Manual therapy has been an important part of sports medicine for most of its history. In this article, we will raise 4 important questions on the role of manual therapy techniques in sports medicine and attempt to provide useful answers. It is our hope that this article will help you come away with a greater…
In this article, we look at various aspects of sports physical therapy including its history, the scope of injuries and treatments that it covers and how it differs from regular or mainstream physiotherapy. Sports physical therapy is one of the largest specialty areas of physiotherapy and,as such, is an area that attracts a significant amount…
Sports medicine has only been recognized as a distinct branch of medical practice since the late 20th century. However, amateur and professional sports teams (and individual athletes) have actually employed physicians as sports medicine doctors for decades before the formal recognition of the field. Despite its relatively recent recognition, it is one of the fastest…
Sports medicine has recently emerged as one of the popular areas of concentration for those contemplating a career in medicine. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has reported that employment opportunities for athletic trainers are expected to grow by 23% between 2020 and 2030. A natural question for aspirants to this career path may…
In recent posts, we have explored the relationship between physiotherapy and sports medicine as career options. The two career paths are closely related and it is only natural to ask whether it makes sense to combine them. In this post, we set out to answer that questions and provide three reasons why sports physiotherapy can…
The fields of athletic therapy and physiotherapy have plenty of things in common. Both physiotherapists and athletic therapists are trained in the treatment of musculoskeletal injuries. They focus on treating and rehabilitating injured muscles and joints and assisting their patients to return to their normal activities. They both employ hands on treatment techniques including manual…
Sports medicine (alternatively known as sport and exercise medicine) has emerged as a distinct field of health care since the late 20th century. It is also a rapidly growing field. The global market for its services is expected to grow from USD5.5B in 2020 to USD7.2B by 2025. This represents a compound annual growth rate…
In one of our first posts, we discussed the history of sports medicine starting with its origins in Ancient Rome. In this post, we take a look at some of the most recent developments in sports medicine. They offer a fascinating peek at the directions in which this relatively new discipline is moving and provide…
Sports and competition have been a part of human civilization for thousands of years spanning the Olympics of ancient Greece and the multi-billion dollar industries built around professional leagues today. It should come as no surprise, then, that sports medicine has been around for almost as long. Ever since humans have tried to run faster,…