Dr. Hal Blatman
Pain Management
Cincinnati, OH
43 years experience male
Locations
Blatman Medical Services
New York, NY
Blatman Health and Wellness Center
Cincinnati, OH
About
Bio
Hal Blatman MD, DAAPM, ABIHM, is the medical director of the Blatman Health & Wellness Center and a Past President of the American Holistic Medical Association. He is co-author of Winner's Guide to Pain Relief, an easy do it yourself guide for understanding and treating myofascial pain. He completed two years of training in orthopedic surgery and is credentialed in Pain Management, Occupational and Environmental Medicine and Integrative Holistic Medicine. He is a nationally recognized specialist in treating myofascial pain disorders. In the early 1990s he studied with the late Janet Travell, a pioneer and pain physician to President John F. Kennedy. During the past 30 years his practice of medicine has evolved from orthopedic and allopathic medicine to holistic and functional medicine.
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.
Pain Management
Holistic Medicine
Integrative Medicine
Occupational Medicine
Licenses
United States: Ohio
Languages spoken
English
Doctor Q&A
105 Answers
3 Agrees
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A 33-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hal Blatmananswered
Pain Management 43 years experience
Sure.: Sure, but at some point it becomes important to be certain there is nothing more serious or life threatening going on. There is encouragement to delay... Read More
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A 19-year-old male asked:
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Milk thistle: There are a few herbal medicines that have been shown to help liver function recover.
Milk thistle is one.
I would suggest consulting an herbalist o... Read More
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A 59-year-old male asked:
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Can be.: If you relax too much you forget to breathe and don't wake up.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Myofascial pain: The pain is most likely caused by old injury and trigger points (knots in muscles). Medicine does not get pain better, it just helps you ignore it. Ma... Read More
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A 56-year-old female asked:
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Yes: Anti-depressants are a common prescription for pain that the doctor does not understand. Tooth pain can also come from muscles in your neck, face, and... Read More
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A 41-year-old female asked:
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No: I do not recognize your description of rash as part of fibromyalgia. Suggest a visit to a dermatologist.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Myofascial pain: Pain is only phantom when it is not understood. Most likely this pain is related to injury that caused the fracture. Suggest looking for a specialist ... Read More
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A female asked:
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Mis-diagnosis: Your muscle tear is really a fascia tear, and as a result you have a knot in the muscle that is causing pain. The best response will come from treatin... Read More
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A member asked:
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I don't think so: I do not think oxycodone causes hair loss. Sub-normal thyroid levels are a more likely cause.
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A 49-year-old female asked:
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Choices: You have choices, and none are necessarily best for any one person. You might also try OTC supplement called Magnesium Oxide. Take according to the di... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
You need to stretch.: Intercourse is an athletic activity, and muscles that are not stretched in advance may spasm and cramp. Perhaps massage and stretch your legs first, o... Read More
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A 34-year-old male asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
Intestinal pain: This pain is likely coming from your stomach or duodenum. Causes include ulcer, less damage than ulcer, drinking soda, too much stress, too much alcoh... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Yes: Any pain can be intermittent if the problem is intermittent. Sciatica usually refers to low back pain and pain down the leg. I believe it is over diag... Read More
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A 42-year-old female asked:
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No: Likely your pain is more than just these findings. There are many injuries to the muscle and fascia of the shoulder that can be part of your pain. Foo... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
Yes: Prolotherapy does not require ultrasound guidance, and actually for doctors with a "high end" skill set, ultrasound gets in the way. Injured tissue fe... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Meds not best choice: Pain medication does not heal your problem, just helps ease your path. Nausea is a common side effect of percocet. There are foods that make Percocet ... Read More
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A 50-year-old male asked:
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Diarrhea. : Better health, less illness, and diarrhea is your gut is sensitive to the dose or preparation you choose to take. The whole vitamin c complex is more ... Read More
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A 62-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
Muscle and fascia.: If you pain is not coming from rib, organ, or tumor, the most likely cause is muscle and fascia.
Fascia is the thin film or thicker gristle that inte... Read More
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A 42-year-old male asked:
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Food: It is most likely that your body does not like your food choices. Suggest to eliminate soda, bread flour, sugar, deep fried food, ingredient hydrogena... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
Doubtful: Prolonged use of opiate pain medication is associated with decreased levels of testosterone. This may change personality and eventually libido. Bio-id... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
Vegetables!: Eat more vegetables, and avoid most grain, especially bread/wheat flour.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Help: Usually help. And likely the pain thought to be a pinched nerve comes instead from injured muscle and fascia....called myofascial pain.
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A 46-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
Yes.: Neural prolotherapy, prolotherapy, trigger point injections, acupuncture, massage, myofascial release, rolfing and totally avoiding inflammatory foods... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
Likely yes but...: Eating gluten is associated with increased zonulin proteins in the gut. This does not depend on gluten allergy or celiac conditions. Increased zonulin... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
Yes.: If you are taking anti-inflammatory medication, the stomach problems should tell you to stop. Most of your pain comes from muscle and fascia...called ... Read More
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A 39-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
Hurt, not iron: If you hit your hand hard enough to cause bleeding inside, the blood will follow gravity and so will the bruise. Fingers may swell also. Not related t... Read More
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A 49-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
Knot in butt muscle: Most likely you have a knot in a muscle in your buttocks. If you can find it, then you can push on it and squish it and your pain will go away. You wi... Read More
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A member asked:
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Unusualor myofascial: Most radiating pain is myofascial, comes from injury to muscle and fascia. You might even be able to feel the tight cords between your neck, arm, ches... Read More
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A 20-year-old male asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
Food change: The skin problems are likely related to something you eat that your body is trying to get rid of through your skin. You might see if there are any cha... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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What is injured?: Pain from your collar bone that goes down your arm is unlikely to be life threatening if it has been going on for a week. After more serious problems,... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
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What is tender?: Best clues the body gives is: what is tender to touch causes most of the pain. If the joint moves well and without pain, then the problem is most like... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
Do: Do not take anti-inflammatory drugs or smoke cigs, they both decrease healing dramatically.
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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Yes: After an injury occurs, ankle sprain or laceration, our body runs a healing program to remove the most damaged tissue and repair/regrow the injured pa... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
Inflammation from?: Finger joints swollen? Does the pain go away in a few hours? Is it less each morning than the one before? A rheumatologist or family doc might test yo... Read More
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A 25-year-old male asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
Directions on bottle: L-theanine can be taken at a dose of 1-200 mg three times per day. Rhodiola dose will depend on quality and preparation. The dose range should be on t... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
Bloating: Bloating is most likely due to lack of stomach acid and/or too much sugar or flour in diet. If not enough acid, teaspoon of apple cider vinegar in sma... Read More
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A 42-year-old male asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
Change your diet: There are several ingredients in prepared foods that have been associated with fatty infiltration of the liver. High fructose corn syrup is one. If yo... Read More
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A 41-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
What's tender?: Most headaches come from muscle and fascia in the head, neck, upper shoulders, and upper back. Regardless of the bells palsy. Touch and feel where you... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
Unlikely: Dandelion has diuretic properties, milk thistle enhances liver detoxification, licorice helps adrenal glands, and artichoke thins bile and makes the g... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Perhaps: Oils do indeed penetrate the skin. Many things penetrate the skin. Indeed, some say that you should not put anything on your skin you are not willing ... Read More
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A 42-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
Milk and dairy: My first thoughts for what causes dark circles under and around the eyes are milk and dairy. Try leaving them out of your diet for a month.
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Ask your pharmacist : It is best to ask the prescribing doctor and also the pharmacist who fills the prescription.
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A 21-year-old male asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
Unlikely heart: At age 21, with negative lab tests, this is unlikely to be from your heart. Pain that goes from your chest down your left arm and that makes your fing... Read More
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A 49-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
Fascia and food: So much pain in the body is from repetitive injury to muscle and fascia that you might seek examination by a specialist who understands myofascial pai... Read More
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A 19-year-old male asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
Yes: Stop any anti-inflammatory medications. Then L-glutamine powder is a wonderful nutrient for healing the lining of your upper intestine. You might also... Read More
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A 67-year-old male asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
Myofascial pain: Grumpy,
causes of radiating pain include metastatic cancer, nerves being pinched in your hernia repair. Most likely cause is injury to muscle and fas... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
Unlikely: Yoga can be helpful but your deformity is related to how ribs and spine grew in a spiral when tight fascia restricted vertical growth in childhood. My... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
There: There are stretches that can be extremely helpful. Described in "winners guide to pain relief".
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A 16-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
Myofascial: Pain that comes and stays can be inflammation. Pain that comes and goes is likely fascia and muscle. Thanks muscles can be under your arms and between... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 43 years experience
Yes, but not likely: Cervical radiculopathy, caused by a nerve in your neck pinched by a disc in your neck, can cause your symptoms. An EMG test may show the correct nerve... Read More
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Blatman is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Dr. Blatman is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thanks for your quick reply! I will give Glucosamine another try maybe for a bit longer than last time (5 months)
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! I'm really excited to see how this works! Thanks for providing hope.
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! thanks! I have been on antiinflam diet , ref to surgeon just want opt
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Medical College of Pennsylvania, PA
Graduated 1980MD
Residency
University of Cincinnati
Residency
University of Cincinnati
Awards
Top Doctors, Cincinnati Magazine, 2010
President, American Holistic Medical Association
Top Pain Management Specialist , Second Place, Ohio - Summer
2013
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