Careers: Sports Medicine?

[Chakana1]

<p>What exactly is Sports medicine? Do you mainly just take care of patients that suffer from sports related injuries, or are there careers involving the research/testing of sports supplements and how it affects an athlete? I have always had an interest in the science behind nutrition, but I also want to settle with a good paying job.</p>

[WayOutWestMom]

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Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with physical fitness, treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise.

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<p>[Sports</a> medicine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_medicine]Sports”>Sports medicine - Wikipedia)</p>

<p>There are couple of related sports medicine specialties. </p>

<p>Emergency Medicine has a subspecialty called Sports Emergency Medicine. These physicians work at sporting events to handle serious player (and occasionally fan) injuries and the players transport to the hospital. (These docs aren’t trainers, but deal with things like heart attacks, head and neck injuries, broken femurs–a life threatening injury, traumatic knee injuries, etc.)</p>

<p>There’s also a medical specialty called Physical and Rehabitation Medicine</p>

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Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), physiatry or rehabilitation medicine, is a branch of medicine that aims to enhance and restore functional ability and quality of life to those with physical impairments or disabilities. A physician having completed training in this field is referred to as a physiatrist or rehabilitation medicine specialist. Physiatrists specialize in restoring optimal function to people with injuries to the muscles, bones, tissues, and nervous system (such as stroke patients)

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<p>[Physical</a> medicine and rehabilitation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_medicine_and_rehabilitation]Physical”>Physical medicine and rehabilitation - Wikipedia)</p>

<p>If you are interested in nutrition, you might want to look in dietitian as a career.</p>

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Dietitians are experts in food and nutrition. They advise people on what to eat in order to lead a healthy lifestyle or achieve a specific health-related goal. Dietitians work in various capacities in the field of healthcare, foodservice, corporate setting, and educational arenas.

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<p>[Dietitian</a> - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietitian]Dietitian”>Dietitian - Wikipedia)</p>

[i_wanna_be_Brown]

<p>There’s also obviously orthopedics: <a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthopedic_surgery[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthopedic_surgery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Whether or not your doing research is up to you. A PhD in biochemistry or Food Science/Food Chemistry is probably better suited to studying “the science of nutrition” than any medical degree.</p>