injury

So my close friend from gymnastics fractured her ankle, and will be out for 8 weeks. I was wondering if she'll be fit to compete with a shot in a September competition, and if there's anything she should do to maintain her strength. When she gets back, she'll only have around a month and a half...

Luckily, my kids haven't had any major injuries this season, but I have noticed what seems like a lot more injuries this year for many optional gymnasts. I thought both of my kids' gyms did a good job in trying to ramp back up slowly after being closed for several months (both kept up with Zoom...

If a gymnast needs to miss STATES due to injury can she still compete in regionals and worlds? she already has qualifying scores at othe IGC meets.

Here is our next article by Jen Kula... https://chalkbucket.com/common-gymnastics-injuries/ The Most Common Gymnastics Injuries

Some background info: DD landed a pass awkwardly in our first meet and turned out she had fractured her ankle. Was in a boot for 3 weeks and got it off on Monday. Had doctor's warnings to go easy on that foot at least for the next two weeks - no hard landings etc. She has been in the gym as...

My daughter (level 9) just got an MRI that shows "swelling in the pars interarticularis and extending into the transverse process at L4". The Dr. said this is not yet a stress fracture but the start of one. She was told 8-12 weeks off. Absolutely no extension. She wants to go to the gym...

It feels like there’s an abnormally high amount of injuries in our gym right now. My daughter being one of them. When do you worry that it’s the coaching/gym causing them vs just being a stroke of bad luck? Are there specific types of injuries that raise red flags? Our gym seems to really limit...

Advice please?! My 13 yr old dd was training level 9 one and a half years ago right when coming back from Covid shutdowns, but then had a pretty serious injury(huge tear in OCD cartilage in the knee). Had surgery and got screws. After over a year she’s finally cleared for all events again and...

Does anyone have any updates on Skye Blakely. I was hoping to hear that she was not hurt too bad.

Does anyone know anything about long thoracic nerve injury or winged scapula? My DD was just diagnosed with this.

Greetings, folks! I am the mom of a 10 year old who is soon moving to Xcel Silver. She's been competing 2 years, started rec classes at 7. As she progresses and starts learning more tumbling/power moves, I have concerns about potential injuries. I'm aware gymnastics is hard on little bodies...

In my years of teaching, I’ve seen many older dancers come to me with strained ligaments, tendonitis, knee, ankle injuries and back pain from continued dancing with pain caused by incorrect technique, alignment or just not resting when they should have. These injuries occurred when they were...

Has anyone had any injuries to their ankle or foot? If so, what was the diagnosis? How much time did you take off, if any? What was the healing process? Is it still causing you pain/discomfort? 3 weeks ago I did a half on-half off vault and felt a sharp pain in my heel as I was running, fast...

So as some you maybe remember, Puma Jr broke her ankle and sustained some ligament damage when her foot slid off the spring board going into a vault on January 28. She conditioned and did a little bars from then until the gym shut down March 15, then obviously was out like everyone else after...

So I have done gymnastics for 4 years now. 2 rec and 2 competitively.this year a was a Xcel silver that had all platinum skills(they wanted me to compete silver before I did platinum). Anywho, I ended up with tendinitis in both knees before the end of the competition season. The last meet I...

So, though it’s a bit of a moot point in the coronapocalypse (Lol), Puma Jr is FINALLY fully cleared for full activity! She injured her ankle literally 100 days ago (yes I counted lol) on vault. Her ankle rolled off the springboard and she jumped with her full weight on it and crashed into the...

My 6 yr old fell off the beam last night and got a supracondylar fracture. She's having surgery today to place pins and she will be out for 2 months...if she ever goes back. I know everything is still fresh in her mind and she's in pain, but she has stated multiple times she will not be going...

My gymnast is 14 and having continued back issues. For the last 3 months we’ve been going to either the PT or chiropractor every week. It’s been pretty exhausting. The pain has been moving around her back -sometimes lower back, sometimes abs, sometimes upper back, sometimes no pain at all; I was...

My 9 year old daughter had a shoulder injury(growth plate fracture) just before Christmas, she was out of gym for 6 weeks (came in to condition only, but took 2 full weeks off) and has been back in the gym now for ~2 weeks. She is SUPER discouraged because she has lost a ton of strength. She can...

So, 3 weeks ago, my son injured his right shoulder while warming up pbars at his first meet. Best guess is it momentarily partially dislocated. This week we saw the orthopedist who recommended surgery to repair torn labrum. Surgery is in 3 weeks. Dr. estimated 6 months after surgery before full...