Dr. Blackman attended Boston University and Farleigh Dickinson University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. He was interested in natural healing and understood the body had the ability to heal itself. He decided to become a chiropractor, graduated from New York Chiropractic College in 1985 and started his practice in Dover, NH. Dr. Blackman had a history of chronic tonsillitis and allergies since childhood. During chiropractic school, he started getting adjusted which ended his tonsillitis and his allergy season went from 4 months a year to only 6 weeks a year. Dr. Blackman is a Diplomat of the American Board of Sports Practitioners and specializes in working with athletes of all ages.