What is sports injury and sports medicine

  Sports injuries: As the name implies, sports injuries are the various injuries that occur during sports. The injury site with the sport and special technical characteristics. For example, gymnasts are mostly injured in the wrist, shoulder and waist, and gymnastics movements in the support, shoulder rotation, jumping, tumbling and other techniques related. Tennis elbow mostly occurs in tennis players and javelin throwers. The main reasons for injury are: insufficient training level, poor physical fitness, incorrect movements, lack of self-protection; no or inadequate preparatory activities before exercise, poor physical condition, lack of training to adapt to the environment, and improper organization of teaching and competition work. More acute than chronic sports injuries, acute injuries improperly treated, untimely or premature participation in training and other reasons can be transformed into chronic injuries.  Sports medicine: medicine and sports combined with a comprehensive applied science. The study of medical issues related to sports, the use of medical knowledge and technology to sports participants to carry out medical supervision and guidance, so as to achieve the prevention of injuries and diseases, to protect the health of athletes, enhance physical fitness and improve the purpose of sports performance.  Sports medicine is developed in the process of combining health care and sports. As early as around 1000 B.C., China already invoked massage and guidance to prevent and treat diseases. Around 150 B.C., ancient Rome already had sports doctors who treated injuries for gladiators. In 1928, the International Federation of Sports Medicine was established, and since the 1950s, sports medicine has been developing rapidly in the world, with many sports medicine centers and research institutes established in some European and American countries, and scientific research on sports medicine conducted in many universities. Chinese sports medicine was developed in the 1950s. In 1958, the National Sports Committee established the Institute of Sports Science, which set up a sports medicine research department. 1959, the Beijing Medical College established the Institute of Sports Medicine, and sports medicine research institutions were also established in various regions of China. 1978, the Chinese Sports Medicine Association was established, and in 1980, it joined the International Federation of Sports Medicine. In 1978, the Chinese Sports Medicine Association was established and joined the International Federation of Sports Medicine in 1980. In 1978, the Chinese Sports Medicine Association was established and joined the International Sports Medicine Federation in 1980. Chinese sports medicine is characterized by the combination of Chinese and Western medicine, which has received much attention from the international sports community.