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Sports medicine, is an ancient practice that became a known thing in 1855. During this time we started to realize the importance of diet and taking the proper vitamins. In 1870 metabolism and heat exchange during exercise was introduced. In 1982 there were specific degrees that universities started to offer for the development of the field. In 1995 sports teams started employing team doctors and medical professionals. In recent years Western society has increasingly recognized the dangers of physical inactivity, and significant efforts have been made within the public health community to encourage the nation to become more physically active. To reflect this paradigm shift BASM has renamed itself BASEM (British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine) and the speciality itself has rebranded from Sports Medicine to Sport & Exercise Medicine.[1]  Many western European countries and the United States during the mid 1900”s began to recognize sports medicine as a formal practice. This was shown with the formation of The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) in 1954 (Heggie 186). Since 2007 several deaneries across the UK have established training programmes in SEM, and recurrent funding for 50 National Training Numbers (NTN's) is available.