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2. Sports injury - Wikipedia

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   Sports injuries are injuries that occur during sports or exercise in general. In the United States , approximately 30 million people participate in some form of organized sports. [ 1 ] Of those 30 million, about 3 million athletes aged 14 and under suffer a sports related injury annually.

3. Orthopaedic sports medicine - Wikipedia

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   Soft tissue biomechanics, injury healing, and repair. Treatment options, both surgical and non-surgical, as they relate to sports-specific injuries and competition. Principles and techniques of rehabilitation that enable the athlete to return to competition as quickly and safely as possible.

4. Physical medicine and rehabilitation - Wikipedia

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   Physical medicine and rehabilitation encompasses a variety of clinical settings and patient populations. [citation needed] In hospital settings, physiatrists commonly treat patients who have had an amputation, spinal cord injury, stroke, traumatic brain injury, and other debilitating injuries or conditions. In treating these patients ...

5. Sports medicine - Wikipedia

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   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.

6. Sprain - Wikipedia

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   A sprain is a soft tissue injury of the ligaments within a joint, often caused by a sudden movement abruptly forcing the joint to exceed its functional range of motion.. Ligaments are tough, inelastic fibers made of collagen that connect two or more bones to form a joint and are important for joint stability and proprioception, which is the body's sense of limb position and movem

7. RICE (medicine) - Wikipedia

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   RICE is a mnemonic acronym for the four elements of a treatment regimen that was once recommended for soft tissue injuries: rest, ice, compression, and elevation. [1] It was considered a first-aid treatment rather than a cure and aimed to control inflammation. [2]

8. Physical therapy - Wikipedia

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   Physical therapy addresses the illnesses or injuries that limit a person's abilities to move and perform functional activities in their daily lives. [3] PTs use an individual's history and physical examination to arrive at a diagnosis and establish a management plan and, when necessary, incorporate the results of laboratory and imaging studies like X-rays, CT-scan, or MRI findings.

9. Athletic training - Wikipedia

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   Athletic training is an allied health care profession recognized by the American Medical Association (AMA) [1] that "encompasses the prevention, examination, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of emergent, acute, or chronic injuries and medical conditions."