Dr. Meredith’s Story...
From 1999-2002 she attended Parker College of Chiropractic in Dallas, TX. She was named "Best Intern" out of her graduating class, August 2002.

In 2002, Dr. Meredith opened Hands on Health Chiropractic in Grapevine, and she is still practicing there. She is one of the few chiropractors in the area to offer True Spinal Decompression on the DRX 9000C.

“I chose to become a chiropractor, because fourteen years ago I was playing high-school volleyball and was forced to sit on the sidelines due to lower back pain.  I was taking 16 Advil per day to mask the pain just so I could step out on the court and try to compete again. After my parents learned of the harmful side effects to the drugs, they took me to a chiropractor. The chiropractor did an exam, took some x-rays, and explained to me what was causing the lower back pain. What the chiropractor did and said made so much sense that I decided to become a chiropractor.”
Volleyball Resume :

Meredith graduated from Grapevine High School in 1995, she played Varsity there for 3 years under Rick Johansen. While at GHS she compiled many school records as she lead her teams into the playoffs. As a junior she was named Best Setter-Grapevine Tournament, All-Tournament Team-Birdville Tournament, Setter of the Year for District 5-5A, All-NE Tarrant County Team, 1st Team All-District. That club season she played for Mid-Cities top 18s team (Mid-cities used to be it’s own club before combining with TNT and Metroplex to form TAV) under Arthur Stanfield. This team won the Tour of Texas, PeachTree, and 3rd Coast and received an OPEN invitation to Nationals in Austin, TX.

Her senior year at Grapevine she led her team to the Regional Semi-Final match where they lost to the eventual state champion, Amarillo. The awards she collected this year included: Best Setter—Duncanville Tournament of Champions, MVP– Grapevine Tournament, All-Tournament Team-Birdville Tournament, MVP—District 6-5A, MVP—All NE Tarrant County Team, 1st team—All-Star Telegram, 1st Team All-Area, 1st team—All-State TGCA, and 1st team All-State AP. This year she also received the G-Award (team MVP).

She chose to go to OU to continue her volleyball careerand play under 2-time olympian Miles Pabst. While at OU, she was a four-year starter. She set and still holds numerous OU and Big 12 records in side-out scoring. She was named to the All-Tournament Teams at: Purdue, University of Kansas, and MVP at the Wake Forest Tournament. Every year she was named 1st Team Academic All Big 12. She was named the 1998 Big 12 Senior Scholar, 1998 Trish Lundeen Team MVP Award and 1999 NCAA Oklahoma Woman of the Year. Sooner Sports
 
After college she moved back to Grapevine and continued to play adult volleyball. She played for the Dallas Cobras (a professional volleyball team) in 1999, the league folded prior to the Cobras joining the league.

In 2002 TAV sponsored her team to Adult Nationals, they finished 2nd in Women’s A Division, where she was named an All-American. She also played on a Men’s A team and was named Tournament MVP in Dallas twice and to the All-tournament team once.

She was the captain and coach of the Parker College volleyball team all three years; they competed in the Chiropractic Olympics each of those three years.

Over the past 14 years she has run a number of High School volleyball camps including : Preston(MN), Grapevine, Colleyville Heritage, L.D. Bell, Springtown, Justin-Northwest , Euless-Trinity, Aledo and Argyle.

In 2005, Dr. Meredith and her husband started a non-profit youth volleyball program. www.900vb.com In 2009, 900VB had 2 teams qualify for the Junior Olympics held in Miami, FL!

Always up for a challenge, Meredith played on the 2005 Dallas Diamonds Women's Pro Football Team. She played tight end / wide receiver. The team won the Women’s Professional Football Superbowl! She retired after one season.

Meredith gives seminars for parents and players on "How to be Recruited"-A Pro-Active Approach to the Recruiting Process. Meredith was IMPACT certified in 1997.

Dr. Matt's Story...
Dr. Matt Dreadfulwater was born in Claremore, Oklahoma. He graduated from Jenks High School where he played varsity football for three years and won two state titles. He also ran track and field. After graduating, Dr. Matt attended the University of Oklahoma where he took his pre med classes. He then went on to Parker College of Chiropractic and graduated in 2010 and earned three degrees, two Bachelors of Science in Health and Wellness and Human Anatomy, as well as his Doctorate of Chiropractic. In September 2010, Dr. Matt joined Southlake Chiropractic as an associate doctor and then in March 2011 he started his own practice at Hands on Health Chiropractic.

Dr. Matt's passion for chiropractic care stemmed from the late Dr. Gallagher. Dr. Matt received treatment from Dr. Gallagher when he was ten years old. At that young age he was inspired by the success stories of the other patients and of Dr. Gallagher's treatment style. He loved the way he felt after being adjusted. During his pre med at the University of Oklahoma, Dr. Matt shadowed at Dr. Gallagher's clinic and knew that he was destined for chiropractic care.

While he is knowledgeable in all aspects of chiropractic, Dr. Matt has taken a specific interest in the sports aspect of chiropractic care. He seeks to give athletes relief from sports injuries with the appropriate wellness care and active rehab.

Dr. Matt enjoys spending time with his girlfriend and playing sports. He is also an extreme Oklahoma Sooner fan. He loves to watch the Sooners on Saturday and the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.

Arika's Story...
I was first introduced to Chiropractic in 2003 when my mom began to work in the financial aid department at Parker College of Chiropractic. She would always come home and tell these stories about how she saw her chiropractic intern that morning and her headache went away or she would tell me about the unique principles chiropractors work by. She loved working at the College so much she was eventually promoted to the Director of the financial aid department. She loves giving students the ability to go to chiropractic school so they can learn to become doctors and treat patients with natural medicine.
I became personally involved with chiropractic in April when I myself began to work for Parker as a Chiropractic Assistant and eventually became an office manager at a Parker clinic in Flower Mound. I met so many educated people with such passion for their work as doctors. It was then too when I received my first adjustment. After that I was sold. I felt so much better and I didn’t even know I was in pain in the first place. My body just moved better. I began to sleep better. And most importantly my migraines slowly started to disappear.
Chiropractic is something that I live by now. I’m not so quick to take a pill for any complaint I have. I’d rather get adjusted first and see how I feel after.  One day I hope to open a chiropractic office myself. I’m currently a business major at TWU and I want to take my degree in business and passion for chiropractic and turn it into something great, just like Hands on Health.
I love coming to work every day and watching patients feel better and get the care they deserve. With my boyfriend being a chiropractor, my mom working at a chiropractic college and me working here I am surrounded by something I love!