title: The podiatrist as a member of the sports medicine team.
abstract: This article reviews the history of sports medicine highlighting the "jogging boom" of the 1970s and the advocacy of Dr George Sheehan, which boosted the position of podiatry in sports medicine. Significant events in mainstream sports medicine that promoted the rise of podiatric medicine are discussed. Reasons as to why podiatric medicine should be a member of the sports medicine team are outlined, and lastly, examples that highlight podiatric medicine as participants alongside other specialties in the evaluation and care of athletes are given.
authors: Arizona School of Podiatric Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Midwestern University, 19555 North 59th Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85308, USA. Electronic address: djenki@midwestern.edu.
authors: David W
authors: DW
authors: Jenkins
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011032:Podiatry / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013178:Sports Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*
keywords: American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine; Multidisciplinary sports medicine clinic; Sports medicine; Team podiatrist