Recent content by enicholas

Stalder alert :) 1st time on real bar! (no straps)

OK, I'll join in! My daughter was diagnosed with OCD of the knee right after her level 7 season. She missed the entire next year. She still attended practices and conditioned, but ultimately cheered from the sidelines as her friends progressed and moved ahead. FINALLY after a very long year that...

Agreed...especially if the branches are close to each other. Our gym does JO in one location and Xcel in the location one town over.

Looks like I'm in the minority here :) I absolutely loved Riley's leo. I though it was the best of the night. I'll have to see what it looked like on TV when I watch my DVR, but in person I thought it was really beautiful. I said the same thing about Morgan's leo....like a glittery suit of...

10 year old competed and did great in level 7 last year. Was planning to move to 8 but has been sidelined with an injury all spring and so far all summer. Looking like she will need to repeat 7 as time is running out.

Sounds like a very long road. I am happy to hear that your son is finally seeing some great progress :) Oh how I wish I had a crystal ball on this one! I really don't want to wait six weeks and then find out she needs surgery :( it seems because she is so young (10 years) and her bones are...

Thanks for your response! We are currently one week on crutches and my daughter is already climbing the walls! The doc wont let her do dismounts into the pit yet. I got a second opinion and both doctors agree because of her young age (growth plates wide open?) and staging of the injury (stage 1)...

Thanks for your response. Sorry to hear about the complication! My daughter is beyond frustrated already, but it could always be worse :( I have to say that I haven't heard of many people having success with the wait and see route. I don't want to prolong things, but surgery doesn't sound too...

Hello! My 10 year old daughter just finished level 7 and is training for level 8. She has been working through knee pain for a little while now. We finally got her in to see ortho. She had an x-ray followed up by an MRI that confirmed OCD of the right femur. Doc gave us two choices: 1. crutches...

My gymnast is my daughter she is always a great job

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The coach at our gym did say that in Level 7 if you compete a full you need three tumbling passes because a layout is required.