Sports Medicine Doctor

Sports Medicine Doctor

Duties and Responsibilities:

            Sports medicine doctors work to prevent and treat injuries associated with athletics. Most injuries sports physicians see deal with the joints, muscles, and bones. Sports physicians may work with nurses, physical therapists, exercise physiologists and nutritionists after an athlete or other active person is injured. They may also deal with other medical problems in athletes such as asthma, skin conditions, concussions, heart problems or diabetes. They also focus on preventing injury through promoting fitness and wellness.

Salary: $236,945

Educational Requirements:

            Sports physicians must go through all the training and education of a regular doctor and then pursue their specialty training. To become a physician, you must complete eight years of higher education followed by three to eight years of an internship and residency. After that, you must receive a license from the state you plan to practice.

I would like to be a sports physician because I really like sports and I also enjoy assisting athletes with the correct way to make them fit for their sport and assisting with injuries.

SSS #74

"I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating."

- Sophocles

Reflection: One shouldn't have to resort to cheating in order to win something. Many people do anything they can to win and that includes cheating. But they know one day their time winning is going to come to an end when people take note of them cheating. When I play basketball, I never take any extra supplements to increase my performance level. The only way I choose to win is through hard work and determination.

SSS #71

"You can't hire someone else to do your push-ups for you."

- Jim Rohn

Reflection: When you need to do something, you can make someone else do it for you. Just like you can't make someone work out for you so that you can be healthier and have a better body. You need to get up and go do some push-ups and run and jump and lift in order to become healthier and have a nice body. It may be difficult and take some time but be patient and have the willpower to succeed in your attempt to complete your goals.

SSS #69

"Visualization-Imagination: What you see is what you get"

-Anonymous

Reflection: I can easily agree with this statement. I used to constantly dream of being in a drum corps with many other talented musicians, now I'm living the dream. I made it into Impulse Drum and Bugle Corps and I'm proud to know that I didn't give up. And I'm not stopping there. I will practice until I make it into a world class corps like Blue Devils or The Cadets. If I didn't imagine myself doing this then I never would have joined.

SSS #59

"Your worth consists of what you are and not in what you have."

- Thomas Edison

Reflection: I completely have to agree with the words of Mr. Edison. People nowadays have a net worth set by Forbes magazine. But I cannot agree with the worth that a magazine sets for someone. Material items cannot determine the kind of person I am, but it is the way I act and treat others that determine my worth. Being an actor that makes substantial amounts of money would never be, in my eyes, worth more than a person that devotes themselves to the well being of others.

SSS #58

"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in DETERMINATION."

- Tommy Lasorda

Reflection: Many people give up because something may be too hard or they may even say it is impossible. People don't actually look into trying their hardest and with their all to make it possible. Men can even become women if they truly wanted to. I really try hard to play higher and higher notes on my trumpet even though it causes my head and lips to ache. Being determined brings success.

SSS #56

"I will persist until I succeed"

- OG Mandino

Reflection: Whenever I see that I mess up in a song, I practice solely that part of the song. I practice and practice and practice until I I get it right and I know once I get that piece right the song in its entirety sounds so much better. When I practice my shots in basketball, I do not finish practicing unless I have made 10 free throw in a row. I miss just one then I start all over from zero.

SSS #54

"Persistance can change failure into extraordinary achievement."

- Matt Biondi

Reflection: Michael Jordan didn't make his high school basketball team when he was is high school. He knew that he had to practice more and more because he wasn't going to make the team in the future unless he practiced. Practice and persistance are key into creating success.

SSS #53

"Never look to the ground for your next step. Greatness belongs to those who look to the horizon."

- Bud Greenspan

Reflection: To be positive looking towards the ground give you something you can acheive instantly because its something that is under you. When you look to the horizon you find an expanse of many things you can acheive. But there will always be the sun (a goal) which you will never reach.

JFK Physical Fitness

President Kennedy was speaking to the public about being physically fit. He said it tied down with mental health. He also said that he wishes that there never be day where there are many specatators and just some people on the field. He wishes that every American be on the field participating in physical fitness. My promise to physical fitness will be to eat healthier. I currently exercise a lot everyday but in order to truly be fit I must fix my diet to allow me to be truly fit.

SSS #52

"Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. The relationship between the soundeness of the body and the activities of the mind is subtle and complex. Much is not yet understood. But we do know what the Greeks knew: that intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity then the body is healthy and strong."

- John F. Kennedy

Reflection: Kobe Bryant would not be able to be the great and amazing player he is today if he did not take care of his body. He exercises everyday to help him maintain his shape. He wouldn't have gotten the opportunity to be one of the greatest players to have ever lived and become so intelligent of the game if he didn't spend so much time into his body. It keeps his mind at ease and his hard work in fitness pays off in the court when he reads the defense and is able to determine which is the best spot to take a shot from or if he should pass the ball.

SSS #51

"No student ever attains eminent success by simoply doing what is required of him/her; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction."

- Charles Kendall Adams

Reflection: This past sunday I completed one of my goals which was to try out for a Drum Corps. It was an amazing experience. One of the things that I was told at my audition was that I am doing more than many others HS students are required to do. Drum Corps requires a lot of practice and dedication in order to find success. This experience is music taught me that success is created by those who strive for excellence rather than what is expected.

SSS #49

"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself."

- Henry Ward Beecher 

Reflection: You should always do more than what is expected. Say if someone wants you to score 15 points in a game of basketball. You would want to strive to score 15 points and once you get there you should have the feeling to score more and more and soon enough you would score 28 points in one game. You should never think that you are exempt from anything less. Always trying your hardest and you know how hard you can work. Fill that potential till the end.

SSS #46

"The best way to predict your future is to create it."

- Charles Ketterer

Reflection: One should not think about what they think they will do. They should have to act upon it to make it into a reality. When one thinks about just having a good life or becoming an athlete they are not creating their future. All they are doing is simply just trying to see what may lie ahead of them. They should be practicing and working out each day and never stop. Many professional athletes today practice even though they are professionals. Why? Because they want to improve their skills. There is never a good enough because there will always be someone pushing harder to become better and better. They are not wasting their time by believing they are good enough and that they do not need to improve.

SSS #44

"Vision without action is a daydream. action without vision is a nightmare."
- Japanese Proverb

Reflection: If you simply just think about something. Just looking into th sky and visualizing yourself as this champion of the world and you don't put any effort into actually accomplishing such then you simply just day dream. There is no thought into actually working to get there. You can not expect it to come to you magically. And when you just do things to do them then you are living in a nightmare. You don't look to anything. You don't have a goal set forth. I constant visualize myself in the future with a successful career and good looks when I workout so I have something to work for.

Glenn Cunningham

This is a man who had his legs injured to later become one of the world's best and fastest runners. He set the world record for bothe the outdoor and indoor mile each was a completed in 4 minutes. He was determined since he was injured to regain the strength in his legs an surpass the expectations set upon him by the doctors.

What I have learned is to exceed what people expect you to do. That is the way to show how truly different you are from the rest.

SSS #43

"Adversity causes some men to break - others to break records"

- William A. Ward

Reflection: There are often times where I am confronted by a certain obstacle but I alwsys try and try and try to not let it bring me down. These past weeks have been a bad stage for me in my life, but I managed to survive them because I just kept my head up and just learned to enjoy what I have instead of trouble myself over the things that I don't have. Many people also thought that I wasn't able to run 3 miles or ride a bike for 30 miiles but I always proved them wrong.  

Student Success Statement #42

"The best inspiration is not to outdo others, but to outdo ourselves." 

- Anonymous Author

Reflection: I sometimes look to the goal of trying to beat others because when one thinks of setting goals its good to do better and better than what you have done the previous time. But when I comes to making yourself stand out, you have to find what other have not done yet and surpass them. There is certain situations in which one is better than the other but there will never be a time where one will always be better than the other.

Student Success Statement #41

"Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there."

- Bo Jackson

Reflection: It is amazing when someone accomplishes something with such a great challenge. Such as Michael Phelps when he practices for the olympics. He does not like to go into the water until about a year after the olympics, but when he begins to practice again he practices everyday to get better for about 3 years. He does not quit on his training. Now he has 8 gold medals and the reason: dedication...

Student Success Statement #40

"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get."

- Michael Phelps

Reflection: I always dream about being an incredible musician. Never just the best in my school. I always think beyond. It does not serve one justice if they don't think about having abilities outside of what they can imagine. It reminds me of a book called Faust. the main character makes a deal with a demon to gain the knowledge of things one is not able to imagine of. He wishes for this because he is a scientist and wishes to know more. Limits can cause the demise of a human; not striving for more than he think he can achieve.