NW Missouri Times

Dr. Samuel Jameson ’98, ’02, has always had a desire to help others. Yet, the path he took to his career in chiropractic care has been anything but direct. Today, he calls it “the most difficult job I’ve ever loved.” In January, he opened Jameson Chiro Plus in Columbia, Tennessee, the latest step in a chiropractic career he began 15 years ago.

Combining chiropractic precision and fundamentals of kinesiology with biological medicine and advanced neuro-immunology, Jameson concentrates on treating patients with chronic immune dysfunctions and complex health issues, in addition to enhancing athletic performance and well-being. His commitment to integrating varied healthcare methodologies has positioned him to assist patients facing multifaceted health challenges – and as a leader in his field.

After starting on a path toward becoming a physical therapist, Jameson – a native of Chillicothe, Missouri – transferred to Northwest in the fall of 1994 and eventually completed a bachelor’s degree in physical education and health. He began his career as a physical education teacher and coach – and added a master’s degree at Northwest – but still felt the pull of his potential in the healthcare field.

Dissatisfied with teaching, Jameson had become interested in chiropractic care, particularly its applications to muscle testing and kinesiology. His wife, Haley Hoss Jameson – whom he met while she was an assistant professor of dance at Northwest from 1999 to 2002 – suggested he spend time shadowing a local chiropractor. That experience motivated him to enroll at Cleveland Chiropractic College in Kansas City, from which he graduated in 2008.

Jameson soon opened his first practice in Lawson, Missouri, and stayed there until 2015 when his family relocated to Nacogdoches, Texas, where Haley had joined the faculty at Stephen F. Austin State University. Jameson also served on the faculty in its Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences and taught consumer health, core concepts of health and foundations of kinesiology.

In 2018, though, Jameson received a call from a friend in Kansas City about speaking with Dr. David Jernigan, a leading innovator of precision bioenergetic testing and treatment technologies. Jernigan was seeking a doctor with Jameson’s skill set in Chiropractic Plus Kinesiology (CPK), a treatment technique that incorporates kinesiology – human movement and function – as well as functional medicine and neuroendocrinology to assist patients with chronic conditions.

“It’s a unique way to test the body and use that to determine how we’re going to work synergistically with the body to help it heal,” Jameson said. “It’s going back to the basic chiropractic premise that the body knows how to heal if you can remove enough stress so that the body can heal itself.”

Before opening his newest practice this year, Jameson had spent six years working with Jernigan first in Wichita, Kansas then Franklin Tennessee at an advanced alternative healthcare center for chronic illness. There he learned how to apply biological medicine homeopathy herbal medicine treatments.

“If it’s got an acronym I’ve probably treated patient,” said “But really what we’re attempting do is optimize body.”

Jameson's patients most frequently affected by Lyme disease also treated people mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) multiple sclerosis (MS). Treated fibromyalgia postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS).

Often patients tried traditional medical treatments without success takes pride applying innovative techniques relieve pain other doctors could not.

“A lot times kind last hope have really good success treating patients,” said “It takes time; quick fix extremely rewarding start seeing light things improving able thinking better pain reduced.”