- Oct 17, 2022
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Hello all, first post here!
Just took my young gymnast(6yo) to the sports medicine doc with heel pain. She recently increased her training hours from 4 to 9 since joining the gyms level 3 team. I was told she is experiencing “severs apophysitis” or basically pain in her growth plate area underneath her heel and shes been advised to ice after training sessions, wear a heel cup whenever possible, and do some home exercises, but was told there is NO guarantee that her pain will get better.
I understand injuries come with the territory, but I’m doing my best to prevent them with a healthy diet, good sleep and no additional workouts outside of the gym.
Has anyones gymnast experienced this before and if so, how long? What ways did you help your gymnast recover? Thanks!
Just took my young gymnast(6yo) to the sports medicine doc with heel pain. She recently increased her training hours from 4 to 9 since joining the gyms level 3 team. I was told she is experiencing “severs apophysitis” or basically pain in her growth plate area underneath her heel and shes been advised to ice after training sessions, wear a heel cup whenever possible, and do some home exercises, but was told there is NO guarantee that her pain will get better.
I understand injuries come with the territory, but I’m doing my best to prevent them with a healthy diet, good sleep and no additional workouts outside of the gym.
Has anyones gymnast experienced this before and if so, how long? What ways did you help your gymnast recover? Thanks!
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