Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with physical fitness and the prevention and treatment of injuries related to sports and physical exercise.

Sports medicine healthcare providers have special training to restore function to injured patients so they can get moving again as soon as possible. They are experts in preventing illness and injury in active people

Sports medicine healthcare providers often work with professional athletes. But they also treat children and teens involved in sports and adults who exercise for personal fitness. Additionally, they may treat people who have physically demanding jobs, like construction workers