What
is Sports Medicine?
Sports
Medicine is a specialty practice, providing care for athletic
and recreational injuries sustained by people of all ages.
Today’s athlete can be a little league baseball player,
a working mother interested in staying fit, or a senior
citizen who golfs on the weekend. These people, in addition
to high school, collegiate, and professional athletes, will
benefit from the care of a sports medicine professional.
Through
advances in surgical techniques, orthopedic sports medicine
specialists have been able to treat and rehabilitate athletes
whose types of injuries were once career-ending. In addition
to improved surgical techniques, sports medicine has also
made tremendous strides in identifying, treating and preventing
sports-related injuries through nonoperative care.
