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A French team handball player being ejected from a match, signaled by the red card held aloft by the referee. In sports, an ejection (also known as dismissal, sending-off, disqualification, or early shower) is the removal of a participant from a contest due to a violation of the sport's rules.
Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with physical fitness and the treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise. Although most sports teams have employed team physicians for many years, it is only since the late 20th century that sports medicine emerged as a distinct field of health care.
In 2004, an application was submitted and it was approved by the Department of Health in February 2005. [citation needed] In 2006, the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (UK) was established. [2] The successful bid for the 2012 London Olympics was seen as a very helpful event in establishing the faculty and the specialty in the UK. [3]
Ejection or Eject may refer to: Ejection (sports), the act of officially removing someone from a game; Eject (Transformers), a fictional character from The Transformers television series "Eject" (song), 1993 rap rock single by Senser; The usage of an Ejection seat by a pilot in an aircraft; Eject, a 2014 album by Cazzette
Physical exercise results in numerous health benefits and is an important tool to combat obesity and its co-morbidities, including cardiovascular diseases. Exercise prevents both the onset and development of cardiovascular disease and is an important therapeutic tool to improve outcomes for patients with cardiovascular disease.
'Exercise is Medicine' is a trademarked non-profit venture of the American College of Sports Medicine. By comparison, 'Exercise Medicine' is a specific subspecialty of 'Sport and Exercise Medicine'. The concept of 'Exercise is Medicine' is that all medical specialists should be prescribing exercise regularly as an adjunct to a standard ...
The Department of Physical Education (also known by its initials DPE) is the academic department that oversees the physical development program at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. DPE is headquartered in the Arvin Cadet Physical Development Center. DPE has 24 Military faculty and 25 civilian instructors and professors.
The phrase "sports medicine" is not specific to one career/profession. It instead, encompasses a group of professionals from various disciplines whose focus is the health of an athlete. Athletes can be all ages and play on all different levels (youth, high school, collegiate, recreational, and professional). [2]