Sports Medicine and Nutrition

Understand the causes of common sports injuries, as well as steps to prevent or limit injuries, and treatment of the injuries. Also included is the role nutrition has in performance. This course is the study of anatomy and kinesiology and key injuries as they relate to sports. The primary units of study include medical terminology, lower leg, ankle and foot, knee, thigh and hip, low back, shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, fingers and thumb. The students will demonstrate learning through tests at the completion of each unit.