Informative Speech On Sports Medicine

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Have you ever wondered how sports medicine was started? And the history of it I’ll tell you In the history of Sports medicine. 50 years ago orthopedic doctor name Merriam Webber was concerned about physical prevention treatment to help athletes. Sports medicine was first used in 1961 and what sports medicine specialist said that putting athletes on a diet and enhancing their overall health will help them get healthy faster. Until the 20th century a person name A.V. Hill came out with a new way of sports medicine and it was to apply heat the muscles to make them prevent injury and if an athlete is already hurt they will heal even faster.
The sports medicine of the past. Many people after finding out about sports medicine people from all over the country tried to make their own medicine and failed. Some lead to death and having heart attacks and heart failure. In 2003 people were starting to use it without proper evidence or by doctor saying here but they …show more content…

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