The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) is pleased to announce the launch of its new patient-focused website, SportsMedToday.com. The site provides an easy-to-navigate, patient-centered resource center for parents, medical professionals and youth organizations interested in prevention and treatment of sports-related injuries.
"We saw the need for an interactive, patient-centered site and are excited to offer it to the community," said Amy Powell, MD, AMSSM Board of Directors.
Visitors to the site will find a searchable database with a variety of sports medicine topics arranged by sport, medical condition (injury/illness) and body part, with topics being added and updated continually throughout the year. In addition, healthcare professionals can download tip sheets to share with their patients, coaches, athletes and partners.
Dozens of the leading AMSSM sports medicine experts in their fields serve as a Senior Contributing Author, for SportsMedToday.com providing content on topics from concussions and heat illness to hamstring and overuse injuries via tip sheets and sports med related health articles.
Launching in conjunction with the website is a new quarterly patient newsletter, Sports Medicine Today, featuring articles on current, seasonal sports medicine information written by sports medicine physicians. The newsletter will be available on SportsMedToday.com.
Additional resources include:
• Explanation on what a sports medicine physician is and why a patient would want to visit one;
• Find-A-Doc function to find a sports medicine physician by name or zip code;
• AMSSM Sports Medcasts (i.e. medical podcasts) produced by AMSSM member experts;
• AMSSM Position Statements, including statements on concussion in sport and
overuse injuries and burnout in youth sports; and
• Patient advocacy sites for additional health care resources.
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