| The whole field of sports science and sports | | | | People who study sports science and sports medicine |
| medicine is relatively new. But, it still holds a lot of | | | | basically have to deal with professional sportsmen or |
| prospect. Every day new research is being conducted | | | | athletes. Their main aim is to help these people |
| in these fields. Both these fields are inter related to | | | | improve their lifestyle and enhance their performance. |
| each other and provide a lot of career and job | | | | Sports medicine also helps in injury prevention and |
| opportunities. | | | | recovery of such professionals. |
| Sports medicine aims to help individuals to be at the | | | | To become a sports medicine specialist one has to |
| best of their health and improve the sports | | | | receive exclusive training in the medicinal field. This |
| performance goals. This field holds a lot of potential | | | | medicinal field is meant to deal with the whereabouts |
| as far as job opportunities are concerned. Individuals | | | | of injuries from exercises and sports. Sports medicine |
| who hold degrees in fields like these get to work in | | | | involves the basic steps of diagnosis, treatment and |
| the academic and clinical industry. They even work as | | | | injury prevention. |
| service employees. | | | | To become a sports medicine specialist one has to |
| Individuals who hold degrees in sports medicine and | | | | receive a special training while doing a fellowship |
| science can choose to work as sports trainers, | | | | program in this field. The individual can do this |
| sports coach, nutritionists, psychologists etc. With the | | | | program only after he or she has finished a residency |
| increase of the demand of this industry; different | | | | program. The residency program, in this case, can be |
| schools are introducing the study of sports science | | | | anything like orthopedic surgery or primary health |
| and sports medicine in their curriculum. At the college | | | | care. The second option is chosen by most of the |
| level also it is now relatively easier to pursue an | | | | sports medicine specialist doctors. |
| education program in these fields. | | | | |