Sports medicine is the field of medicine that treats sports-related injuries and many other issues regarding those involved in sports. A sports medicine physician works with athletes to prevent injury and illness, and to improve health and fitness. This specialist promotes the prevention of injury, and is knowledgeable in cardiology, orthopedics, exercise physiology, nutrition, psychology, emergency medicine, and other fields.

Physicians in this specialty treat patients suffering from numerous diseases and illnesses, but some of the most common are Spinal Stenosis, Spinal Injury, Spinal Infection, Scoliosis, Tendonitis, Spondylolisthesis, Spinal Discectomy, arthritis, Carpal tunnel syndrome, Bursitis of the Hip, Spinal Deformity, Spinal Cord Tumors, Herniated Disc, Arthritis of the Shoulder, Tendinitis of the Wrist, Concussion, Frozen Shoulder, Lateral Epicondylitis (Tennis Elbow), Bunions, and Torn ACL.

Once properly diagnosed, practitioners can perform numerous procedures on patients including cartilage transplant, Back / Spine Surgery , Hand surgery, Knee replacement, Hip Replacement, Disc Disease / Surgery, limb lengthening, Invasive Disc Surgery, Hip Surgery, shoulder surgery, Kyphosis Surgery, knee surgery, Joint Surgery, and Total Shoulder Replacement.

To diagnose patients with possible illnesses and diseases, specialists will often perform one of many tests including Arthroscopy, x-ray, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), musculoskeletal examination, physicial examination, and Cardiac Examination.

Doctor density varies by specialty and location. Connecticut has 82 practicing sports medicine doctors. Broken out by city, sports medicine doctor density in Avon is 6, in Bloomfield is 4, in Bolton is 1, in Branford is 2, in Bridgeport is 1, in Brookfield is 3, in Colchester is 1, in Cos Cob is 2, in Coventry is 1, in Danbury is 3, in Danielson is 3, in Darien is 6, in Derby is 3, in Durham is 1, in East Granby is 1, in East Hartford is 1, in Enfield is 1, in Essex is 2, in Fairfield is 2, in Farmington is 4, in Glastonbury is 7, in Greenwich is 2, in Hamden is 2, in Hartford is 8, in Hebron is 1, in Madison is 1, in Manchester is 2, in Meriden is 1, in Middlebury is 1, in Middletown is 3, in Milford is 4, in N Franklin is 1, in New Britain is 2, in New Haven is 5, in New London is 2, in New Milford is 1, in Newington is 1, in North Franklin is 1, in Norwalk is 11, in Old Lyme is 1, in Old Saybrook is 2, in Putnam is 4, in Shelton is 1, in South Windsor is 1, in Southbury is 1, in Southington is 1, in Stamford is 8, in Storrs Mansfield is 2, in Torrington is 2, in Trumbull is 1, in Waterbury is 1, in West Hartford is 2, in West Haven is 1, in Westport is 10, in Wethersfield is 2, in Willimantic is 3, and in Yalesville is 1.

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According to 2005 Census estimates, Connecticut has a population of 3,510,297. Of this population, 812,182 are under the age of 18 and 472,089 are at or above the age of 65.