From the President

Members:

2009 AOASM President Michell Gilsenand, DO, FAOASMThe AOASM family would like to wish you and your family a healthy and happy 2010.  2010!  I remember the Y2K fear from ten years ago and now look how much we have advanced with technology! And AOASM has been keeping pace.

Our blog is up and running (well… right now crawling).  It is manned by past AOASM presidents and is open to all members who wish to place a comment about any sports medicine topic or ask a question on the process of applying for sports medicine fellowships or CAQ in sports medicine, etc. Visit http://www.aoasm.org/blog/ and join in the conversation.

We have two years of webinars scheduled (topics and guest lecturers); however we did not anticipate the arduous task of obtaining CME credits from AOA.  That process is being streamlined and you will be able to obtain Sports Medicine CME in the luxury of your own home very soon. Visit http://www.aoasm.org/calendar.cfm for more details.

But you can continue to obtain your Sports Medicine CME in the traditional manner as Dr. Vincent Disabella has put together a very strong seminar on the strength and endurance training of your athletes.  Join us in Anaheim, California, on April 14-17, or come to Anaheim a day earlier to earn 8 credits toward Musculoskeletal Ultrasound certification with hands-on experience. Invite your NATA colleagues to join us. Visit http://www.aoasm.org/meeting.cfm for more details and registration information.

National Osteopathic Medicine WeekSpeaking of California, AOASM sent Governor Schwarzenegger a letter protesting the legislature’s suggestion of combining the Naturopaths Board with the Osteopaths Board in the hopes of saving money.  Since each community would be overseeing each other and our training is different and unique, we felt this was not appropriate and we did not want to chance losing our osteopathic identity. Visit http://www.aoasm.org/news.cfm to read the official letter sent to Governor Schwarzenegger.

Unfortunately, our AOASM family lost one of its original founding members. Dr. Lee Schildberg passed away in November 2009. Read the next quarterly AOASM Newsletter for the accomplishments of Dr Schildberg.  Our thoughts and prayers go out to his surviving wife, Mary Jane, and his family.

Michele Gilsenan, DO, FAOASM
President
AOASM

AOASM's 25th Annual Clinical Conference

Strength and Conditioning as Preventative Medicine

AOASM's 25th Annual Clinical Conference
Doubletree Hotel Anaheim/Orange County
April 13 - April 17, 2010

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CAQ and Recertification Documents

Sports Medicine: A Definition

Sports medicine is a branch of the healing arts profession which utilizes a holistic, comprehensive approach to the prevention, diagnosis, and management of sport and exercise-related injuries, disorders, dysfunctions and disease processes.

Sports Docs in ActionThe Osteopathic Sports Medicine Physician's practice shall include:

  1. Providing comprehensive medical management of the athlete across a broad scope of specializations.
  2. Recognizing the importance of utilizing special manual medicine skills in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of neuromusculo-skeletal injuries, disorders, dysfunctions and diseases.
  3. Understanding the principles of performance enhancers, coaching techniques, training methods and sport specific rules and regulations.
  4. Understanding the science of injury prevention and recognition, advanced rehabilitation techniques and epidemiology.
  5. Applying and promoting wellness concepts to the general public.
  6. Directing the application of sports science in improving the health care of athletes, the general public and those with special needs.

Athlete: A Definition

The term athlete refers to an individual who is engaged in sport, exercise or physical activity at the recreational, industrial, competitive, professional or elite level.