What to read after Sports Medicine?

Sports medicine, also known as Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM), is a branch of medicine that deals with physical fitness and the treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise. Although most sports teams have employed team physicians for many years, it is only since the late 20th century that sports medicine has emerged as a distinct field of health care.

Sports medicine specializes in preventing, diagnosing and treating injuries related to participating in sports and/or exercise, specifically the rotation or deformation of joints or muscles caused by engaging in such physical activities. The sports medicine team includes specialty physicians and surgeons, athletic trainers, physical therapists, coaches, other personnel as well as the athlete himself/herself. Because of the competitive nature of sports, a primary focus of sports medicine is the rapid recovery of patients, which drives many innovations in the field.

Sports, medicine tries to provide the environment so that one’s genetic potentials are fully realized. Any disease or injury that has the potential to influence the sports performance is covered under sports injuries. The present book not only describes sports injuries in simple language but also the mechanism of such injuries.