Pierre dHemecourt, MD
Children's Hospital Boston
319 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Certifications (Specialties):
Sports Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Affiliations (Positions):
Children's Hospital Boston
Lecturer in Sports Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Education:
College:
Saint Joseph's College
Medical School:
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Residency:
Orthopedics, Georgetown University Hospital
Emergency Medicine, Norfolk General Hospital
General Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital
Fellowship:
Primary Care Sports Medicine, Division of Sports Medicine, Boston, MA
Clinical Interests:
Sports Medicine
Brain Injury Program
Platelet Rich Plasma
Back pain in children
Introduction - Meet Pierre dHemecourt, MD
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“Can back pain be hard to diagnose as far as finding the source of the pain?”
Back pain can be extremely difficult to diagnose. There are some very clear generators of pain in the back such as a herniated disc or a stress fracture. But, there are many other sources of pain, and many times we do diagnostic tests and don’t always come up with the cause of the pain in a person. ADDED JUN 27TH, 2010
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“How prevalent is back pain in our society?”
Back pain is a very common in our society. When a child get's back pain there may be a perception that something is seriously wrong, but that is not always the case. ADDED JUN 27TH, 2010
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“How would you describe yourself as a physician?”
Dr. Pierre D'Hemecourt talks about his practice of sports medicine in adolescants. ADDED JUN 27TH, 2010