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What do you understand by Sports Medicine? Discuss briefly about the scope of Sports Medicine.

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Sports Medicine: Sports medicine is a branch of healthcare. It deals with me diagnosis, treatment and prevention of injuries, related to participation in sports and/or exercises.

Scope of sports medicines: In the field of physical education and sports, the fields of various sub - disciplines of sports medicine are utilised. Without the knowledge of scope of sports medicines, it is difficult to carry a sportsperson performance at apex level. There are following scopes of sports medicine:

(i) Sports and first aid.

(ii) Human anatomy and physiology.

(iii) Female and sports.

(iv) Study of optimal load for different age groups.

(v) Scientific promotion of games and sports.

(vi) Sports injury rehabilitation.

(vii) Fitness for games and sports.

Aims of sports medicines

(i) To provide information to athletes about injuries.

(ii) To provide knowledge about the causes of injuries.

(iii) To provide means or treatment for sports injuries and for rehabilitation of injuries.

(iv) To provide knowledge about the preventive measures of sports injuries.

(v) To aware the sportsperson and athletes about the different kinds of injuries in respect of different games.

(vi) To concentrate on the cause of injury.