There are many careers from which to choose. Some careers are more interesting to me than others. The one that I have chosen may possibly be the career that I will pursue when it is time to choose a career. I plan to become a sports physician because I enjoy sports and I wish to pursue a career in the medical field; being a sports physician will be a good way to combine the two interests.
             The history of the sports physician career is relatively new, but as the participation of athletes grew, the need for sports physicians grew ("Sports" 551). The patients that I will serve as a sports physician are athletes, coaches, and general public if I have a privately owned doctor's office.
             Doctor Theodore Fox says, "The priorities as a sports physician would be not completely to get the athlete back to his or her sport as quickly as possible; the priority would be to let the injury heal completely before the athlete goes back in to sports participation" (- - - 70). I will be expected to help rehabilitate the athlete's injury so that he or she could get back to the sport quickly. The functions I will be responsible for are developing a program to diagnose and treat injuries (Cosgrove 117). I will try to determine the injury correctly as quickly as I can and treat it in the shortest time period as possible. I also will be responsible for helping the athlete rehabilitate. Another function as a sport physician will be to tell the coaches and family physicians how quickly injuries should heal. Another part of my career will be to prevent injury or illness by conditioning
             the athletes. I will be responsible for examining my patients. From the exams I will advise the athlete on whether to lose or gain weight, change eating, sleeping, or drinking habits, and I will have to give advise on a training program to help prevent injuries that may look to be vulnerable to the particular athlete.
             During physical exami...