sports medicine
noun
: a field of medicine concerned with the prevention and treatment of injuries and disorders that are related to participation in sports
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Wolff was scheduled to undergo a left knee arthroscopic meniscus repair and high tibial osteotomy by the hospital’s head of sports medicine and UC Irvine team doctor Dean Wang.
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Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
But lower-body movements may increase circulation even more, added Andrew Carbone, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist at Orlando Health.
—Allison Forsyth, Health, 17 Feb. 2026
His father Rick worked for the Vancouver Canucks and still works for the Golden State Warriors as their director of sports medicine and performance.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
When athletes suffer major injuries for the first time, pain often prevents them from firing their muscles, said Jason Zaremski, a nonoperative musculoskeletal and sports medicine physician and clinical professor at Florida’s department of physical medicine and rehabilitation.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
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Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
But lower-body movements may increase circulation even more, added Andrew Carbone, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist at Orlando Health.
—Allison Forsyth, Health, 17 Feb. 2026
His father Rick worked for the Vancouver Canucks and still works for the Golden State Warriors as their director of sports medicine and performance.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
When athletes suffer major injuries for the first time, pain often prevents them from firing their muscles, said Jason Zaremski, a nonoperative musculoskeletal and sports medicine physician and clinical professor at Florida’s department of physical medicine and rehabilitation.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
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sports medicine
noun
: a medical specialty concerned with the prevention and treatment of injuries and disorders that are related to participation in sports
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