Sports Medicine

The field of sports medicine is living in a tale of two cities: the best of times and the worst of times. It’s an exciting time, where the boundaries of athleticism and technology are being pushed. We have seen the evolution of extreme sports, including the X Games and long distance running races in extreme terrains for hundreds of miles. Athletes are sustaining a level of peak fitness at an older age, challenging our notion of athletic decline. Technological advances have now allowed us to better understand the pathophysiology of injury and recovery. We can now tap into an athlete’s own cells and tissue to optimize growth factors and, potentially, stem cells, to promote healing and speed recovery.
Source: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Source Type: research