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Dr. Jennifer Baima, MD

Bio

Jennifer A. Baima, MD, is a specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Baima is an Instructor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School. A graduate of Tulane University School of Medicine, she is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Baima’s clinical interests include sports medicine and electromyography (EMG).

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  • physical medicine & rehabilitation

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  • Jennifer Baima, MD
    Jennifer Baima, MD of Brigham and Women's Hospital answered:
    What causes teen cheerleaders to get stress fractures?

    Stress fractures occur from increased repetitive force on normal bone or normal force on weak bone. When a fracture happens because of weak bone, we call this insufficiency fracture. Teen cheerleaders may be at risk for either type of fracture. If a cheerleader is not doing other strength training

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