As joints deteriorate, they can cause patients to feel pain and make it nearly unbearable to proceed with everyday tasks. It can be your shoulder that is affecting your sleeping or driving, or your knee or hip joints that are slowing you down. Yet, “replacement” can seem like a scary word to most people considering…
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What is sports medicine?
Sports medicine is a particular branch of medicine that relates to treatment and prevention of injury brought on by sports and/or exercise. And, contrary to popular opinion, sports medicine is not only for elite or professional athletes. Rather, it is a specialty for orthopedic doctors and surgeons who are incredibly well-studied in common sports injuries…