Knowledge and application of modern sports and rehabilitation medicine has long since moved beyond stadiums and sports grounds and is now available to patients of all ages and performance groups.
When it comes to accidents involving ligament or bone damage, orthopaedic or surgical interventions, diseases of the locomotor apparatus, strokes or myocardial infarctions, rapid recovery is unlikely without the early implementation of a regular rehabilitation programme including methods currently in use in sports medicine.
Prevention of myocardial infarction or a herniated intravertebral disc, for example, is an important part of staying healthy. Many incidents could perhaps be prevented or at least reduced in severity if a little thought were given to sensible precautions during everyday activities.
Academic teaching hospital of the RWTH technical university, Aachen
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