What are some of the setbacks of sports medicine?

Answer 1

Sports medicine in general is an excellent career path as a physician, athletic trainer, physical therapist, or any health care professional. In terms of disadvantages, they would of course be highly subjective and individualized to each person considering one of these careers. Sports medicine in general tends to deal with orthopedic injuries as the most common type of injury/illness managed. So, if a health care professional is very interested in managing hematologic disease,or pulmonary pathology, they may feel limited in their scope. Further, to separate from orthopedic surgery, sports medicine physicians tend to do more basic procedures, such as ultrasound-guided tendon/joint injections. A potential drawback to a surgeon-minded aspiring physician would be the fact that a sports medicine doctor does not perform any major surgeries like their orthopedic surgeon counterparts.