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I was coming here to post that exact link! Great minds and all that...

...and I'm about at my wits' end. My DD injured her toe back in February and we still don't have any answers. We've been to an orthopedist, who did an x-ray and found nothing wrong, and are now seeing a sports medicine specialist who repeated the x-ray and added an MRI for good measure. She...

Could I possibly get added to the Injury Support group? I believe @LizzieLac is the moderator, but I could be wrong.

Also, your daughter is a rock star! Any kid who has been emotionally beaten down by her coaches and not only manages to get on the bars, but fall off and get back up and finish the routine - that kid has my undying respect. I wish I lived nearby so I could take her out for ice cream, but that...

No. Just no. She's in 4th grade, right? So almost the same age as my daughter. The FIRST time a coach repeatedly berates my daughter and sends her home crying hysterically with her hands ripped to shreds will be the LAST time. You can forgive someone who has apologizes profusely (HC#1) but that...

Third year on team, finishing off her level 5 season. She competed Xcel Bronze the first year, new level 3 last year, scored out of 4 and competed 5 this year.

An update for anyone interested: DD had an MRI on the foot that is causing pain and today we were back to the doctor for results. The good news is there's no break but the bad news is that she's still hurting. Because DD was recently sick and spent most of her time on the couch and as a result...

coachp has some great points. ^^^ I will say that I am not always quick to take my kids to the doctor because, well, hypochondria is not unknown at our house. Unless it's a traumatic event like a hard fall or an injury I personally witness I tend to wait a few days to see if it will resolve on...

I posted in another thread about my daughter's continued pain in her foot, and she will have an MRI in the morning to try to get to the bottom of it once and for all. But I noticed yesterday that her coaches seem to be losing patience with her inability to do anything more than conditioning...

We visited a doctor who specializes in sports medicine and this doctor thinks she may have an injury to the sesamoid bones under her big toe. The bump on the top of her foot is apparently a bone spur and should (supposedly) have nothing to do with the pain she's having. I liked this doctor and...

My DD has been complaining of pain in the top of her foot for a couple of weeks now. It hurts along the line between her big toe and her ankle, and only when there's weight on it. There's a bone there, right over her arch, that on her feet is really prominent, and the one that hurts is swollen...

My DD scored out of level 4 in the first meet so she could compete level 5, and it's not been a stellar year. She had her first ever meet where she walked away empty-handed and it was a real eye-opener for her. Then she hurt her foot a couple of weeks ago and will miss tomorrow's meet, which is...

I've seen the coaches at our gym use ankle weights for conditioning but never during routines. And vault? Eeek! I'm with dunno and kandkfunk on this one.

My 10 year old DD had her first "bad" meet a few weeks ago and didn't receive a single medal - the first time that's ever happened to her. She sulked a little bit on the way home, and then later when we were going up to bed she said again, "I really wanted a medal" and I told her I know that and...

My DD has been in competitive gymnastics for three years and so far the only injury has been a hairline fracture in her foot.