| Preventive care and therapeutic remedies | | | | medicine specialists. |
| form the mainstay of the specialized | | | | Here we've listed some of the most |
| field of sports medicine. This is | | | | crucial ones amongst these issues: |
| basically an interdisciplinary sub | | | | * Issues emerging from international |
| specialty of medicine, providing | | | | sporting events, such as travel and |
| curative options to players from the | | | | acclimatization |
| amateur as well as professional groups. | | | | * Use of pharmacologic supplements |
| The field of sports is fast gaining a | | | | * Substance abuse |
| competitive tone at an astounding pace. | | | | * Gender verification |
| In fact, this is the main reason that | | | | The Profession |
| the branch has assumed mammoth | | | | An increasing number of medical |
| significance in the recent years. This | | | | professionals are now opting for |
| holds especially true in the light of | | | | specialization in the field of sports |
| the fact that a major focus of this | | | | medicine. |
| practice lies on the rapid recovery of | | | | Professionals who aspire to gain |
| patients, to facilitate minimum loss of | | | | specialization first need to begin with |
| performance and efficiency. | | | | a primary residency program in one of |
| The core working principle of it lies in | | | | the following areas: |
| the modifications in training | | | | * Family practice |
| techniques, equipment, sports venues and | | | | * Internal medicine |
| rules, decisions for which generally | | | | * Emergency medicine |
| emerge out of substantial and meaningful | | | | * Pediatrics |
| research and studies. | | | | * Physical medicine |
| Scope of Function | | | | * Rehabilitation |
| Sports medicine covers a vast range of | | | | The above is then required to be |
| disorders and disabilities, both | | | | followed by one or two years of |
| preventive and curative, caused due to | | | | additional training, through accredited |
| various factors. | | | | fellowship programs. Depending upon the |
| The scope of this field of medicine | | | | basic eligibility criteria, some |
| covers a vast span of specialists' | | | | professionals are then allowed to appear |
| branches, including the following: | | | | for a sub specialty qualification |
| * Cardiology | | | | examination in the field. |
| * Pulmonology | | | | The Future Scenario |
| * Orthopedic surgery | | | | There have been a vast series of studies |
| * Exercise physiology | | | | and estimations being conducted to gauge |
| * Biomechanics | | | | the future of sports medicine as a means |
| * Traumatology | | | | to enhance performance and reduce |
| In addition to the above, there are | | | | ailments. |
| certain special categories of athletes | | | | The majority of such analysis points |
| that demand attention from the experts | | | | towards the possibility that this is |
| in the field of sports medicine. | | | | likely to play a highly crucial and |
| These include: | | | | effective role in prevention of |
| * Female athletes, with eating | | | | sports-related injury. The most |
| disorders, menstrual disturbances and | | | | prominent aspect of research that looks |
| bone density issues | | | | into the application of this branch of |
| * Aging athletes | | | | this medicine in prevention is the study |
| * Athletes with dermatological and | | | | of the body's neuromuscular adaptations. |
| endocrinological diseases | | | | Overall, further developments in sports |
| Special Concerns | | | | medicine are likely to ensure safe |
| Apart from the above, there are certain | | | | physical activity, while augmenting the |
| specific and occasional situations that | | | | performance levels to a considerable |
| require an active role from the sports | | | | extent. |