MD Sports Medicine

With the awareness of fitness among the youth in our country indulgence in various sporting activities is on the rise. Also participation of Indian sportsmen and athletes in various sporting events at a national and International level has increased in the last decade. Sports, whether competitive or recreational, has become fitness oriented and has led to an increase in the number of injuries due to sports.

Sports Medicine is a multi-disciplinary field, which caters to a large number of sub-specialties like Sports Psychology, Biomechanics, Nutrition, Trauma, Rehabilitation, doping in sports, Sports Physiology etc. Sports Medicine is essentially ensuring optimal fitness before and after the sporting event. Also it deals with prevention and treatment of sporting injuries. In the recent past, Sports Medicine has gained wide popularity in India. What is needed is multi-skilling where the consultants are experts in a wide range of interrelated disciplines with synchronization of skills.