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Glossary of Sports Medicine Terms

Reference glossary for common sports medicine terms and words.
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What is Pain - Learn the cause and treatment of muscle and joint pain
What exactly is pain? Learn to describe and manage pain.

Acute Pain and Injury Definition
What is acute pain and injury?

What is a Joint?
What is a joint? Anatomy terms.

Bruise - Cause and Treatment
A bruise, or hematoma, refers to a black and blue area on the skin that often occurs after a trauma to the soft tissue. A bruise develops when small blood vessels beneath the skin rupture and blood leaks into the soft tissue beneath the skin.

What Is Chronic Pain and Injury?
Learn the warning sign and treatment for chronic pain and injury

Hyperextension - Definition
Hyperextension. What is teh definition of "hyperextension" in exercise physiology?

Sports Medicine Glossary of Terms "A-Z"

What Is Proprioception
Learn the definition of proprioceptors and proprioception.

Pronation (definition)
Pronation (definition)

Meniscus - Definition
What is the definition of the meniscus?

What Is Muscular Endurance?
What Is Muscular Endurance?

Extension - Definition
Extension - Definition

Dehydration - Definition
Dehydration - Definition

ACL - Definition
What is the definition of an ACL - anterior cruciate ligament?

Abduction - Abduct - Definition
The definition of abduction or to abduct.

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