978-1-4222-3268-2

in their spare time for fun. Keith Steigbigel sees the emphasis on staying physically active to continue, so physical therapists will have plenty of work treating injuries. In sports psychology, Dr. Sean Richardson told the Careers in Psychology Web site that psychologists learn ways to help all sorts of people improve their performance. He said, “There are a lot of people that want to be the best at something that is not about sports.” Those skills provide job opportunities in the business world to balance with working with athletes.

Text-Dependent Questions 1. Name one of the major subjects that sports medicine students will probably study in college. 2. Based on the stats in this chapter, is it easy or hard to fight competition to get into medical school? 3. What type of sports medicine expert works with an athlete on mental health issues? Research Project Find out who the sports medicine professionals are at your school and ask them how they got their jobs. At what colleges did they study? What subjects did they cover? Did they ever have internships?

25

G etting S tarted