Sports doctor
The sports doctor – the qualified specialist who is responsible for training of athletes for competitions.
The sports medicine is the certain specific area of medicine which main objective is assessment of readiness of athletes for competitions, and also multiple assessment of a condition of their health.
Medical employees of gyms and constructions which have to be able to provide necessary medical care to the victim treat workers of sports medicine also and further to accompany him in medical institution.
The main components of sports medicine are:
- Sports traumatology;
- The emergency medical service connected with sport;
- The rehabilitation actions directed to recovery of athletes after injuries and diseases and also increase in sports working capacity;
- Treatment of somatopathies at athletes;
- Service of a drug test.
Main functions of the doctor of sports medicine
The doctor of sports medicine has to be able:
- To provide the emergency medical care at emergence of medical emergencies during sports activities;
- To make decisions on the admission of the athlete to occupations the chosen sport;
- To treat somatic and infectious diseases of athletes;
- To conduct medical examination of athletes, considering specifics of sport with the subsequent medical certificate for the trainer;
- To control the state of health and level of readiness of the athlete for training and competitive activity;
- To carry out timely prevention and diagnosis of morbid conditions and injuries of a musculoskeletal system of athletes;
- To control use by athletes of medicines.
Place of work of sports doctors
Sports doctors usually work:
- In children's and youth sports schools;
- In the national teams teams of the country, national teams of the cities, areas, professional and amateur sports clubs;
- In the centers of sports medicine.
Scientific research in sports medicine
In addition to functional and sports diagnosis, the main directions of scientific research in which doctors of sports medicine are engaged is diagnosis and correction:
- Immune status;
- Somatopathies;
- Musculoskeletal system injuries.
Also researches are conducted in the field of rehabilitation of athletes after injuries and diseases and recovery of athletes after training and competitive loads.
Requirements to the doctor of sports medicine
The sports doctor treats one of the most important professions in sport. On the width of knowledge in various fields of medicine of the sports doctor it is possible to compare to family. In addition to knowledge in traumatology he needs to be guided well in dietology, psychology, cardiology, pharmacology, functional diagnosis and surgery. However depending on sport the level of necessary knowledge in each of these areas can vary:
- For boxing, soccer and other injury-causing sports the sports doctor, has to know traumatology perfectly;
- For biathlon, swimming and run – respiratory and cardiovascular systems of the person.
Sports doctors of big teams in addition to the main profession have to have good organizing abilities. Belongs to its duties to supervise the sick athlete during diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation.
Children's sports doctor
The children's sports doctor, as a rule, works at children's sports schools and accompanies teams in competitions. Also as well as in big-time sports, the children's sports doctor has to have high qualification in many fields of medicine. Besides, it has to have knowledge of pediatrics and children's and teenage psychology.
Consultation of the sports doctor
Consultation of the sports doctor in the medical center usually includes:
- Control of the state of health, and also assessment of a functional state which is the important procedure not only for athletes, but also for people who impose high requirements to the physical state. Thanks to the carried-out diagnosis it is possible to reveal at an early stage disturbances in work of a musculoskeletal system, and also to notice unfortunate trends of a functional condition of an organism that will allow to prevent further damages and injuries. Thanks to the carried-out diagnosis of an organism the sports doctor can estimate degree of readiness for competitions;
- Correction of training process and assessment of adequacy of exercise stresses;
- Selection of medicines depending on an orientation and the purposes of exercise stresses;
- Recovery of a physical state and health pharmacological and hardware after heavy training microcycles.
After consultation of the sports doctor it is possible to complete a medical course of physical therapy. Many physiotherapeutic methods possess the soothing, calming and antiinflammatory action that promotes increase in immunity of the person. Most effectively to apply them along with other remedies.
As a rule, the sports doctor, based on features of a current of a basic disease and the accompanying pathologies, writes out the comprehensive program of physiotherapeutic procedures.
How to receive a profession of the sports doctor
To work as the sports doctor after the termination of medical school it is necessary to finish an internship on sports medicine and LFK. Training usually continues within two years.
For retraining of the doctor of sports medicine it is necessary to complete a four-months course of professional retraining.
Children's sports doctors it is specialized in Russia do not prepare. To receive such profession, it is also necessary to have knowledge in the field of pediatrics.
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