EDITORIAL Want to be in sports medicine? GET INVOLVED
We how to
receive
quite
a
number of letters from doctors
asking
get into sports medicine, how can I be a sports medicine
physician, do you know of a good college team that needs a physician, or are there any positions available for physicians with a professional team? Well, what we have to do is GET INVOLVED! The athletes, recreational as well as organized, need you on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday just as much, probably more, than they need you
on
Monday.
And, although there
seems to be some outward glory to the with the college and professional teams, high physician helping school is where the action is, and the inner, true glory. The physical development of this age necessitates more knowledgeable attention in your helping to develop athletes, and in redirecting those who are not athletes. Many factions and organizations seem to be vying for leadership in the field of sports medicine. From the fireside arm chair, one may advise, or even direct, but you can not lead without being where the action is! Does the research physiologist who tests the urine of his treadmill rats go out on the weekends and see if the same is true in the runner of the counterpart humans? Does the nutritionist see how his diet performs on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday? Does the physical educator get involved on the weekends and holidays to see how well he is getting his point across? Does the engineer who is testing helmets go out and see the techniques of the boys hitting, butting, and even spearing? Does the orthopaedist see on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday how well his repairs and reconstructions of Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday do on the field. If all of these do, then they are In Sports Medicine. Does the research orthopaedist who produces ligament tears on his stress machine, test ligament healing on tensile apparatus, and speak so knowingly of causes and cure correlate these findings with examining ligament tears on the sidelines, treating them, and seeing that they heal clinically as they do in the laboratory animals-if he does, then listen to him for he may be knowledgeable, although not necessarily more knowledgeable than the clinician who gives thought to his cases, records his cases, documents his findings, and his treatment, and assesses his results. It is not a 5-day week and it is not remunerative-it is a love of excellence, quality, and desire, no matter the level-little
league
or
professional. Again, I believe the real theater of at the high school level and I will document
sports medicine is the
reasons for my beliefs at a subsequent time. The other day a television programing surveyor called investigating whether we had a sports medicine clinic here and
somewhat shocked to learn that we see sports injuries and illnesses mixed in with all of the rest, rather than seeing them on a special day; I informed the investigator that athletes, to my knowledge, did not schedule a certain day of the week on which to get injured. Sports medicine clinics are a present day was
79
one can not see sports medicine just by opening clinic-you have got to get out to the athletes’ sports clinicthe events, the practices, their &dquo;sports clinic,&dquo; and see what they do, how they do it, have an earnest interest, and thereby achieve justified rapport with the whole sports team. Program committees at postgraduate courses and scientific sessions keep emphasizing reconstructions when in reality all of us know that acute repairs are far superior and Don O’Donoghue at 76 years of age still travels with Oklahoma University and sits on the bench-Where are you? I too, at 62, still travel with AuburnHow old are you?
fad, generally, a
80
Sports medicine is being involved, having an interest, giving the time and effort, developing rapport with the athletes, the coach, the trainer, and doing the preseason physicals-really, being a member of the team, but staying quietly in the background. Their game is on the field and our game is on the sidelines and beyond. The goal is the same for all, 100% physical and mental ability in order to allow 100% physical and mental production and win the game. JACK C. HUGHSTON, M.D. The Editor
We how to
receive
quite
a
number of letters from doctors
asking
get into sports medicine, how can I be a sports medicine
physician, do you know of a good college team that needs a physician, or are there any positions available for physicians with a professional team? Well, what we have to do is GET INVOLVED! The athletes, recreational as well as organized, need you on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday just as much, probably more, than they need you
on
Monday.
And, although there
seems to be some outward glory to the with the college and professional teams, high physician helping school is where the action is, and the inner, true glory. The physical development of this age necessitates more knowledgeable attention in your helping to develop athletes, and in redirecting those who are not athletes. Many factions and organizations seem to be vying for leadership in the field of sports medicine. From the fireside arm chair, one may advise, or even direct, but you can not lead without being where the action is! Does the research physiologist who tests the urine of his treadmill rats go out on the weekends and see if the same is true in the runner of the counterpart humans? Does the nutritionist see how his diet performs on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday? Does the physical educator get involved on the weekends and holidays to see how well he is getting his point across? Does the engineer who is testing helmets go out and see the techniques of the boys hitting, butting, and even spearing? Does the orthopaedist see on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday how well his repairs and reconstructions of Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday do on the field. If all of these do, then they are In Sports Medicine. Does the research orthopaedist who produces ligament tears on his stress machine, test ligament healing on tensile apparatus, and speak so knowingly of causes and cure correlate these findings with examining ligament tears on the sidelines, treating them, and seeing that they heal clinically as they do in the laboratory animals-if he does, then listen to him for he may be knowledgeable, although not necessarily more knowledgeable than the clinician who gives thought to his cases, records his cases, documents his findings, and his treatment, and assesses his results. It is not a 5-day week and it is not remunerative-it is a love of excellence, quality, and desire, no matter the level-little
league
or
professional. Again, I believe the real theater of at the high school level and I will document
sports medicine is the
reasons for my beliefs at a subsequent time. The other day a television programing surveyor called investigating whether we had a sports medicine clinic here and
somewhat shocked to learn that we see sports injuries and illnesses mixed in with all of the rest, rather than seeing them on a special day; I informed the investigator that athletes, to my knowledge, did not schedule a certain day of the week on which to get injured. Sports medicine clinics are a present day was
79
one can not see sports medicine just by opening clinic-you have got to get out to the athletes’ sports clinicthe events, the practices, their &dquo;sports clinic,&dquo; and see what they do, how they do it, have an earnest interest, and thereby achieve justified rapport with the whole sports team. Program committees at postgraduate courses and scientific sessions keep emphasizing reconstructions when in reality all of us know that acute repairs are far superior and Don O’Donoghue at 76 years of age still travels with Oklahoma University and sits on the bench-Where are you? I too, at 62, still travel with AuburnHow old are you?
fad, generally, a
80
Sports medicine is being involved, having an interest, giving the time and effort, developing rapport with the athletes, the coach, the trainer, and doing the preseason physicals-really, being a member of the team, but staying quietly in the background. Their game is on the field and our game is on the sidelines and beyond. The goal is the same for all, 100% physical and mental ability in order to allow 100% physical and mental production and win the game. JACK C. HUGHSTON, M.D. The Editor
