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Most of us are don't know about sports medicine. It is an exciting area of the healthcare system that is growing rapidly, creating many job opportunities. This branch deals with the prevention and treatment of injuries that occur to the athletes. The main work in sports medicine is to help their sports patients to regain and maintain the physical fitness. In most cases, it is considered as the non-clinical field.
The job of a sports medicine specialists can never be done single handed. He requires a team consisting of the following persons to treat an injured sportsperson.
* physiotherapist
* psychologist
* physical trainer
* coach of the team
* nutritionist
* administrator for administrative support
* family members for giving support to overcome the hard days
THE CAPTAIN OF THE SPORTS MEDICINE TEAM IS THE TEAM PHYSICIAN. If the team does not have a physician, the injured athlete family physician will take the job to cure the injury.
The American medical association has listed some conditions to disqualify a sportsperson from participating in sports. The list is given below;
* infection
* physical immaturity
* obvious growth retardation
* bleeding tendencies
* severe eye problems
* uncontrolled diabetes
* tuberculosis
* cardiovascular diseases (heart)
* severe head injury and previous surgery on head or spine
A physician can open a SPORTS MEDICINE CENTER and the goal is to serve;
* a regular medical checkup and fitness tests.
* curative treatment for sports injury
* age verification during the selection of players and to take proper care of their diet and nutrition.
ROLE OF A PHYSICIAN IN SPORTS MEDICINE:
You have to greet patients with a smile and use their name frequently in your conversation. You have to give confidence about the physical therapy procedure to the patient. Please maintain a positive attitude about the therapy to the patient and give him a pleasant rehabilitative environment.
I hope that you have got an overview of sports medicine and its job demand. Please comment below, god bless you...!
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