Sports medicine is a branch of collaborative medicine that specializes in preventing and treating injuries sustained during sports and fitness activities. Sports injuries are one of the leading causes of adolescent injuries and along with time away from school and work, these injuries can have far – reaching effects.Sports injuries can affect skin, tendons, ligaments, muscles, joints, bones and cartilage. Every athlete is prone to injuries irrespective of his or her fitness levels.

Treatment of sports injury starts from prevention of injuries to treatment of specific injury. Injury specific treatment can be divided into first aid treatment or emergency treatment and the definitive treatment.