Sports med history

By matsoash000
  • 776 BCE

    Sports training began

  • 401 BCE

    Originated in ancient Greece

    It started because sports were getting more popular and so they needed a med
  • 2 BCE

    "Galen" served as the “team physician” in the ancient Roman Empire

  • 1025

    "Avicenna" published the medicine encyclopedia

  • It was studied on how metabolism effects the body during activity

  • August Bier studied how exersice effects circulation

  • The Olympic games needed more medical help, therefore recruiting sports medicine

  • First ever sports med establishment in Dresden, Germany

    In Germany, they called it a "sportarzt"

  • There was a meeting held in Germany to talk about sports medicine and healthcare

  • First ever sports medicine journal

    In 1922, the French Society of Sports Medicine published the first ever sports medicine journal,

  • establishment of the IFSM

  • First college newsletter about sports medicine

    it was written by Robert T. Clark

  • Name changes to American college of sports medicine

    mainly known as ACSM

  • Founding meeting of the health and physical education board

    AAHPER also known as the Federation of sports medicine

  • First board of trustees meeting

    "After ACSM incorporates in Washington, D.C., first Board of Trustees Meeting and official list of Charter Members set at 54"(Historical timeline)

  • J.C Kennedy, was the first medical chief in the Olympics

  • First issue of MMS publishes

    Medicine of science in sports book published

  • American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine was established to help orthopedic surgeons learn how to treat and prevent athletic injuries

  • Sports Medicine was approved by the emergancy medicine board

  • Nick Chubbs inverted his knee on the NFL, and is getting recovered