sports injuries

  • 1Sports medicine — specializes in preventing, diagnosing and treating injuries related to participating in sports and/or exercise, specifically the rotation or deformation of joints or muscles caused by engaging in such physical activities. The sports medicine team …

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  • 2Sports injury — Sports injuries are injuries that are caused by participation in a sporting event. In many cases, these types of injuries are due to of a part of the body when participating in a certain activity. For example, runner s knee is a painful condition …

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  • 3sports medicine — a specialty concerned with the treatment of sports injuries and measures designed to prevent or minimize them (e.g. in the design of sports equipment) …

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  • 4Sports law — is an umbrella term used to describe the legal issues at work in the world of both amateur and professional sports. Sports law overlaps substantially with labor law, contract law, antitrust law, and tort law. Issues like defamation and privacy… …

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  • 5sports medicine — spō(ə)rts , spȯ(ə)rts n a medical specialty concerned with the prevention and treatment of injuries and disorders that are related to participation in sports * * * a specialty concerned with the treatment of sports injury and measures designed… …

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  • 6Sports Chiropractic — also known as Chiropractic sports sciences/medicine is a specialty of Chiropractic medicine which is generally a 2 year post graduate residency program and received a designation of certified chiropractic sports specialist CCSS (Canada) [cite… …

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  • 7sports medicine — sports′ med icine n. med a field of medicine concerned with the functioning of the human body during physical activity and with the prevention and treatment of athletic injuries • Etymology: 1960–65 …

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  • 8sports medicine — n. a branch of medicine concerned with athletic conditioning and nutrition, the treatment and prevention of athletic injuries, and the improvement of athletic performance …

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  • 9sports medicine — a field of medicine concerned with the functioning of the human body during physical activity and with the prevention and treatment of athletic injuries. [1960 65] * * * Medical and paramedical supervision and treatment of athletes. It has four… …

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  • 10Sports-related curses — A sports related curse is a superstitious belief in the effective action of some power or evil, that is used to explain the failures or misfortunes of specific sports teams, players, or even cities. Teams, players, and cities often cite a curse… …

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