ABSTRACT
The rehabilitation team surrounding an athlete including physician, physical therapist, athletic trainer and strength trainer, has an important part in both injury prevention and rehabilitation in Sports Medicine. As far as prevention is concerned each sport has its own pattern of movements, which subjects various muscle groups to different types of load. A knowledge of these patterns is vital to the physical therapists and athletic trainers, whose tasks are to emphasize the importance of warm up, make appropriate suggestions for strength and flexibility training with regard to the requirements of the sport in question, and recommend specific training based upon the needs of each individual athlete in order to improve function and thus likely performance and injury prevention.
