Sport physicians should practice the full gamut of their profession: moving from sports medicine to sports and exercise medicine.

摘要

Of the many reasons I chose to specialize in sports medicine, the relatively largf scope of clinical practice within the discipline held great appeal. If I am totally honest, the idea of managing the health of the elite athlete and the notion that I might be able to play a small role in the achievement of some of the world's best athletic performances also held great appeal. In this branch of medicine, I believed I would work with relatively healthy athletes and I would focus on prevention, diagnosis, and management of sports injuries. In addition, I also would be able to practice the medical aspects of the discipline that would require developing a working knowledge and practice base in (among others) cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, and neurology as they apply to the exercising athlete.