The sports medicine physicians are specially trained for total care of athletes and active individuals. Sports medicine physicians take care of people who have sports injuries. These individuals may be athletes, or they may be regular people. One does not have to be an athlete or even play a sport to have a sports injury. Someone running down the street who trips and sprains their knee is considered to have a sports injury, even if they are not an athlete and were not participating in running as a sport. There’s a long list of conditions that they can help with. They include.
* Acute injuries such as ankle sprains, joint injuries, dislocations and non surgical fractures.
* Overuse injuries including stress fractures, tendonitis and osteoarthritis
* Traumatic brain injuries.
* Helping athletes with acute illnesses (mononucleosis, asthma)
* Nutrition
* Exercise prescriptions for people who want to become more active
* Injury prevention
* “Return to play” decisions for injured or ill athletes
* Pre participation physical examinations
* Exercise promotion.
