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I've posted on here before about my 12 year old daughter and her hand surgeries . She's a level 9 and we were told about a year ago that she had mild gymnast wrist syndrome. After 2 hand surgeries for a different problem , she was finally released to start training and her wrist were hurting bad...

My daughter is a powerful kind of gymnasts, not so much graceful and is getting a new floor routine . Any suggestions of music especially ones you don't hear at every meet ? Thanks !!

My 12 year old daughter (L9) had been put off/on with 2 hand surgeries in the past 6 months . Now she is all healed and training full force going into summer . She is doing well but getting frustrated about certain skills such as the series on beam and bars . Bars has always been challenging for...

My daughter is 12. She has had 2 back to back surgeries which has put a halt to full time gymnastics . She still goes 16 hours and week and conditions and lots of core strength as well as jumps in beam /floor , anything that doesn't use her hands which is where the injuries were . Shes a level...

My 12 year old L9 didnt qualify this year . She needed a 32AA . She didn't do AA until the last meet of the season due to injury and she didn't make it (31.3) . I saw in another post that to qualify for states , someone needed a 29? So I was just curious if it differed state to state . We live...

Well I will try to keep this short. It's been a rough road . Let me back up 18 months . My Daughter was a L8 at the time (age 10) and got a stress fracture in her ankle right after competition season . She trained for L9 that summer and made the L9 team . 2 meets in last year ( now age 11) she...

I have a 12 year old L9 who has been struggling on bars after coming back from hand surgery . She has developed this very painful bruise right above her pubic area that swells at times . This bruise is making it hard for her to push into the bar to make handstands leading to pirouettes . Any...

So I am in charge of ordering the level 8/9/10 state gifts for the girls this year. Cost per girl is between $15-$20. They range in age from 10-16 years old . Any suggestions ?? Links to good online stores ?? Thanks !!!

My 12 year old daughter is a Level 9 gymnast who has had back to back injuries (stress fracture in her foot and then fracture in her hand that she needed surgery for ) . She has been cleared to return to full gymnastics . She has done a great job keeping herself strong during this time . She has...

My daughters USAG team has grown significantly in the last 2 years. We have 1 head coach and 1 assistant who helps in compulsory L4 and L5 but only some days and she helps at meets. We recently got the fall schedule and there are some days where the compulsory and optional kids overlap with only...

My 11 yr old level 9 is having hand surgery Sept 12th. She has a fracture of the hook of the hamate bone (one of the carpal bones) that isnt healing on its own so they have to cut the fractured piece off(excision) . She will be casted 1 week and then therapy, total recovery 6-8 weeks mainly to...

My daughter is 11, shes a level 9 and her closest gym team friend just turned 13 level 9. Her friend hyperextended her wrist and went to an ortho to get xrays. They found that the radial bone is growing faster and is much longer than the ulna bone and might require surgery. She may quit if thats...

My daughter has just been told she has a fracture in her hand (hamate bone ) and the treatment is surgery! We are very concerned that its going to be hard for her to return to gymnastics. She is an 11 year old level 9. Dr says she will be able to return .. Anyone have any experience with this...

I have an 11 year old who is a level 9 USAG gymnast. She had been having wrist pain and we got some disturbing news yesterday . There is mild damage to her growth plates in both wrist and the dr wants to X-ray them every 6 months and if they get worse she has to stop the sport . This kid lives...

My daughter is 11 level 9 and she has been complaining about wrist pain in both wrist but the right one is significantly worse . She said certain skills hurt worse such as the urchenko vault and shifting on bars . I'm thinking maybe she is growing ?? She's just getting back from an ankle injury...

I am a mom of 4 kids ages 18,14,11, and 7. My oldest 3 are girls and the 18 and 11 year olds at gymnast on 2 different teams and my 14 year old daughter is a competitive dancer . I really feel like I'm being pulled in so many directions. My husband is a police officer who works shift work inc...

My 11 year old is a new level 9 , coming back from an injury . Bars is always her weakest event and her coach is getting frustrated with her . She is very inconsistent with the pirouette on the high bar. She struggled with that skill in level 8 as well . Any tips on making it better would be...

My daughter has been complaining of foot and ankle pain for a couple weeks but only with certain movements , one being tumbling backwards so the coach had her taking it easy and then when she tried Monday to back tumble again , she was still having pain even after resting it so off to the...

As many of you know , I had posted about my 11 yr old level 9 struggling in her first meet ... Well yesterday she went up 2.5 points in her AA , almost got a 9 on vault !! All her scores went up at least 1 point except for floor which the coach is going to make some changes on , now she has a...

My 11 year old daughter is just starting her level 9 meet season and is struggling . She had her first meet this past weekend and only scored a 29 AA. Her coach says she will be ok and just has to gain experience and will get better . There are 4 young 9s at our gym ( mine is the youngest ...