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 has always been difficult to define because it is not a single specialty, but an area that involves health care professionals, researchers and educators from a wide variety of disciplines. Its function is not only curative and rehabilitative, but especially preventive.
Despite this wide scope, there has been a tendency for many to assume that sport-related problems are by default musculoskeletal and that sports medicine is an orthopaedic specialty. There is much more to sports medicine than just musculoskeletal diagnosis and treatment. Illness or injury in sport can be caused by many factors – from environmental to physiological and psychological.
Consequently, sports medicine can encompass an array of specialties, including cardiology, pulmonology, dermatology, ophthalmology, rehabilitation medicine, orthopaedic surgery, nutrition, podiatry, dentistry, opthamology, exercise physiology, biomechanics, and traumatology. For example, heat, cold or altitude during training and competition can alter performance or may even be life threatening. The female triad of disordered eating, menstrual disturbances, and bone density problems, and the problems of pregnant or aging athletes demand knowledge from many diverse fields. In addition, the management of endocrinological diseases and other such problems in the athlete demands both medical expertise and sport-specific knowledge.
Dr. Sheta
As an active Marathon Runner, Dr. Sheta is uniquely qualified to provide you with consultations in all aspects of Sports Medicine, whether you are seeking an injury diagnosis and treatment, seek to modify your approach to prevent injury or seek advice on how to take your performance to the next level.
Dr. Sheta regularly consults with conditioning trainers on a weekly basis, and has most recently worked with fighters in the mixed-martial arts arena.His unique specialty is Performance Maximization. You can call the Office to schedule a Physical and Personal Evaluation, schedule a meeting with a Personal Trainer or undergo a complete physical.
Sports Injury Diagnosis and Treatment
When injury rates are expressed per hour of activity, risk of injury can be ranked by sport. Not surprisingly, such rankings show that sports like rugby and lacrosse produce the most mayhem, with about 30 injuries per 1000 hours of activity (rates above 5 per 1000 hours are considered high). Basketball and squash are also problem producers, with around 14 injuries per 1000 hours. Running and high-intensity aerobic dance follow fairly closely, with 11 injuries per 1000 hours (or about one per 100 hours). [Source: http://www.sportsinjurybulletin.com/archive/0123-common-sports-injuries.htm]
Whether your are avid cycler or runner, improper warm ups, stretching or chronic repetition, you will be exposed to an injury at one time or another. The Mayo Clinic Website has a large glossary of Sports related injuries and you can find it here.
Sports Injury Performance Maximization
While it is certainly true that injury prevention will lead to longevity and better performance, myriad other techniques are just as important, and will vary from one sport to another. Here's an example.
Running doesn’t seem complex; placing one foot in front of the other, leaving the ground on each stride is as simple as a sport gets--yet the repeated movement sets up a chain of events from your head to your toes, and vice versa. Be out of alignment at either end, and your entire body can be affected.
Running doesn’t seem complex; placing one foot in front of the other, leaving the ground on each stride is as simple as a sport gets--yet the repeated movement sets up a chain of events from your head to your toes, and vice versa. Be out of alignment at either end, and your entire body can be affected.
It’s a fact--Physical therapists are guaranteed a steady flow of sports injury patients. In spring, baseball players come in with pulled shoulders from excessive bat swings or throwing; in the fall, footballers arrive with leg problems, not having kicked a ball for months. Runners are not immune--though training year round, they often move from endurance to speedwork or vice versa with no preparation. [David Holt 2,000]
If you are an athlete attempting to take your performance to a higher level, you should seek the advice of your personal trainer, contact your Physician and be tested for the injury potentials in your favored sport and finally, pursue a training regimen which will let you reach those goals. Call to schedule an appointment with Dr. Sheta to evaluate your potential.
If you are an athlete attempting to take your performance to a higher level, you should seek the advice of your personal trainer, contact your Physician and be tested for the injury potentials in your favored sport and finally, pursue a training regimen which will let you reach those goals. Call to schedule an appointment with Dr. Sheta to evaluate your potential.
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