Speciality

There are two types of "sports medicine" doctors. Non-surgical, or primary care sports medicine doctors, and orthopedic surgeons. Most primary care sports medicine doctors choose family medicine as their baseline training, which means they first complete 3 years of a family medicine residency after medical school, before embarking on their additional sports medicine training. Although family medicine is the most popular choice, other choices for initial residency training prior to doing sports medicine include pediatrics, internal medicine, emergency medicine, and rehabilitation medicine. Each of these are non-surgical specialties. Orthopedic surgeons must of course complete an orthopedic surgery residency.
Then what?
Then, to pursue the primary care sports medicine path, the doctor applies for a 1-2 year sports medicine fellowship program. During fellowship training for primary care doctors, a great deal of time is spent learning more about sports injuries. Time is spent in orthopedic surgeons' offices, as well as assisting in orthopedic surgery. Primary care doctors won't become surgeons, but it's helpful that they learn first hand about the various surgeries that some of their patients may need. Another important aspect of sports medicine fellowships involves being a team doctor for a local high school and/or college, gaining experience in the training room as well as on the field.
Also, since sports medicine is more than just orthopedics, the primary care sports medicine fellowship includes continued training in the doctor's original specialty, be it family medicine, pediatrics, etc. This way, they don't lose touch with their baseline training. Such doctors become very good at musculoskeletal/orthopedic injuries, but are also well trained in more traditional medical problems, such as asthma, hypertension, diabetes, etc. They make excellent overall doctors for active people or athletic teams.



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Coursework and Areas of Sports Medicine

Coursework

Coursework in a sports medical degree program may include:
Cardiac Rehabilitative Therapy
Orthopedic Radiology
Physiotherapeutic Techniques
Chiropractic Applications
Musculoskeletal Injuries
Nutrition
Genetics and Sports Related Injuries

Areas and Disciplines
Areas and disciplines you might pursue, should you decide on a career in sports medicine, include clinical medicine, exercise physiology, orthopedics, kinesiology, physical therapy, athletic training, massage therapy, or sports nutrition and psychology. Other areas include athletic training, cardiac/pulmonary rehabilitation therapy, personal training and fitness instruction, nutritionist/sport dietetics, occupational therapy, podiatry, or the greater field of sports medical research. Each field has its own draw and offers unique challenges.

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Salary info

According to allied-physicians.com, sports medical doctors in their first and second years of practice earn an average of $266,000 per year. In the third year the average goes up to $479,000, and the maximum reported salary was $762,000 per year.

The range of salaries in the field of sports medicine varies as widely as the range of specialties. Trainers can earn as much as $40,000 per year, while sports medical doctors salaries have been documented at more than $700,000 per year. In general, the field is growing as society becomes more health and fitness minded, and as the elderly begin to demand better and better quality of life in their reclining years.

Educational Requirements

"A sports doctor is a fully qualified medical doctor who has chosen to focus on sports medicine. That means in order to become a sports doctor, you have to do the same requisite training any doctor has to go through before you can practice. You will need a bachelor's degree in science, if not a pre-med degree, followed by medical school and residency. The residency level is where sports doctors typically begin to distinguish themselves, but you can start honing your focus as early as pre-med with proper guidance and a clear understanding of what elective courses will best serve your career goals."

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What is a sports doctor?

"A sports medicine doctor is a medical doctor who specializes in the prevention and treatment of injuries typically associated with athletic activity. In professional sports, a sports doctor will be affiliated with a specific team and will be paid to maintain the health and longevity of the players and coaches. Many colleges have sports medical doctors on staff to tend to the players on their various athletic teams.
Sports doctors are most commonly associated with injuries to the joints, muscles and bones. But many doctors now specialize in cardiac and lung procedures also. The care of athletes goes beyond physical movement associated with athletic competition. Even so, many doctors still focus on orthopedic procedure, in which injuries and maladies of the feet and legs are primary. Doctors who specialize in athletic internal medicine might focus on cardiac rehabilitation, lung performance, and circulatory issues associated with exertion."

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List a minimum of 10 things that interest you about the career you are researching.

1. Help athletes find out injuries.
2. Help people recover from a sports injury.
3. Sports medicine has always been difficult to define because it is not a single specialty, but an area that involves health care professionals, reserchers and educaters from a wide variety of disciplines.
4. Each year, about one person in every 25 will seek medical help for a sports injury, but not all of those injuries are sustained will playing sports.
5. Any repetitive physical activity, even walking, can injure muscles and joints
6. Lack of adequate sleep can lead to increased injuries among preschool children, new reserch shows. This study published in Public Health Nursing.
7. Female athletes are especially vulnerable to ligament injuries. They can learn to protect themselves-- by behaving like boys.
8. youth sports injury FactsEach year more than 3.5 million children in the united states under age 15 are treated for sports injuries.
9. more than half of sports injuries occur at practice.
10. Children ages 5 to 14 account for nearly 40 percent of all sports-related injuries treated in hospital emergancy departments. Injuries increase as children become larger, faster and more competitive.

Which ESTJ did you score the highest?Of the careers listed for you, which one are you planning to research?

I scored the highest on Feeling. The Career i Want to reserch is not on my list. so i will reserch on sports medicine.

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