title: Sports medicine.
abstract: A product of the recent physical fitness boom has been an increased demand for better care of sport and recreational injuries. This article gives an overview of the care available for such injuries. In addition, it also cautions against the kind of care that will only produce noncompliance in the pediatric patient.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D003288:Contusions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D013178:Sports Medicine; D013180:Sprains and Strains / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy