Archive for ‘November, 2009’

Core Strengthening (sports medicine)

Core Strengthening (sports medicine)

How to avoid sports injuries while exercising: Tips from Dr. Frank S. Chen from the Palo Alto Medical Foundation

How to avoid sports injuries while exercising: Tips from Dr. Frank S. Chen from the Palo Alto Medical Foundation

According to Dr. Frank S. Chen of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, a group of sports doctors who specialize in fitness training and sports medicine in the Bay Area, while not all sports injuries can be avoided by athletes while exercising, taking proper precautions will help prevent most of these sports injuries. Aside from sudden [...]

What are the different careers involved with sports medicine?

What are the different careers involved with sports medicine?

Sports medicine is a field of study that focuses on the medical characteristics of sports and physical activity, including sports injuries. Sports medicine is dedicated to the diagnosing, treatment, and prevention of all injuries related to sports, as well as studies in the fundamentals of physical training and athletic performance. Most careers in sports medicine [...]

What you should know if you are interested in becoming a sports medicine surgeon

What you should know if you are interested in becoming a sports medicine surgeon

The goal of a sports medicine surgeon is a physician that treats conditions involving injuries to muscles and skeleton due to sports-related stress to them. Another secondary function that the physician serves is to provide advice to athletes that will help them avoid injuries in the future.
It should be noted that sports medicine surgeons [...]

Why are sports medicine specialists important?

Why are sports medicine specialists important?

sports medicine specialists usually work in are athletic sports teams. Almost all professional and amateur sports teams hire specialists to assist with treating and preventing injuries of athletes by working with coaches and other team doctors and fitness experts. Doctors in the sports medicine specialist field must complete a formal education and are usually involved [...]

Coping with mental and physical stress caused by sports injuries

Coping with mental and physical stress caused by sports injuries

For many people who like to stay active and healthy, or for athletes who play sports for a living, a physical injury can be a major trying time in their life. Active people and athletes rely on physical fitness procedures and training in order to keep stay in shape and help improve their overall mental [...]

Using the tactics of sports therapy to increase flexibility

Using the tactics of sports therapy to increase flexibility

Physicians agree, flexibility can be very important to healthy and people with physical conditions. Flexibility, aside from giving a positive feeling of healthiness, it can also help alleviate muscular pain in the neck, back, and painful joints. Having flexibility is also important in sports therapy when you are training as an athlete or improving muscle [...]

What are the day-to-day duties that a sports doctor may need to carry out?

What are the day-to-day duties that a sports doctor may need to carry out?

A sports doctor is a highly trained doctor who works with sports teams and athletes or consults temporarily with athletes to treat injuries relating to sports. A sports doctor also helps athletes prevent injuries and keep their health at peak performance. A sports doctor is trained to not only treat the injury in the best [...]

Avoiding sports injuries: What you should know if you are a highly active person

Avoiding sports injuries: What you should know if you are a highly active person

A sports injury can be devastating for people who are actively training in sports, especially for people who make a career out of playing sports, such as amateur and professional athletes. People who spend a lot of time and effort in sports fitness can often be derailed not only physically, but mentally as well. There [...]

Jobs related to sports medicine and physical sports therapy

Jobs related to sports medicine and physical sports therapy

Sports medicine and sports therapy are very similarly rewarding fields. They require a lot of education, certification, experience, and patience to be successful, however. A person can take up a career out of many if they are in this field of study and are not limited to just a few. This field can be divided [...]

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