I was referred to Dr. Lawson as a result of a head-on auto accident.

Prior to seeing Dr. Lawson, I was under the care of a Physical Therapist.My problems were headache, neck pain, upper back, and pain radiating down both arms.The therapist was only treating the back pain but had not addressed the other areas of pain.Therefore I was in pain most of the time from one area or the other.Because of the nature of my work, I didn’t want to take prescription medication because it would make me sleepy and unable to focus.Thank God I had a high tolerance to pain.Because it was just getting steadily worse until I saw Dr. Lawson.

On my first appointment, I was told about chiropractic care and had a complete examination and x-rays.The education Dr. Lawson provided me helped me understand why I had pain and how I could be helped.It gave me hope.This was of course all new to me because I had only heard how painful chiropractic adjustments would be.To my surprise, the first treatment was NOT painful.And almost immediately I felt relief!

I have now completed a few months of adjustments, and I now feel so much better, practically pain free.After such a severe accident, I thought I would never be the same.Occasionally I may have some pain, but I know that Dr. Lawson and his staff are there to provide the help I need.

What do I think of chiropractic treatment?It has made a difference in my life.Thanks to The Healing Touch, I have an educated outlook on the benefits of chiropractic treatment, and understand how my body heals.I know it is not just for back injury.I have no hesitation in recommending The Healing Touch Chiropractic offices, and Dr. Darrick Lawson.I referred my sister who is suffering complications from MS and she is doing dramatically better.

Thank you Dr. Lawson.I am so grateful for your healing touch!

Naomi Dotson

Chiropractic Helped My Parkinson’s Disease!
By Clyde E. Cregar

Before I arrived at The Healing Touch Chiropractic, I felt like a decrepit old man. I acted older than my actual age. I walked with a stoop and shuffled forward with my head and neck down. I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease twenty years ago. I suffered with the symptoms for all those years. I tried all sorts of things to help, but nothing lasted.

I tried physical therapy, massage and many different medications. Nothing worked for long. In my search for help, I was fortunate to locate The Healing Touch Chiropractic.

Since I began receiving treatment at The Healing Touch Chiropractic, my tremors have greatly lessened. Before treatment, I was unable to sleep through the night as my legs tremored throughout the night. I am now able to sleep most of the night. Most of my body’s rigidity is gone. Tremors in my left hand and arm (which tremored constantly prior to treatment) have subsided.

I love to garden and read. Prior to treatment I was limited to short stints in the garden and was often unable to read a book because of the tremors.But now I can enjoy both.

The staff at The Healing Touch Chiropractic is wonderful. Dr. Lawson is great! He seems generally concerned with my overall welfare. From the first time I called to make an appointment and spoke to Sara on the phone, and the very first meeting I had with the doctor, and my day-to-day relationship with Amanda, I was made to feel like family. The services I receive at The Healing Touch Chiropractic have changed my life.And I am forever grateful!

Clyde Cregar

I came to Dr. Lawson’s office last September suffering from extreme neck and back pain. I had already tried three area chiropractors over the past seven years, worked extensively with my internal medicine doctor, and tried various medications from arthritis pills to pain killers to try and relieve the pain.

Last September, I thought I would give chiropractic care one more try before totally giving up. My insurance plan had dropped chiropractic coverage, so I was now able to choose any chiropractor. I did some careful research and was given Dr. Lawson’s name by another area doctor.

After just one visit, I easily could see he was very different from all the other doctors I had seen in the past. Before he treated me, he took x-rays and spent time showing me what a normal spine looked like and explained why I was feeling pain. He presented various treatment plans, and I opted for the yearly plan where I could intensively work on correcting the problem. I am so happy that I made that total commitment.

My first re-examination with repeat x-rays was take just a couple of weeks ago, and I was amazed at the improvement of the curvature of my neck and spine after just a couple of months of adjustments and faithfully doing my traction and exercises. I am no longer taking any pills to cover-up the pain, and my quality of life has greatly improved.

Although my weekly visits have decreased since I have made such great progress, if I do have any problems and need to see Dr. Lawson, his excellent staff, Sara and Kevin, are always so friendly and accommodating to fit me in his schedule.

The commitment and dedication that Dr. Lawson and his staff have to improving the health of his patients is evident of each visit and makes it clear why he is the top in his field.

The entire experience at “The Healing Touch Chiropractic” has been absolutely wonderful, and it is a privilege to recommend Dr. Lawson to anyone considering chiropractic care.

Sincerely,

Terri Rosnow
Patient and Friend

Dear Dr. Darrick Lawson,

Before I became a patient at The Healing Touch, the pain in my neck and left shoulder was awful. It all began in November of 2000. Like most people I went and saw my medical doctor, only to end up taking too much Ibuprofen for three years. I also tired Physical Therapy, but it was only temporary.

I am not a young person; I have worked hard through the years, had many difficulties, with no real good solutions. The problems added to my neck pain I’m sure. With all of my searching, there was a solution the whole time, chiropractic care!

One of my work associates referred me to Dr. Lawson. I resisted Chiropractic care because I did not want to have to do it for the rest of my life. But I have had such pain relief since starting chiropractic care that doing this forever is no longer an issue. My neck pain was a problem 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Nothing I did found relief. I was horrified when my own medical doctor x-rayed me and said, “well, it isn’t arthritis, yet, but most likely it will be.”

In comes Dr. Lawson who never considered for a second that we were defeated. He then proved it to me.

I was completely pain free in only 3 consecutive appointments.

Since starting chiropractic care, I have no more chronic pain. I can play the guitar, swim and watch television with no neck pain. My enjoyment of daily life has improved 1000% since getting chiropractic care.

If I am still seeing him when I’m 70, who cares. It sure beats 4 Ibuprofen, 12 times a day with little result.

Thank you Dr. Lawson, you are a professional and you absolutely care. Your care has greatly impacted my enjoyment in my everyday life!

—Darla Adams

Dear Dr. Lawson,

One of my early childhood memories was, lying in the back of the family station wagon trying to shut out the noise and light, as the pain in my head raged. My mom would stop and park the car, I would get out and go into the studio for my clarinet lesson. When it was over I would again lay in the back until we arrived home. There has not been a time in my life, that headaches have not been a part of my normal routine. Most of the time my coping strategy was to ignore the pain as long as possible, or take a mix of ibuprofen, aspirin, acetaminophen and caffeine in as large a combination that my stomach would allow. I called this my headache cocktail. If I wasn’t suffering from a headache, I was suffering from a headache hangover. That is the foggy feeling after the pain was gone, but the medication was still in my system. The glove box in my truck was always stuffed with Excedrin, Motrin and other prescription migraine medications. There have been several occasions of multi-day headaches, lying in a dark room, wondering if the headache would kill me. My teen years were spent with the uncertainty of an undetected brain tumor lurking somewhere in my head. My wife and I even had two days of our honeymoon ruined by a migraine.

There have been a lot of medical studies done on headaches. My physician has talked to me about headache triggers; avoid coffee, chocolate, alcohol, red meat, dairy products, and grain products. She told me to live with a regular schedule, work regular hours, set a bed time, and wake up time, and adhere to it – try to eliminate stress. Basically if I wanted to avoid pain, the answer was to live a very dull life. I read every study on headaches, sent in for all of the pharmaceutical companies new offers, on the latest and greatest drug cures. It didn’t seem to matter what I tried or how I lived, headaches were a regular part of my life.

Off and on throughout my adult life, my back would seize up, usually just below the shoulder blades. It would normally send me to the floor, and then after a week of bed rest, ice, flexeril and anti-inflammatory medicine, I was as good as new. This would happen once or twice a year. In March of this year the muscle seizures were relentless, the pain was not confined to my upper mid back but also my lower back. I could barely lift anything, and work, was increasingly difficult. I was popping so much medication; my wife commented that I wasn’t me anymore. Flexeril is not just a muscle relaxant – it produces foggy brain after continual use. One day on a construction site a worker from another company asked me what was wrong, as I grunted and groaned through the simple task of installing a pencil drawer. He told me there was someone he had heard of, that could help – Dr. Darrick Lawson. I looked him up in the phone book and called for an appointment.

A couple of days later Dr. Lawson and I sat in his office reviewing my x-rays. To my surprise, they were much worse than the “bad example” x-rays next to it. He talked to me about setting up a program of correction and explained “subluxation” a new work to me, and a condition that I was suffering from. I enthusiastically started that same day. The improvement in my back pain was immediate. Several weeks of treatment went by and not one headache, in “all” of that time. I was amazed!! It was a miracle!! My family was ecstatic!!

Several months have passed and I have not had one headache! Except for one time, I worked until 3:00 a.m. and started to feel a headache coming on. I rushed in for an adjustment, and it went away. My family and I cannot express our gratitude, enough to Dr. Lawson for his “healing touch” and our miracle. The whole family is now in for a regular program. My wife Sheila, is much more energetic. She hugs Dr. Lawson and thanks him every time we come in. We are enjoying hiking and activities that have been shelved for quite some time.

In all of the years of headache treatment, reading literature, taking medication and seeking help from the traditional medical community, the word “subluxation” was never mentioned. In all of the years of back treatment, physical therapy and taking medication, the word “subluxation” was never mentioned. Dr. Lawson explained “subluxation” on my first visit and began a program to correct it. There is another big benefit; only others on the job site have used the Excedrin in my glove box. I haven’t needed any. It seems a cloud has lifted from my mind; I can’t thank you enough, Dr. Lawson for helping lead my family to a healthier lifestyle and giving me a headache free life, for the first time in 48 years.