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  1. Mom2twingymnasts

    MAG Need help / advice - injury causing inability to grip

    My son competes in Championships in a couple weeks and he hurt himself doing high-bar. I don't think it was a true injury on high-bar but the symptoms became obvious while on high-bar. He can't grip with his right hand. When he touches his thumb to his index finger, pain shoots up his arm into...
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    MAG Article about my son

    I'm just sharing this article about my son because the more hits it gets, it will show that there is interest in men's gymnastics. My son doesn't love the article because there are inaccuracies in it. For instance he will not be competing in the Senior division at US Championships, the dates...
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    MAG What do you do for school to help with the crazy gymnastics schedule?

    I'm trying to figure out school options for my son. He currently attends a public school but takes 2 classes online. He trains in the mornings on Tuesday and Thursday so his 2 morning classes on those days are online courses. He struggles to keep up with it all. The online classes move to...
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    WAG Help - How to size/buy cheetah cups

    My daughter was diagnosed with tendinitis in her Achilles and severs in her right foot. She is in a boot for 2 to 4 weeks and then will need cheetah cups when she returns to tumbling. Do the cups come individually or as a pair? Will she wear them on both feet? How do I know what size to get?
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    WAG DD no longer gives her all

    My DD probably had the worst year of her life last year. She lost her coach who she loved and was injured for almost the whole year - didn't get to compete. The plan for the 2013 season prior to her coach passing and her injuries was for her to compete 1 or 2 meets at level 8 and move to level...
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    WAG Help - struggling after injury

    My DD had two injuries in a row keeping her out of gymnastics for 6 months. She injured her left shoulder in June was on rest for several weeks then PT. She was back doing gymnastics for 1 week in September and injured her right shoulder, neck, rib. She couldn't lift her are above 90 degrees...
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    MAG Good Luck at Future Stars Nationals!

    Good luck to all the boys headed to Future Stars Nationals tomorrow!! I hope everyone does their best and enjoys the experience!!
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    MAG Brag Alert - Future Stars

    My son did great at his Future Stars regional testing yesterday. He placed 2nd in the region and qualified to the National Testing. So happy for him!!
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    Parents We lost the best coach ever. How do I help my daughter through this?

    My daugther's coach died in a car accident on Thursday. We just found out last night. My dauther is devastated. She was up most of the night crying and saying she doesn't know what to do with her life. She loves him - we love him!! I don't have to tell this group how strong/important that...
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    Parents Dizziness after ear infection

    My son was out of gym for 2 weeks. It started with a cough and quickly moved to an ear infection. It was a very bad ear infection - took 2 antibiotics to cure the infection. Even after the infection cleared up, he had water in his ear. We took him to an ENT a week ago and he just said there...
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    MAG Where to buy socks to match team uniform?

    I just found out that I need to get my son socks to match his uniform. He competes this weekend. The socks came with the uniform in the past or least were provided to me in the past. Where can I get youth size light gray or silver ankle socks?
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    WAG Meet hair - wish me luck!

    This weekend is my daughters first meet of the season. Her coach wants all the girls to have french braids in the front coming around their heads. I learned from my daughter that this style is called the headband braid. I'm not very good at doing hair so this is causing me some stress. I'm a...
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    MAG Future stars

    My son qualified to Future Stars Nationals! He is so excited and can't wait to get back to the gym to tell his teammates. He did really well on everything except had a fall on pbars. I'm so proud of him! It is so fun to see them compete for the first time in a season and see all the skills...
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    Parents Acid Reflux due to nerves

    I think my son has acid reflux. I'm going to try to get into Dr. today. He has been dealing with occasional heartburn for a few years now but we always forget to ask the Dr. about it during his well visits. He often has heartburn before a meet and it is always just after he is done eating...
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    WAG Repeating Level 7

    We learned a few weeks ago that my daughter would be repeating level 7. She started at a new gym right after state meet. A few weeks ago when my husband was dropping DD off one of the coaches approached him and said DD is doing really well and has huge potential. Coach said that she wanted to...
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    MAG Cute pre and post Olympic conversations with DS (optimistic young gymnast)

    Just wanted to share cute pre and post Olympic conversations with my 10 year old DS. Prior to the Olympics: “Mom, Do you think UofM is going to be OK with me going to the Olympics while I’m on their team? Will they let me continue to workout with them?â€￾ This was a big concern because...
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    Why was John Geddert not on the floor?

    From watching the Women's Qualifications again last night, it looked like John Geddert wasn't on the floor after the bar rotation. Did something happen? Is he not the USA Women's Olympic team coach?
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    MAG Gymnastics camps for boys

    We weren't planning to send our son to a gymnastics camp this year but recently learned that his coach will be out of the country for 2 weeks starting July 21st. There will be a coach there just not as good. Therefore we are thinking it might be a good time for our son to try one of the week...
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    Secret Classic

    I'm taking my daughter and her friend to Chicago for the Secret Classic. We are atteding both the junior and senior sessions. Will we be allowed to watch early to see the competitors warm-up? Will there be opportunities to get autographs? If so, where/how? Can we bring in a camera...
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    Hips locking

    My daughter's hips are locking when doing press handstands. My daughter was just starting to work press handstands again for TOPs. Last summer during TOPs testing season she could easily do 20 clean press handstands in a row. Now she can do 10 but her hips are locking and when she is done and...

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