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The DO

The importance of primary care sports medicine in the treatment of sports injuries

By The DO Staff

03.10.23

After 30 years as a primary care sports medicine physician, it is probably time to help my colleagues understand just what is it that we do and how we came to do it. Many people assume that we only take care of athletes on college or professional teams, when, in fact, we care for all active patients who develop primarily musculoskeletal issues.