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Sports Medicine: What is it?

Dated : 2nd May 2015

Sports medicine is a specialized field for the medical and therapeutic aspects of sports participation and physical activity. This includes sports or exercise-related injuries. It focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of injuries that occur in sports and exercise. Sports medicine has to deal with sports science. Sports science is a focused study and application of the principals of physiology, anatomy, and psychology as they relate to the human movement and physical activity. It is also known as exercise science.

Some of the injuries that are treated in sports medicine are concussions, asthma, diabetes, and more. Sports medicine is not only for athletes, but for common people as well. Anyone from children and elderly to professional athletes can be found benefiting from this medical field. This field helps anyone with learning what to eat, how to safely exercise, and many other things. Since it is a fairly new field of study, there is still research being done on how much exercise the human body needs and can handle.

Works Cited

1. Quinn, Elizabeth. "What Is Sports Medicine?" Sports Medicine. About Health, 06 Sept. 2013. Web. 02 May 2015. http://sportsmedicine.about.com/od/educationemployment/a/whats_sportsmed.htm

2. N.d. Hub Home Design. Web. 02 May 2015. http://hubhomedesign.com/vegetarian-athletes-nutrition-and-diet-tips-sports-medicine.