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The time away from sports and the timing of return-to-play after minor injuries depends on the experience and skills of the responsible medical team. To achieve the aim of stay and play on the field, the medical team should be highly knowledgeable in interdisciplinary sports medicine, prevention strategies, first aid on the field, clinical and manual diagnostics, tissue regeneration, symptomatic and especially conservative treatment. A huge portfolio of conservative treatment options to treat sports injuries is available, but nearly no scientific evidence is present. Therefore, this chapter presents principles of conservative treatment strategies in sports injuries with the aim to achieve a stay and play or early return-to-play for the injured athlete.
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Krutsch, W., Pfab, F. (2020). Conservative Treatment Strategies. In: Krutsch, W., Mayr, H.O., Musahl, V., Della Villa, F., Tscholl, P.M., Jones, H. (eds) Injury and Health Risk Management in Sports. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-60752-7_30
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