Meet the people dedicated to helping you better understand your body, improve your health, and feel your best.
Dr. Brian Arne, D.C.
Holistic Health Practitioner
For nearly four decades, Dr. Brian Arne has helped patients look beyond their symptoms to better understand the underlying factors affecting their health. With extensive experience in holistic healthcare, natural medicine, clinical nutrition, detoxification, and chiropractic, his approach considers the whole person.
At Minnetonka Weight Loss, he applies this philosophy to weight management with a simple belief: weight is often a symptom, and lasting change begins by understanding what may be contributing to it.
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Dr. Arne’s passion for this approach is also deeply personal. At around 20 years old, he found himself overweight, lethargic, struggling with brain fog, and simply not feeling healthy. Through his growing understanding of natural health, he came to believe that addressing his nutrition, lifestyle, and toxic exposures was an important part of restoring his health.
That experience helped shape a philosophy that would later become central to the way he cares for his patients: rather than simply masking symptoms, ask why they are occurring in the first place.
Growing up, Dr. Arne watched his father care for patients as a chiropractor and saw firsthand how the body could respond when given the right support. He eventually followed in his father’s footsteps, earning his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Northwestern Health Sciences University in 1986 after completing undergraduate studies at Whittier College and the University of Minnesota.
Throughout his career, Dr. Arne continued his studies in natural medicine, clinical nutrition, acupuncture, detoxification, and biofeedback stress-reduction techniques.
Today, he considers physical, chemical, nutritional, metabolic, and emotional factors that may be contributing to a patient’s health concerns.
His goal is to identify and address the factors that may be standing in the way of progress while educating patients and giving them practical tools to take an active role in their own health.
Outside of the clinic, Dr. Arne enjoys hiking, tennis, boating on Lake Minnetonka, and spending time outdoors with his family.
Ellie Arne
Clinic Manager
As Clinic Manager at The Arne Clinic, Ellie plays an active role in nearly every part of the practice—from the patient experience and day-to-day operations to marketing and continued growth.
Working alongside her father, Dr. Brian Arne, she is passionate about helping people take an active role in their health, feel more confident in their bodies, and discover the tools and support that can help them feel and function their best.
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Growing up around chiropractic and holistic health gave Ellie an early appreciation for looking beyond symptoms and supporting the whole person.
She especially loves being part of an environment where patients are encouraged to better understand their bodies and are given the tools, education, and support to make meaningful, lasting changes in their health.
With a background in marketing and a degree from the University of St. Thomas, Ellie enjoys combining her experience in marketing with her passion for health and wellness to help grow a practice she genuinely believes in.
Outside of the clinic, Ellie loves traveling, cooking and trying foods from around the world, spending time with friends and family, and her cat Jazz. Before joining The Arne Clinic, she spent two years living in Madrid, Spain, where she taught English.
Lori Banker
Accounting
Lori Banker came to Arne Chiropractic and Dr. Brian in 2001. Starting in accounts payable, her position has evolved into many other roles throughout the years—including reception, chiropractic assistant, and even office manager.
Lori loves working with patients and seeing the results that chiropractic and Dr. Brian’s nutrition services have given so many, all holistically and drug-free.
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She is now back where she began, working in accounts payable. Lori typically works late afternoons and weekends and is thrilled when she happens to see any longtime patients in for an appointment.
Lori enjoys a variety of music, travel, and attending as many Gopher events as possible, cheering on her children who are in the Marching Band and Pep Bands.
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Kristi Wolf
Health & Wellness Coach
Kristi is a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach who supports patients through personalized wellness guidance, accountability, encouragement, and education throughout their health journey.
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A Message from Dr. Arne
For nearly four decades, my mission has been to help people better understand their bodies and what may be standing in the way of feeling and functioning their best.
I believe weight struggles are not always as simple as eating less and exercising more. Nutrition, metabolic health, stress, lifestyle, environmental exposures, and other individual factors can all influence how the body responds.
At Minnetonka Weight Loss, our goal is to look beyond the number on the scale. We combine a structured, doctor-supervised weight loss program with individualized evaluation, nutritional guidance, body composition analysis, and supportive therapies to help each patient better understand their body and take an active role in their health.
Because when we address the person behind the weight, the results can go far beyond the scale.
