Exercise and Sports Medicine
Exercise and sports medicine physicians provide care and treatment through the use of exercise programs. Also, sports medicine cares for illness and injury caused by sports and exercise.. Exercise can be the highest level of extreme stress the body can undergo. For example, in a marathon race the body metabolism may increase by 2000 per cent. This article describes the basic physiology of exercise.
Football, arguably the most popular sport in the United States, also causes many sports-related injuries. High school football is responsible for over 1/2 million injuries per year in the US.
Sports Medicine Practitioners by state:
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