Sports medicine: Treating the athlete, not the injury

<p>The field of sports medicine isn’t just for serious athletes: The <a href='https://www.northwell.edu/doctors-offices/northwell-health-nicholas-institute-sports-medicine-and-athletic-trauma'>Nicholas Institute for Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma (NISMAT)</a>, Northwell’s sports injury clinic, has made sports medicine better, more accessible, and grounded in research. On this episode, the 20-Minute Health Talk team pays a visit to NISMAT, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, to talk to <a href='https://nismat.org/about/nismat-team/physical-therapy-team/tak-fukunaga-dpt-atc-cscs/'>Tak Fukunaga, DPT, ATC, CSCS</a>, sports physical therapist and NISMAT’s Manager of Rehabilitation Services, and <a href='https://www.northwell.edu/find-care/find-a-doctor/sports-medicine/dr-michael-anthony-zacchilli-md-11378100'>Michael Zacchilli, MD</a>, orthopedic sports medicine surgeon at Lenox Health Greenwich Village and team physician for the College of Staten Island, to shed light on what they do to treat people at all levels of physical activity.</p>