sports medicine

noun

: a field of medicine concerned with the prevention and treatment of injuries and disorders that are related to participation in sports

Examples of sports medicine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Alexander Sin, a sports medicine fellow at Vanderbilt University Medical Center who co-authored the article, spoke with STAT about the bans’ potential effects on young trans people. —

Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 19 Sep. 2023 For instance, there was a culture of silence in U.S. women’s gymnastics that led to hundreds of young women and girls being abused by sports medicine physician Larry Nassar. —

Michelle Simpson Tuegel, STAT, 7 Sep. 2023 Meet the experts: Sarah Merrill, MD, is a primary care and sports medicine physician at UC San Diego Health. —

Ashley Mateo, Women's Health, 20 June 2023 Mitchell was enrolled in the career center sports medicine program at the Atrium Campus and in academic courses at the Main Campus, the superintendent said. —

Jeanne Houck, The Enquirer, 29 May 2023 Cheng, a sports medicine doctor, was not a church regular but had brought his mother to the luncheon, which honored a former longtime pastor. —

Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023 Additionally, Shane Davis, MD, physiatrist and non-operative sports medicine specialist with UCLA Health, explains that the heating pads should conform to the body. —

Madison Alcedo, Health, 25 Apr. 2023 Andrea Cyr, a member of the Miami Nights team, was working in Chicago as a sports medicine doctor last year. —

Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023 In preparation for the 2022 Texas game, UA associate athletic director and head of football sports medicine Jeff Allen broke out a device like Booker described and started recording the results. —

Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 29 Aug. 2023 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sports medicine was in 1952

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