Although sports teams in India have employed sports medicine physicians to help there team regarding sports, exercise and athletic issues. Moreover, they also work in hospitals and health clubs and government hospitals.
A career in sports medicine in India
Sports Medicine has a wide scope due to the high demands of sports medicine doctors and sports physicians for sports injuries issues and bone-related injuries to adults and older people who have a bone problem and weak muscle. They are generally certified sports medicine specialists or orthopedic doctors who have training in emergency medicine and some doctor have surgical medicine training such as orthopedic doctors and sports professionals.
- Physical exercise therapists. They help with rehabilitating and recovery from injuries and fractures.
- Athletic trainers who are certified to support sports injuries and rehabilitate to treat sports people and high school sports kids.
- Nutritionists. They also assist you with sports nutrition plan to recover fast from sports injuries.
When to see a sports physician doctor:
Examples of injuries treated by sports medicine doctors:
- Ankle sprains and fractures
- Knee and shoulder injuries
- Ligaments and tendons
- Low performance in sports
- Heat illness prevention
- Eating problems
- Cartilage injuries
On the other hand sports, medicine doctors advise on nutrition supplements, exercise injury prevention. Some of the more common sports injuries are concussions, muscle cramps, ACL sprains, ACL tears, ankle knee sprains, rotator cuff tear.
Salary of sports medicine physician:
Sports Medicine specialist get handsome salary up to 30000 to 40000 per months which go up to 2.5 lakh per month, also the salary depend on many factors such as city experience in sports injuries and rehabilitation.
Although as a fresher who has completed a degree in sports medicine has got only 20000 rs per month in India.
Although the percentage of sports medicine jobs in India is good because of the growing sports industry in India.
Sports Medicine colleges in India:
One of the best colleges I personally suggest which is the institute of sports science technology has a diploma in sports medicine courses and guru Nanak dev University three-year degree in sports science and medicine, and Ph.D. program, Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports (Patiala) have the course in post-graduate diploma in sports medicine.
International colleges of sports medicine
- American colleges of sports medicine
- National academy of sports medicine
- Indian Institute of sports medicine
- National athletic trainer association
- International sports science association USA provide an online certificate in exercise therapy.
In my final words it is your choice either you want to choose sports medicine as your career and or sports science as Career difference is only that sports medicine treat people with sports and exercise injuries and sports science degree come with both sports science and medicine degree.