Business Details
32 Years
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Your Trusted Athens Chiropractor for Personalized Care
Lawson Family Chiropractic has been dedicated to transforming lives through personalized chiropractic care since 1994. Founded by Dr. Meg Lawson, our practice combines decades of clinical expertise with a patient-centered approach to address the root causes of pain and dysfunction. We specialize in tailored treatment plans that integrate chiropractic adjustments, functional neurology, clinical nutrition, and corrective exercises, ensuring lasting wellness rather than temporary relief. Dr. Lawsons extensive background in respiratory therapy and advanced certifications in extremity adjusting, Webster technique, and functional medicine enable us to offer comprehensive care for diverse health challenges.Our commitment to education empowers patients to maintain adjustments independently, reducing the need for frequent visits. With a focus on individualized care, we utilize over 30 years of healthcare experience to provide gentle, non-force methods and traditional adjustments suited to each patients unique needs. Our thorough assessments often uncover issues overlooked in standard medical exams, ensuring a holistic path to recovery. We pride ourselves on transparency, ethical practices, and a partnership-driven approach that prioritizes your long-term health over profit-driven models.
Services
Chiropractic Care
Animal Adjusting
DOT Physicals
Nutrition Counseling
Brain Training
Functional Neurology
Extremity Adjusting
Cold Laser Therapy
Corrective Exercises
Details
- Year established: 1994
Highlights and features
- We offer personalized care plans developed over 30 years of combined clinical experience.
- Our practice integrates chiropractic care with functional neurology and clinical nutrition.
- We provide gentle, non-force adjustment techniques tailored to patient comfort preferences.
- Our thorough assessments often identify issues missed in standard medical examinations.
- We empower patients with education to maintain wellness between adjustment visits.
What people say
Pain relief
Personalized care
Thorough explanations
Animal expertise
Immediate improvement
Services
Chiropractic Care
Our chiropractic care utilizes multiple techniques tailored to individual needs, including SOT, Activator Methods, and Diversified adjustments. We address spinal biomechanics and nervous system interference through gentle, targeted adjustments combined with therapies like cold laser and electrostimulation. Patients typically require fewer visits due to our focus on education and self-care strategies that maintain treatment benefits between appointments.
Animal Adjusting
Specializing in animal chiropractic care since 1990, we treat pets of all sizes using gentle techniques adapted for each species. Our services address lameness, back pain, hip dysplasia, and mobility issues through spinal adjustments and cold laser therapy. We work with veterinarians to provide complementary care that improves gait, reduces pain, and enhances overall mobility for animals with chronic or acute conditions.
DOT Physicals
Certified Medical Examiner Dr. Meg Lawson provides FMCSA-compliant DOT physical exams in a clean, low-stress environment. The $100 flat-fee exam includes vision testing, hearing assessment, blood pressure measurement, and medical history review. We offer after-hours appointments and typically issue DOT cards the same day, with thorough evaluations ensuring drivers meet federal safety requirements for commercial vehicle operation.
Nutrition Counseling
Our nutrition counseling focuses on identifying root causes of health issues through functional medicine principles. With a master's degree in Clinical Human Nutrition, Dr. Lawson creates personalized dietary plans addressing autoimmune disorders, chronic pain, digestive issues, and weight management. We analyze food sensitivities and body chemistry to develop individualized strategies that conventional approaches often overlook.
Brain Training
This specialized service combines neurological evaluation with targeted therapies to address chronic pain, anxiety, sleep disorders, and neurodegenerative conditions. Using functional neurology techniques, we identify brain imbalances and develop treatment plans incorporating vestibular, ocular, and proprioceptive therapies to improve nervous system function and alleviate symptoms resistant to traditional treatments.
People
Dr. Meg Lawson
Chiropractor
Dr. Meg Lawson has practiced chiropractic care since 1994, following 18 years in respiratory therapy. She holds certifications in extremity adjusting, Webster technique, and functional neurology, along with a master's degree in clinical nutrition. Her integrative approach combines chiropractic care with nutritional counseling and brain training therapies.
Questions
What chiropractic techniques do you use?
We use SOT, Activator Methods, Thompson, Diversified, and functional neurology techniques tailored to each patient's needs and comfort preferences.
Do you treat animals?
Yes, we provide chiropractic care for pets and farm animals of all sizes using gentle, species-specific techniques developed over 30 years of experience.
What are your DOT physical exam hours?
DOT exams are available during regular business hours with after-hours appointments available upon request at our Athens, GA location.
How many visits will I need?
Most patients require one or two monthly visits due to our focus on education and self-care strategies that maintain treatment benefits between appointments.
Do you accept insurance?
We operate as an out-of-network provider to maintain treatment flexibility, but provide documentation for potential insurance reimbursement.
What payment methods do you accept?
We accept cash, checks, and major credit cards for all services including chiropractic care, DOT exams, and nutritional counseling.
