Family First Chiropractic Wellness Center

Family First Chiropractic Wellness Center Doctors Jack Hinderman & Jenny Leist are chiropractors at Family First Chiropractic Wellness Center

We are very passionate about caring for babies, pregnant & postpartum mommas, kids and their families! Our team is dedicated to the support and empowerment of families in our community! We are beyond honored to serve and care for all our amazing FFCWC families.

"When your nervous system stops scanning for danger, it starts noticing beauty." -unknownSometimes healing looks less li...
06/03/2026

"When your nervous system stops scanning for danger, it starts noticing beauty." -unknown

Sometimes healing looks less like fixing symptoms and more like creating space for wonder. 🌸😊

06/02/2026

"Bye, bestie!" 👋💛

When little ones are feeling their best, every interaction shines a little brighter.

A little more ease.
A little more connection.
A little more capacity for all the moments that make childhood so sweet.

That’s why we do what we do at FFCWC.

Ready to experience it for yourself? We’d love to serve you & your family. ❤

Have you ever felt like your child’s struggles are all connected… but no one can explain why? 😔🤔 The meltdowns. The chro...
06/02/2026

Have you ever felt like your child’s struggles are all connected… but no one can explain why? 😔🤔 The meltdowns. The chronic illness. The anxiety. The sensory challenges. The sleep struggles.

We call it “The Perfect Storm,” 🌪️ which is a buildup of stress that starts before birth and compounds through early childhood:
⚡ Fertility + prenatal stress
⚡ Birth trauma & interventions
⚡ Toxins, antibiotics, and gut breakdown
⚡ A nervous system that gets stuck in stress mode

When the nervous system becomes overwhelmed, everything can feel harder: behavior, digestion, immunity, emotions, focus, sleep, and development. 😖
The answer isn’t just more labels or waiting for them to “grow out of it.”
🔗below for more information!

👉https://pxdocs.com/nervous-system/what-is-the-perfect-storm/

Sensory input is defined as any information coming up TO the brain. 🧠This is our brain’s way of knowing every bit of inf...
06/02/2026

Sensory input is defined as any information coming up TO the brain. 🧠

This is our brain’s way of knowing every bit of information coming from our body and our surroundings. If there are errors in how this sensory information is processed, it can alter the entire way we see and experience life. 😖

There are TWO ✌🏻primary ways sensory struggles show up in our kids:

1️⃣ Sensory Avoiders: they’re in a constant state of overwhelm and therefore can’t take much extra. These are the children that can’t handle haircuts, loud noises, or tags on their jeans.

2️⃣ Sensory Seekers: their brain is seeking out input that they’re not naturally receiving. These are the kiddos that love deep hugs, crashing into things and maybe constantly fidget and move.
Did you know chiropractic has the ability to help restore appropriate sensory input to the brain? We get to help kiddos every day experience the world around them with more ease and we LOVE this!

Do you have a kiddo at home that struggles with sensory processing or anxiety?
Check out the link below for more information.
👉 https://pxdocs.com/nervous-system/what-is-the-perfect-storm/

"We all look back on things we do as parents and wonder, “Would I have changed anything?” I know the one thing I would ...
06/01/2026

"We all look back on things we do as parents and wonder, “Would I have changed anything?” I know the one thing I would have done differently was go to FFCWC the first time it was recommended.

Our family struggled after our youngest child was born. There were frequent outbursts, behavioral issues, sensory problems, sleeping struggles, and eating issues, just to name a few. It was a house of chaos.

We started our youngest at FFCWC after an incident at school right before summer. After one adjustment we saw immediate improvement in her balance, which I never knew was an issue before! From there we noticed quick improvements on all her unhealthy behavior patterns as well as sleeping issues. We had a stretch of 10 days where she slept through the night. That had never happened before and she was 7.

We are reaching a really great homeostasis point with her and our family. Our first few visits proved that we would see positive changes in her but I never imagined how this would bleed into our home life as a whole family.

Because she is sleeping, having less outbursts, and the ones she does have are easier to manage, we are able to go on more adventures as a family! We have more energy to venture out and experience the world. It is not as much of a stressor to take her places and we have gone out of town to do things more times last summer than we have in the last 3 years.

Not only that, but my husband and I finally can watch TV together at the end of a long day instead of waiting for kids to go to sleep for 2 hours and passing out with them from exhaustion after mitigating fights all day. Kids sleeping appropriately for a week is probably worth at least 5 years of couple’s therapy!

We are now getting our son in for his program as well and are already noticing those small victories after his first adjustment. He says he feels free to move today. I can’t wait to see how this will help him as we involve FFCWC in our village to raise him as well." - An amazing FFCWC mama

We pray there’s a day every family can experience the healing they have. ❤

Dr. Jack & Dr. Jenny had a great time teaching case management to an awesome group of chiropractic students today! 🤓It's...
05/31/2026

Dr. Jack & Dr. Jenny had a great time teaching case management to an awesome group of chiropractic students today! 🤓

It's exciting to see so much passion for learning and a genuine commitment to becoming skilled, patient-focused chiropractors. Thanks for making it such a fun and productive session—we're looking forward to seeing where your careers take you! ❤️


05/31/2026

The summer season helps us heal our nervous systems.

👧Kids are out of school
🌞More sunlight
🍉💦More fruit and hydration
🌳Feeling more grounded

📲Call or DM us to get scheduled

& start healing your nervous system BEFORE you’re stressed and back in sick season!

05/30/2026

Tell us all of your summer plans!! ↙️

Address

998 Fremont Avenue, Ste L1
Dubuque, IA
52003

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 12:30pm
3:30pm - 6:30pm
Tuesday 2:30pm - 5:30pm
Wednesday 7am - 12:30pm
3:30pm - 6:30pm
Thursday 2:30pm - 5:30pm
Friday 7am - 1pm

Telephone

(563)5566921

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