sports medicine
noun
: a field of medicine concerned with the prevention and treatment of injuries and disorders that are related to participation in sports
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One sports medicine doctor who studied game video described the injury as if Hutchinson were whacked in the shin with a bat, Frank Witsil reports, and predicted that Hutchinson likely would have a metal rod in his leg to help hold and weld the broken fragments back together.
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Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 15 Oct. 2024
During residency, podiatrists receive additional training in areas such as surgery, sports medicine, wound care, and diabetic foot care.
—Adam H. Kaplan, Verywell Health, 19 Sep. 2024
This is excellent news, and another health benefit to encourage people to get regular physical activity, says Harry Stafford Jr., MD, a primary care sports medicine doctor at Duke Health in Durham, North Carolina, who was not involved in the study.
—Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 11 Sep. 2024
Tamara McLeod, a sports medicine professor, and her daughter, Kalyn McLeod, a Phoenix high school student, will be volunteering at the Arizona Martin Luther King Jr. celebration in central Phoenix, the largest MLK event in the state.
—Christopher Howley, The Arizona Republic, 14 Jan. 2024
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Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 15 Oct. 2024
During residency, podiatrists receive additional training in areas such as surgery, sports medicine, wound care, and diabetic foot care.
—Adam H. Kaplan, Verywell Health, 19 Sep. 2024
This is excellent news, and another health benefit to encourage people to get regular physical activity, says Harry Stafford Jr., MD, a primary care sports medicine doctor at Duke Health in Durham, North Carolina, who was not involved in the study.
—Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 11 Sep. 2024
Tamara McLeod, a sports medicine professor, and her daughter, Kalyn McLeod, a Phoenix high school student, will be volunteering at the Arizona Martin Luther King Jr. celebration in central Phoenix, the largest MLK event in the state.
—Christopher Howley, The Arizona Republic, 14 Jan. 2024
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sports medicine
noun
: a medical specialty concerned with the prevention and treatment of injuries and disorders that are related to participation in sports
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