Flexibility
General Principles • The term flexibility is often clinically used as a synonym for range of motion (ROM) around a joint. • Both muscles and ligaments can limit ROM. •…
Resistance Training
General Principles • Resistance training is the most potent form of exercise to strengthen tissues and help prevent injury and improve sports performance. Appropriately prescribed and implemented resistance training programs…
The High School Athlete: Setting up a High School Sports Medicine Program
General Principles Athletic Healthcare in High-Level Collegiate and Professional Sports • At the very highest levels of sports, organizations are much like corporations; they function to increase success of their…
Sports Pharmacology of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Introduction • Often, an optimal treatment regimen is determined through a collaborative approach, including team physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists, athletic trainers, academic advisors, coaches, teammates, parents, and administrative staff. The following…
Sports Pharmacology of Chronic Disease
Introduction Adults are encouraged to engage in 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise weekly to maintain overall health and fitness. As the US population ages, many people are actively taking or…
Sports Supplements
Product Oversight and Marketing Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) • Regulates dietary supplements under separate regulations from those that cover “conventional”…
Sideline Preparedness and Emergencies on the Field
General Principles • Sideline preparedness is the recognition and formation of medical services in order to promote athletic participation, provide adequate administration of medical care, and reduce risk of injury….
The Team Physician
Being a Team Physician: a Special Privilege, an Awesome Challenge Special Role • Team physicians have a unique responsibility of leadership while taking care of athletes. • Athletes, their parents,…
The Certified Athletic Trainer and the Athletic Training Room
Definition of an Athletic Trainer • Athletic trainers (ATs) are healthcare professionals who collaborate with physicians to direct injury prevention, evaluation, management, and treatment of patients under their care (see…
Ulnar Styloid Triquetral Impaction: Diagnosis and Treatment
RATIONALE AND BASIC SCIENCE Ulnar styloid triquetral impaction (USTI) is often unrecognized, yet it is a relatively common condition in which the ulnar styloid, or fragments of the ulnar styloid,…
