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The Nitty-Gritty When a Chicago Blackhawks player goes down hard on the ice, team physician Michael Terry (left) is usually there to see it. Terry goes to most of the NHL team’s games, sitting behind the bench ready to offer his help. Along with on-the-scene diagnoses of concussions and treatment of cuts, Terry, an orthopedic surgeon, performs operations on the players. The years of training sports physicians

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undergo lets them perform a range of health services for athletes. For Terry, one of those procedures is arthroscopic surgery. For another team doctor on the field or in the locker room, it might mean popping a dislocated joint back into place. While all sports medicine professionals offer care, both preventive and after an injury, the specifics of what each does defines their job. Here’s a more detailed look at just some of those specific tasks.

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