Weston Pickhinke is the Doctor of Chiropractic at Aspire Wellness Chiropractic + Functional Nutrition (aspirecfn.com).
Tell us a little about your business. – Aspire Wellness Chiropractic + Functional Nutrition is a clinic in far south Lincoln focused on whole-person healing and helping you stay at your best—so you can keep living for what you love. We combine neurologically focused chiropractic care with functional medicine and diagnostic testing to help people truly get well, not just feel better for the moment. Whether it’s spinal decompression, X-rays, InBody scans, HRV testing, or functional lab work, we work to uncover and address the physical and chemical root causes, so you can restore and maintain full function.
How did you get started in the business? – My wife and I both pivoted careers to pursue healthcare. We were recently engaged and discussing how we each wanted different careers for our future. She always wanted to do nutrition, and I’d seen the power of chiropractic in my own life since childhood. We realized we could create something special together , something that treats people like whole human beings, not just a collection of symptoms. That’s how Aspire Wellness was born.
What is the biggest challenge you’ve faced professionally? – Starting a business from scratch, building systems, managing finances, navigating insurance, and still trying to be present with patients, has been the most demanding, but also most rewarding, challenge. An added part of that challenge is being brand new to the area. We moved here at the beginning of 2025, so making up for lost time in making connections while building the business systems has been a grab bag of management decisions.
What has been your most important achievement professionally? – Opening Aspire Wellness on April 1, 2025, and seeing our first patients walk through the door. That moment marked the culmination of years of planning, passion, and persistence.
What do you see as one of the biggest turning points in your life? – Choosing to marry my wife allowed me to focus on priorities for the life I now shared with someone. That with committing to leave my previous career path and stepping into healthcare. Changing to a new career required letting go of some semblance of certainty, but opened up a life that’s more aligned with who I am and what I’m called to do, while being able to build up my wife’s strengths in a very tangible way.
Which talent would you most like to have? – It would be amazing to have a savant-like ability to play any instrument. To pick up and play any instrument by ear would be relaxing for me and any listeners. Music speaks to the soul in a way that words can’t, and music has a unique way of helping the nervous system regulate as well.
What is your favorite local Lincoln restaurant? – The red pepper style pork ribeye at Lazlo’s is phenomenal, and the enchiladas at Copal blew my mind.
If our readers would like to contact you, how should they do so (phone/email/business website)? – Our website is aspirecfn.com or my number for that is 402-230-5773.