Ties That Bind Sports Medicine and Military Medicine.

The war in Iraq and other world events have directly and indirectly affected many military sports medicine physicians, from those stationed in battlefield medical hospitals to those in homeland clinics covering for deployed colleagues. The war setting provides an opportunity to highlight the contributions of military medicine to the treatment of civilians. World events have dramatically altered what would otherwise be routine assignments for some military physicians. Sports medicine and military medicine have become increasingly complementary disciplines, because both have a strong musculoskeletal component.