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