WAYZATA — When Dr. Barbro Brost and her husband, Dr. Gerald Brost, opened The Brost Clinic in Wayzata in 1986, the practice began with just two treatment rooms on the lower level of a building along Wayzata Boulevard.
Four decades later, the clinic has grown into a 7,400-square-foot practice with 25 employees, serving patients from Wayzata and surrounding communities.
For Barbro Brost, the milestone is difficult to separate from the community that helped shape the clinic’s growth.
“The Brost clinic has been very well received in the Wayzata community, where we have a population who are more health focused than many other communities,” Brost said.
Over the years, she said, the clinic has treated thousands of patients — often including multiple generations from the same family. That trust, she said, encouraged the practice to keep evolving with new research, developments in chiropractic care, nutrition, and non-pharmaceutical approaches to pain relief and wellness.
“What really stands out is the strong search for and acceptance of alternative answers for pain relief and care for health problems by people in our community,” Brost said.
The clinic’s growth exceeded what she imagined when the doors first opened.
“When we opened The Brost Clinic in 1986, I could not in my wildest dreams have imagined that we would grow from two treatment rooms in the basement — we called it garden level! — to a 7400 square foot clinic in the prime space of the same building and have 25 employees,” Brost said.
She described the clinic’s evolution as “an exciting ride,” adding that it is “by no means over.”
Today, that next chapter is being carried forward by Dr. Caroline Brost-Sailer and Dr. Shawn Sailer, who now lead the clinic after Barbro’s retirement last year.
For Caroline, the transition is both professional and deeply personal. She grew up with both parents working as chiropractors, spent time around the clinic from childhood, and worked in nearly every role in the practice before becoming a doctor herself. She is now celebrating 20 years of treating patients.
“Natural health was just a way of life for me,” Caroline said.
She said choosing chiropractic was not automatic, but over time it became a natural path.
“Choosing chiropractic felt like a very natural progression,” she said. “I always thought it would be great to follow in the family footsteps and continue the family business.”
