Athletes and the Arts – The Role of Sports Medicine in the Performing Arts

“Athletes and the Arts – The Role of Sports Medicine in the Performing Arts”

Dick, Randall W. MS, FACSM; Berning, Jacqueline R. PhD, RD, CSSD; Dawson, William MD, BS, FAAOS; Ginsburg, Richard D. PhD; Miller, Clay MD, MFA, PMR; Shybut, George T. MD

Published in Current Sports Medicine Reports, November/December 2013, Volume 12, Issue 6, p. 397-403.

Abstract

Performing artists are athletes. Like athletes, performing artists practice and/or perform most days with little off season, play through pain, “compete” in challenging environments, and risk career-threatening injury. Athletes and the Arts is a multiorganizational initiative linking the sport athlete and musician/performing artist communities. Performing artists of all ages and genre are an underserved population related to medical coverage, care, injury prevention, performance enhancement, and wellness. Sports medicine professionals are a valuable resource for filling this gap by applying existing knowledge of treating sport athletes (nutrition, injury prevention) while gaining a better understanding of performers’ unique needs (hearing loss, focal dystonia) and environment. These applications can occur in the clinical setting and through developing organizational policies. By better understanding the needs of the performing arts population and applying existing concepts and knowledge, sports medicine professionals can expand their impact to a new patient base that desperately needs support.

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Top orthopedic surgeon suffolk November 13, 2014

I completely agree to this article. Performing artists are no less than athletes and sports medicines professionals must make provisions to support them. We at long island have taken up this project and are putting our first step forward to include performing artists in our medical center and treat them with state-of-the-art minimally invasive techniques.

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Top orthopedic surgeon suffolk November 13, 2014

I completely agree to this article. Performing artists are no less than athletes and sports medicines professionals must make provisions to support them. We at long island have taken up this project and are putting our first step forward to include performing artists in our medical center and treat them with state-of-the-art minimally invasive techniques.

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