Dr. Bettina Herbert
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
North Charleston, SC
22 years experience female
Locations
Office
North Charleston, SC
Address
Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 7510 Northforest , North Charleston, SC
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Thursday: 7:00am - 6:00pm
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Bettina Herbert, MD, FAAPMR, ABOIM, IFMCP, led the Integrative Pain Management Program at the Jefferson University Hospital Center of Integrative Medicine in Philadelphia. She is trained and credentialed in functional and integrative medicine in addition to her AMA specialty of PM&R. In addition to treating people with both chronic and acute pain, she treats chronic illness by looking for and addressing underlying causes such as disturbances in digestion, nutrient absorption, food sensitivities, stress, toxin/mold exposures and changes in body biomechanics. Helping people achieve their best possible health is the primary goal.
SpecialtiesDoctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Functional Medicine
Integrative Medicine
Pain Management
Licenses
United States: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina
Languages spoken
English
Doctor Q&A
133 Answers
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Maybe: If you are allergic to or have an intolerance to soy.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
They may: There are many ways to cause distress. First, go see your doctor. Make sure nothing else is causing this. Then try an elimination diet for 30 days,... Read More
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A 47-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
High cholesterol can be the result of 2 separate processes. A person can be either an overproducer (the body's own production of cholesterol) or an ov... Read More
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Answered Nov 24, 2021
A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Wonderful question: The very fact that you ask this is huge. This is a complex issue, both emotionally and physically. Find a counsellor to help you with coping skills,... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Arthritis: Arthritis - use anti-inflammatory spices such as turmeric and ginger regularly.
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Better: Better safe than sorry - get your colonscopy. The relief is well worth the hassle.
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Studies: Studies show that sublingual vit B12 is as effective as B12 injections. Vegans need to supplement.
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A 16-year-old female asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Get medical care immediately. You may need to take your twin to the emergency department.
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A 23-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Some ideas: If you can, work with a pilates instructor who can cue you on alignment while strengthening you in the best possible position. Also try working long... Read More
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A 41-year-old female asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Microcurrent: Our physical therapy department has had success with a type of electrical stimulation machine called frequency specific microcurrent. See the website... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Supplements: Start with good nutrition and try: glucosamine (500 mg 3x/ day), same (don't take if bipolar or with prostate cancer) 400 mg on empty stomach (may eve... Read More
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A 40-year-old female asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Could be both: A good number of patients who are diagnosed with fm have had a trauma to their cervical spine (eg, seemingly minor whiplash, etc) in the months befor... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Misalignment: Many misalignments are biomechanical (how your body lines up and works - or doesn't) and may not show up on imaging. They can be caused by old injuri... Read More
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A 27-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Manual therapies: Osteopathic manipulative medicine (omm aka omt) combined with physical therapy, frequency specific microcurrent (find online), home exercise program ... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Consider nutrition: First, go to your physician and get checked out. Since Prednisone is an anti-inflammatory med, see if you can take charge and start to heal yourself ... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
I have been seeing a chiropractor for 3 weeks, but the pain has only gotten worse. what should i do?
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Don't go back: If pain is still getting worse, get evaluation& perhaps some imaging done by an md or do. You may have some underlying condition that needs to be add... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
It depends: If the pain is interfering with your life, not getting better or if you have weakness in your foot or leg or any change in bowel or bladder function, ... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Lots of things: Go see your physician first to make sure it isn't something scary. Then take a look at how you sit, your general conditioning, how you use your body.... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Hope this helps: Work with a good physical therapist. Find musculoskeletal acupuncture such as trigger points (don't need injections, just 'dry needling'). A good hand... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Osteopathy: Try a course of treatment with an osteopathic physician who does omt (aka omm). Find one near you via the aao website. Look at the cranial academy's ... Read More
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A 23-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Several approaches: First make sure pain is from facet. My vote would be to go to osteopathic physician to get better alignment so facet joint is not irritated. Can add... Read More
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A 18-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Work on alignment: Often physical therapy works, sometimes not and that may be because the pts do not focus on alignment first, strengthening (in good alignment) second.... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Number 1 - olive oil: Olive oil contains lots of beneficial and anti-inflammatory compounds. Not so good for very high heat cooking, though, but perfectly fine for lower h... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Other causes: This is a very tough diagnosis - am sorry. One thought is to look for any other treatable contributors such as heavy metal or toxin exposures. There... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Depending on when: Or how early you start, some of the best evidence to slow down the progress of most forms of ms is the swank diet. There are data following patients ... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Yes, it may: Cyclobenzaprine, a muscle relaxer, works by blocking nerve impulses. Sometimes this can include the nerves in the gut and/ or bladder. In the gut t... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Apples,: Apples, celery and red peppers are heavily sprayed w/ pesticides. Buy these organic if possible.
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A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
It's possible: The bacteria in your gut actually 'train' your immune system. An imbalance (sibo) can leave your immune system reacting inappropriately (too little o... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Usually not: Sciatic nerve comes out lower. But you definitely could be out of alignment.
You may consider a highly skilled osteopathic physician, who has th... Read More
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A 41-year-old female asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Many causes: Could be muscular if you work out or have injured yourself. Could be related to what you eat. Could be related to emotional upset. Try keeping a fo... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Your nutrition: Even osteoarthritis has an inflammatory component, so eating an anti-inflammatory diet (high in veggies and fruits, low in processed foods) can help. ... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Try microcurrent: There is an elegant study suggesting frequency specific microcurrent is useful when used for 20 minutes immediately after exercise. It was published ... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Apples: Each person may have unique food allergies or intolerances. Or you may be reacting to the high pesticide load in apples. According to the environmen... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Eating: Eating a can of sardines will give you 1/3 of your daily calcium needs.
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Lots: Lots of protein sources in vegan diet: legumes, quinoa, nut butter.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
It depends: Best is to seek longer term help for the urges that make you binge. It is a complex issue, both emotionally and physically. Find a counsellor, join ... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
In brief: They way our wonderful therapists at jefferson university hospital in philadelphia explain it to the incoming resident class:
physical therapists wor... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
See your doctor NOW: We are just learning about the COVID "long-haulers" who have recurrent or lingering symptoms. While many viruses can trigger autoimmune issues, we ar... Read More
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A 59-year-old female asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Cholesterol "problems" come in 2 forms. Either one is an overproducer (making cholesterol in the body) or an overabsorber (cholesterol from food). T... Read More
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Answered Nov 24, 2021
A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Find: Find something you really like, that way you will stick with it. Or a class with people you like.
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A 40-year-old female asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Try sublingual B12: Agree with dr. Patel's answer.
Band, for those who cannot take B12 injections, new studies have shown that a sublingual (under the tongue) dissol... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
A new TipTap: Some people have been helped by going on a vegan diet, or at least eliminating gluten and all dairy.
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A 24-year-old male asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Lots of reasons: Most often this may be due to arthritis. Best to have your doctor take a look. Easy remedies include anti-inflammatory diet, high in vegs/ fruits, lo... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Deep: Deep breathing, (longer exhale than inhale) and many herbs can help: lemon balm, bacopa, milky oats.
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Magnesium: Magnesium can reduce frequency and severity of migraines. Use mag glycinate form to avoid diarrhea.
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A 49-year-old female asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
See your doctor: Pain with deep inhalation may be a rib slightly out of place or a myofascial injury. But it is best to make sure it's nothing worse by being examined... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Have it checked: Having someone lay eyes on the tissue and perhaps sampling to send to a lab is the best way. And ... often fissures are caused by stool that is too h... Read More
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A 51-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Short term and: These were originally recommended for short term use. First look at your diet because reflux is often underlying food allergy. Then consider stress ... Read More
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A 26-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
Specialist: See a hand specialist or, better yet, an hands-on osteopath. One wrist bone may be dislocated, there may be injured tendons or ligaments or growth of... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
Dr. Bettina Herbertanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 21 years experience
It can take a while: To recover. Please ask your provider re testing. It may be that you may be a "long-hauler" where people have lingering issues. Many viruses and bac... Read More
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Jul 21, 2013
Dr. Herbert is a solid, well-informed physician who provides caring, thorough responses on HealthTap. I am impressed by the way she encompasses nutrition in her answers too!
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Mar 5, 2012
Super..great help:) Absolutely recommend.Thanks for taking the time help me!.
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Herbert is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, more info than I've gotten from the VA, I've shyin' away from going to a dr, due to the costs, just been dealing with the pain for a while, till it got a lik scary, pain has moved down my l...Read More
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U rock Doc Bettina! So many othr docs only recc drugs which jus cover up symptoms + cause mor trouble in long term. Tx4link!
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wow,Im so glad..happy you took time answer..and gave me something to investigate..Im exited..very much Thank you:)
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, MI
Graduated 2001MD
Residency
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Awards
Patients Choice - 2008, 2009
2011 Selected as one of Pennsylvania’s Favorite Physicians awarded by American Registry for Patients Choice
Compasionate Doctor Recognition, Vitals
Affiliations
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Osteopathic Cranial Academy
American Academy of Ozonotherapy
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