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Sports Medicine Page:

Common sports injuries that can result in seeing a sports medicine specialist are knee and shoulder injuries, fractures, ankle sprains, concussions, cartilage injuries, and more. A sports medicine specialist can also be seen for advice in other areas of health, like nutrition, exercise, supplements, and how to prevent injuries before they occur. A sports medicine specialist works to help make the performance of the athlete more advanced, as well as ensuring their safety while performing the activity.

Sports medicine is not its own degree, and requires other medical training before you can be recognized as a specialist. A doctor wishing to specialize in sports medicine must first complete three years of other residency training. The training can be done in fields such as pediatrics, family medicine or emergency medicine. After the completion of your residency, you apply to your fellowship. The fellowship can last anywhere from 1-2 years after your residency. Your fellowship is where you will start to specialize in sports medicine. Following or during your fellowship you will have the chance to do shadow a orthopedic surgeon, this prepares you to learn more about the surgery your future patients may need. This lets you gain knowledge on what you are going to be helping the patient recover from, or what they are preparing for. After your fellowship you will take an exam, this will grant you a certificate that allows you to practice and specialize in the department of sports medicine.

There are many different types of sports medicine experts. They work together as a team to ensure the best recovery plan for the individual. The team can consist of an orthopedic surgeon, sports medicine primary care physicians, sports physical therapists, and physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists.

Specializing in the treatment of athletes and other physically active individuals, sports and exercise medicine physicians have extensive education in musculoskeletal medicine. SEM doctors treat injuries such as muscle, ligament, tendon and bone problems, but may also treat chronic illnesses that can affect physical performance, such as asthma and diabetes. SEM doctors also advise on managing and preventing injuries.

SEM consultants also deliver clinical physical activity interventions, negating the burden of disease directly attributable to physical inactivity and the compelling evidence for the effectiveness of exercise in the primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of disease.

(I wanted to add the same information but be sure that it was able to be cited since there are no citations on the page.) ~Leo Mushinsky- This looks really good! I wasn't sure if you were planning on adding more information or not. If I were you I would go into a little more details regarding surgeries in sports medicine just because they are typically a little different than surgeries on regular people. Provide some examples of this too! (A good recent example would be the quarterback of the Alabama football team, Tua Tagovailoa. He had surgery on his ankle about a month ago and within this week on his hip).