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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In August, his mom and dad, Jonathan Sturtz, who works in financial services, took him to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta's orthopedics and sports medicine department for an X-ray.
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Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Photo by Ian Maule/Getty Images Jesse Morse, a sports medicine physician who has grown very popular on X for weighing in on sports injuries, wrote a post with his opinion about Kittle.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
The plan that Stafford, the medical staff, and VP of sports medicine and performance Reggie Scott have established seems to be working.
—Dan Lovi, Oc Register, 25 Aug. 2025
James Gladstone, the chief of sports medicine at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine, told me that tennis resembles high-intensity interval training, which has been shown to improve cognitive function and memory in healthy older adults.
—Alexandra Moe, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
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Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Photo by Ian Maule/Getty Images Jesse Morse, a sports medicine physician who has grown very popular on X for weighing in on sports injuries, wrote a post with his opinion about Kittle.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
The plan that Stafford, the medical staff, and VP of sports medicine and performance Reggie Scott have established seems to be working.
—Dan Lovi, Oc Register, 25 Aug. 2025
James Gladstone, the chief of sports medicine at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine, told me that tennis resembles high-intensity interval training, which has been shown to improve cognitive function and memory in healthy older adults.
—Alexandra Moe, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
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“Sports medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sports%20medicine. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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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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