Sports medicine all began in Greece where sport was a religious celebration where people showed their strength, speed and agility. Herodicus is known as the father of Sports medicine and he was the firsts to implement massage, oils, herbs, and therapeutic exercises to help recovery. A famous Greek athlete was Milo of Croton who was a famous wrestler. Sports medicine made many advancements through Galen who studied anatomy and physiology. From him others became interested in the subject such as AV Hill, and JC Kennedy. Today the American board of medicine now recognizes sports medicine as a legitimate qualified form of medicine. It has come a long way since its beginnings in Greece.
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Sports Medicine - The study and practice of medical principles related to the science of sports in areas of diagnosis, treatment, and injury prevention.
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Anatomy |
Physiology |
This year we talked about the bones and muscles that are in your body. Your body consists of 206 bones in the body, and 650 muscles in your body. Some significant bones we talked about were the Ulna, Radius,Femur, and Tibia. Some significant muscles that we learned about were the Biceps Brachii, the tricep, the Deltoid, and the Quadricep.
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We talked about the Sliding Filament Theory and the movement of joints this semester as well. The Sliding Filament Theory is the way the muscle contracts and functions in the body. The myosin and actin filaments lay on the z-line where the myosin heads lay on the myosin filaments and attach to the actin filaments. The Troponin resides in between the filaments where it acts as a tissue and as the muscle contracts it produces ATP for the muscle to perform the action. Also some different types of joints are the Gliding joint, the Hinge Joint, and the Saddle joint. They all have their different ways of functioning. The Gliding going moves back and forth or side to side. The Hinge joint allows movement in only one plane, and the Saddle Joint consists of one bone sits in another like a saddle.
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