctorate of Chiropractic from Northwestern Heath Sciences in Bloomington, she worked with professional athletes (Minnesota Vixen women’s football team) and different semipro and pro teams in the Twin Cities area who would come to her school. “I have a background of working with a lot of athletes,” said Thode, who also earned a bachelor of science in exercise science and psychology from Washington State University in Pollman, Washington. “I’m working on getting additional certification which makes me more specialized in that field. “Every chiropractor has their own spin on it. We all
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