Prevention for Athletes and Beyond - Robert Bowers, DO, PhD

Sports medicine is often a misnomer for what physicians in this field of medicine do. They don’t always take care of athletes and don’t always work for a sports team but they are the people to go to when it comes to musculoskeletal care.

Dr. Bowers is board certified in both Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine as well as a PhD in exercise physiology. In our episode, we discuss his unique path to medicine and his experience dealing with evidence-based musculoskeletal care. Furthermore, we also discuss the gaps in both medical care and in medical education that could help promote prevention for more patients.

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Show Notes

Link to study mentioned in episode: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0096745

Topics Addressed in the Episode:

1. Tell us about yourself and your path to medicine, why did you go the PhD, DO route?

2. What does preventive medicine mean to you as a sports medicine physician?

3. What is sports medicine as a general field and what is the patient population? Can you practice preventive medicine from this position?
4. There are typically 3 realms within musculoskeletal health – physicians, therapists, and trainers. What is the relationship between the three now and how can it be improved to facilitate prevention?

5. When people get injured they are often scared to return to play, how do you prevent this fear and facilitate a safe return to play?

6. Orthobiologics are a fast growing treatment modality that can be used both therapeutically and preventatively, what are they and are they beneficial?

7. As a physician, what do you think can be done to get more people exercising and what do you do to facilitate this?

8. What can be done to improve education of preventive practices such as exercise and nutrition in the medical education system?
9. If someone asks you how to get healthy while you are waiting for your coffee at a coffee shop, what do you tell them in 2 minutes?

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