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Introduction Sports medicine is concerned with the care and the potential performance of the athlete. It requires a comprehensive approach; unlike the fragmentation seen in technological medicine this century (today’s medical students know more about T4 cell levels than a simple Colles’ fracture). These principles of care were established by Herodicus of Selymbria (at time of Socrates) and Claudius Galen (131-201 AD) 1.. They emphasized training, diet, massage and a medical approach to athletics. Gale

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