Sports medicine

Sports medicine is an area of study closely associated with exercise physiology. A growing area, sports medicine encompasses both the medical and the scientific aspects of exercise and sport performance. The primary concern of the sports medicine specialist is the prevention and treatment of sport injuries.

This includes planning activities to prevent injuries, using various treatment approaches to rehabilitate injuries, and designing equipment to assist athletes in staying healthy. Nutrition, drugs, ergogenic aids, and ethical matters pertaining to the training, exercise, and treatment of athletes also are concerns of the sports medicine specialist.

In addition to medical training, sports medicine specialists must have a thorough understanding of the principles of exercise physiology. Because exercise is an essential component of sports conditioning as well as being important for injury prevention and rehabilitation, adherence to the principles of exercise physiology in designing programs to accomplish these goals is critical.

4.1. Listen to the text “Sports Medicine”.

4 .2. Find English equivalents for the following words.

достигать цели, отчетливое понимание, спортивная физиология, сфера/ область, охватывать, первостепенное значение, тесно/непосредственно, травма, важный компонент, профилактика, иметь отношение к, приверженность/строгое соблюдение, существенный/важный, лечение, подход, эргогенные средства, при составлении программ, питание, спортивная форма

4.3. Answer the questions to the text.

1. Is sports medicine associated with biochemistry or exercise physiology? 2. What aspects doe sports medicine encompass? 3. What is the primary concern of the sports medicine specialist? 4. Who plans activities to prevent injuries, using various treatment approaches to rehabilitate injuries, and designs equipment to assist athletes in staying healthy? 5. What is the concern of a sports medicine specialist? 6. What additional knowledge does a future sports medicine specialist possess? 7. What is critical in accomplishing the goals on sports conditioning, injury prevention and rehabilitation?

4.4. Give a talk on “Sports Medicine”.

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