&gt; I believe we need to get the strong science into sports medicine.<p>Professional sports already bring on board the best (applied) science that money can buy. The approach is practical because there are billions of dollars on the line. If that is not good enough for you uppity sense of scientific purity, too bad. When you own a team, you&#x27;ll be free to do as you please with your own money (just don&#x27;t complain if your team is beaten by all the others that do not share your scientific sensitivities).<p>Professional athletes and their coaches will not stop doing what is well known to work just because a bunch of nerds have a quasi-religious taboo against the &quot;placebo effect&quot;.