sports medicine

noun

: a field of medicine concerned with the prevention and treatment of injuries and disorders that are related to participation in sports

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Interested in majoring in sports medicine or exercise science, Kennedy is on Santa Margarita’s Varsity Leadership Counsel and has umpired and worked with young players on their mechanics. Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2025 These workouts increase blood flow and warm muscle tissue, which can enhance flexibility, according to Dr. Dominic King, a sports medicine physician at the Cleveland Clinic. Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025 Other tenants at Viking Lakes, the massive football team HQ and training facility owned by the Wilf family, which also owns the team, include a hotel, a sports medicine center, an apartment complex, and a few other retail options. Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 14 Mar. 2025 The practice facility, named the Endeavor Health Performance Center, includes five turf/grass fields, a performance space, hydro pools and an area for the sports medicine team in Roosevelt Square on the site of CHA’s former ABLA Homes housing complex. Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sports medicine

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First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sports medicine was in 1952

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“Sports medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sports%20medicine. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

sports medicine

noun
: a field of medicine concerned with the prevention and treatment of injuries and disorders that are related to participation in sports

Medical Definition

sports medicine

noun
: a medical specialty concerned with the prevention and treatment of injuries and disorders that are related to participation in sports

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