Sports Medicine Clinics Are On The Rise

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With the huge rise in professional, amateur, and individual sport, the number of sports-related injuries is growing at an equal rate. Consequently, there has been an increasing number of sports medicine clinics springing up around the world. Whether a doctor is an orthopedic surgeon or foot surgeon, there is an increase in demand for those physicians who practice sports-related medicine.

Advances in mass media are giving a wider audience access to professional sports and, as a result, the number of televised sporting events is increasing at an amazing rate. Just look at the cost of advertising time during the Super Bowl and you will understand why the demand for professional athletes to participate in sporting events is growing.

Non-athletes are also motivated to get into the game and are using amateur sporting leagues as a means to participate in their favorite past time and work toward their health and fitness goals. Recently with the birth of reality television, individual sport, such as dance, is becoming ever more popular.

As the competition increases, the stunts that these performers attempt are becoming increasingly dangerous. There are commonalities across different sports and levels when it comes to injuries. The sports injuries that are more universal and most reported in the hundreds of sports medicine clinics around the world include: Muscle pull, neck strain, frozen shoulder, strained lower back injury, tendonitis, runner's knee, shin splints, sprained ankle, Achilles tendonitis, and foot arch strain.

Sports medicine clinics provide a wide range of services to diagnose and treat these and other sports-related injuries. Orthopedic care encompasses the general realm of sports medicine. Within that, there are several specialties. The first stop for a patient with a sports-related injury is the X-ray and/or the MRI machine for diagnostic testing.

If the injury is non-surgical, the physician can devise a plan for therapy. Physical therapy generally involves the use of joint mobilization, soft tissue work, motor patterning, and exercise to treat the patient's injury. When rehabilitation with physical therapy is not enough, many injuries require surgery and many clinics have an in house orthopedic surgeon to handle advanced cases.

A podiatrist is also usually part of a clinic's team of doctors. More commonly known as a foot doctor, he will take patients who have suffered foot and ankle injuries. He will work closely with an orthotist to create foot orthotics to position the foot precisely in order to promote proper function and gait.

Professional athletes are aware of the physical risks imposed by their career. Amateur athletes, on the other hand, are more likely to injure themselves simply because of lack of physical preparedness. Competition in individual sport drives athletes to take risks with their bodies that can lead to crippling injury.

While promoting health and physical fitness through sport is positive, there are physical risks that can come with any sport. As the popularity of sports continues to grow throughout the world, the demand for ports medicine clinics will continue to increase proportionally.

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Nick Messe is president of Lead Frog LLC. Foot and Ankle Clinics of America is recognized as one of the best established Hyde Park podiatrist practices in the Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana areas and is acknowledged as highly innovative and without peer in the area. Call us at 773-752-2111.

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