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What is Sports Medicine?
Sports medicine is an “umbrella term” used to define specialties in preventing, diagnosing, and treating injuries related to
participation in sports, physical activity and/or exercise. Sports medicine is difficult to define because it is not a single specialty, but an area that
involves a wide variety of health care professionals, researchers, and educators from various disciplines. The sports medicine “team” can include
specialty physicians, surgeons, strength and conditioning coaches, physical therapists, team coaches, certified athletic trainers as well as the athlete.
Despite this wide scope, there is a tendency to assume all sport-related issues are musculoskeletal in nature and thus an orthopaedic specialty.
There is much more to sports medicine than just musculoskeletal diagnosis and treatment. Illness or injury in sport can be caused by many factors –
from environmental to physiological to psychological. Consequently, sports medicine can encompass an array of specialties, including primary care,
cardiology, pulmonology, rehabilitation medicine, orthopaedic surgery, nutrition, dentistry, opthalmology, exercise physiology, and biomechanics.
Certified Athletic Trainers at CFPSM:
Carolina Family Practice & Sports Medicine has a unique model of care in that we employ Certified Athletic Trainers,
health care professionals who are licensed in the state of North Carolina.The Athletic Trainer collaborates with physicians to optimize activity and
participation of patients and clients by specializing in the prevention, diagnosis, and intervention of emergency, acute, and chronic medical conditions
involving impairment, functional limitations, and disabilities. Athletic training is not the same profession as personal training. Certified athletic
trainers (ATC) are regularly employed in hospitals, clinics, the offices of family, orthopaedic, pediatric, physiatry and sports medicine practices.
Certified athletic trainers working as physician extenders can improve productivity, patient outcomes, and satisfaction.
For more information on athletic training, please visit: http://www.nata.org/
- X-ray Services
- Suture and Staple application and removal
- Cast and Splint application and removal (Waterproof casting is available for an additional fee)
- Durable Medical Equipment (DME) fitting and bracing (DME is supplied by Don Joy Orthopaedics (DJO) products, a third party contractor)
- Crutch/Gait training
- Custom Orthotics (Please check with your insurance plan for coverage of orthotics)
- Individualized Home Exercise Programs
- CFPSM Sports Concussion Clinic – The Sports Concussion Clinic utilizes a variety of tools to aid with assessment and management of
concussions related to sport, including computerized neuropsychological testing, graded symptom checklist, neurological examination,
and balance testing.
- Outside Event Coverage - Please contact our Head Athletic Trainer, Janna Fonseca at jfonseca@cfpsm.com for
further questions regarding outside event coverage.
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