How does sports medicine address the demands of specific athletes?

How does sports medicine address the demands of specific athletes?

1. Children and Young Athletes

   • Medical conditions
     • Asthma - reduction in airway width
     • Diabetes - insufficient insulin
     • Epilepsy - disruption to brain
   • Overuse Injuries
     • Repeated us of body part
     • tissue damage over period of time
     • runners knee, tennis elbow
   • Thermoregulation
     • Maintenance of stable internal temperature
   • Appropriateness of Resistance Training
     • Low Resistance
     • Not competitive

2. Adults and Aged Athletes

   • Heat Conditions
     • Medical Clearance
     • Must be aerobic
     • Moderate intensity
   • Fractures/Bone Density
     • Activity increases bone mass
     • Delays Osterporosis
     • Delays post-menopausal bone density
   • Flexibility/Joint Mobility
     • Exercise improves both
     • impact must be to a persons limitations
     • Existing medical conditions must be considered

3. Female Athletes

   • Eating Disorders
     • Purgeing, binge eating, starving
     • Often athletes who need idealised body
       • Gymnasts, dancers
   • Iron Defficiency
     • results in anaemia
     • limits the capacity of blood to transport oxygen
   • Bone Density + Pregnancy
     • brittle bones/osteoporosis
     • Low calcium levels
     • exercise during pregnancy is important