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Sports Medicine

Sports Medicine. Broad medical field encompassing performance enhancement And Injury care and Management. Performance Enhancement. Exercise Physiology Biomechanics Sport Psychology Sports Nutrition Strength and Conditioning. Injury Care and Management. Practice of Medicine

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Sports Medicine

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  1. Sports Medicine Broad medical field encompassing performance enhancement And Injury care and Management

  2. Performance Enhancement Exercise Physiology Biomechanics Sport Psychology Sports Nutrition Strength and Conditioning

  3. Injury Care and Management Practice of Medicine Athletic Training Sports Physical Therapy Sports Massage Therapy Sports Dentistry Osteopathic Medicine Orthotists/Prosthitists Chiropractic

  4. Athletic Training Field in allied health professions Concerned with prevention, management, evaluation, and rehabilitation of injuries related to physical activity

  5. Athletic Training • Goals • Prevention • Evaluation and Treatment • Rehabilitation

  6. Athletic Training • Steady INCREASE in athletic injuries • DECREASE in catastrophic injuries

  7. Sports Medicine Team • Goal – To combat and manage athletic injuries • Team Members • Athlete • Coach • Athletic Trainer • Doctor • High School – Athletic Director, Parent

  8. Athlete

  9. Coach

  10. Athletic Trainer

  11. Doctor Preserve the health and safety of the athlete Advise on conditioning Report on fitness Final determination of fitness (Clearance) Medical coverage Education Supervise the Athletic Trainer

  12. Parent

  13. Athletic Director School Level County Level

  14. Legal Concerns • Liability • State of being legally responsible for the harm one causes another person

  15. Legal Concerns • Assumption of Risk • An individual, either by expressed or implied agreement, assumes the danger and relieves the other individual of legal responsibility to protect him or her, thus agreeing to take their own chances.

  16. Legal Concerns • Tort • Legal wrong committed against the person or property of another • TWO KINDS • Act of OMISSION – Failure to perform a legal duty • Act of COMMISSION – commits an act that is not legally his/hers to perform

  17. Legal Concerns • Negligence • Creation of “unreasonable risk of harm to others” • Medical Diagnosis • Can only be made by a licensed physician • Difference between DIAGNOSIS and EVALUATION

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