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Sports Medicine Essay, Research Paper

Participation in athletics is both an enjoyable pastime and a part of keeping physically

and mentally fit. Some individuals may only be interested in general conditioning and

weight loss, while others may want specific exercises for certain events. Regardless of

the activity, risks are always involved, and today?s physician must be able to not only

treat the various injuries that arise , but also offer counsel on a wide range of other

interrelated subjects.(Berger 294) Sports medicine is the prevention and treatment of

injuries suffered by athletes in sporting activities. An athlete is anyone who engages in

any kind of sport, from those who walk for exercise to those who play competitive

sports.(Darden XI) Athletes not only need treatment for sports injuries but as well help or

advice related to sports activities. In the past such people would go to their doctor or

coach and get standard medical or athletic attention. Now, more and more athletes are

turning to experts in the field of sports medicine.(Berger 2) Sports medicine

encompasses a wide variety of specialties. In the following report, adherence to a

balanced diet, prevention of injuries and first aid, will be looked at. As well, the history

and importance of sports medicine and why there is a need for this field of medicine.

HISTORY

Sports Medicine has long been available to the injured athlete. An Egyptian

surgical manual written during the era of the Old Kingdom – more than 4000 years ago -

explained treatments for sprains and dislocations. Hippocrates(460-377 BC), the

ancient Greek honored as the father of medicine, described surgery to repair a dislocated

shoulder noting that, ? Many persons owing to this accident have been obliged to

abandon gymnastic exercises.? (Edelson 18) The idea that athletes need special care goes

all the way back to ancient Greece. In those days the sports medicine doctors were

called gymnasts, a Greek word that originally referred to those who trained and treated

athletes.(Berger 9)

Over the following centuries sports medicine dropped in importance. Populations

were diminishing due to disease, plagues and starvation. Doctors were extremely limited

by the drugs and treatments that were available. They were mostly concerned with the

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