For those of you out there who needs a back massage every week to feel okay, you understand the real need there is out there for physical therapy and massage. This particular profession is actually growing, quite rapidly, to include very specialized sets of employees who have created a whole new industry - sports medicine.

The field consists mostly of Team Physicians, Massage / Physical Therapist, Certified Athletic Trainers, and ATS’s (athletic training students) who take care of many different kinds of ailments that are specific to athletes with the most common being concussions, muscle cramps, ACL sprains, ankle sprains, and shin splints. These injuries are just the a few of the conditions that are common but there is an endless number of others that these trained caregivers take care of.

This industry is actually doing quite well - even with the economic recession - as sports injuries and other ailments are or can be experienced throughout most of the population. If you are looking for a career in this industry check out Yahoo Hot Jobs and SportsMedicine.com, which can both get you started on the right path to this great career.