Sports Medicine is the multidisciplinary medical approach to the total care of the athletes and people leading an active way of life. While the recreational athlete or "weekend warrior" may only seek out treatment or advice occasionally from the above experts, an elite athlete often has a designated team of sports medicine professionals to help them maximize their performance. Many different health care professionals work together to meet the specific needs of the athlete. At Olympia, the sports medicine team is composed from the physician, physiotherapist, osteopath, massage therapist, chiropodist, and rehabilitation exercises specialist. Sports medicine starts on field at the time of injury with the acute management of the athlete, progresses through a rehabilitation stage before going back to high performance training. This stage may be composed of the manual therapy, electro-therapy, thermotherapy, therapeutic exercises or massage. Generally, the more approaches are used on the injury, the better the outcome. Qualified sports medicine professionals spend many hours in training to develop the necessary skills to assess and treat athletes.