stress

How many of you or your kids had stress fractures? If so, where? I may have one in my shin, as opposed to the shin splints I thought it might be. My coaches said were waiting a week and then going to get an x-ray. If you have/had a stress fracture, where and how long did it take to heal? Did...

I remember reading hear that BWO puts more stress on the back than BHS. DD is currently recovering from lower back stress fracture. We went to the doctor's yesterday, her fracture has healed and she can now start slowly going back to doing the back banding skills. But what had me concerned was...

When it comes to a gymnast's life, balancing everything and getting stressed out, in your opinion, when is it too far? When is too much, well too much? I'm reaching my breaking point/:

At our gym, the girls have to try on the sizers and then the parent has to sign off on the size of the leos. The girls were the leos for two years. I'm always fearful that I am going to order too small or too big. I have two girls in this sport and it can be a costly mistake on my part. I...

I am a former level 10 gymnast, after nationals my senior year in high school my body could not longer handle the training, so I stopped and now run track in college where I am a heptathlete. Like every gymnast, I've endured many injuries; including broken back, dislocated elbow, cracked hip...

There are two girls at Kipper's gym who are out with nagging back injuries. (They both moved to our gym post-injury) I am wondering if there are warning signs or ways in which parents can/should advocate for their kiddo regarding this type of injury? Kipper has started working BWO/BHS on beam...

I'm having a bit of an anxiety attack (not at all dramatic or over the top.) :D:p DD's state meet is coming up this weekend. She is level one. We switched gyms mid season (long story), and she was not going to do any meets until next year as a level 3 (did several meets at old gym). Her new...

First of all Ive enjoyed lurking and reading on here for a few months but I fear now I need help ! And its not even the kids its me! Let me explain, my daughter started gym in the UK in rec classes age 4. She was a slow burn and stayed in rec until her 6th birthday when she moved to pre team...

At my daughters gym , 2 12 yr old girls that train the same level as my 11 yr old daughter (level 9/10) have been diagnosed with fractures in their backs this month . One might be a full fracture and one has numbness down her leg !! Is this just a coincidence or is there a lack of strength...

My daughter has been complaining of right lower leg pain (on the inside of the leg) for over a week. She is pretty tough, and I know that she is down playing the pain. I took her to the pediatrician who ordered an x-ray. He showed us a "line" on her tibia that he thought was a stress fracture...

I spoke to DS's coach today after we got home from states. (his coach is a chiropractor plus grew up as a gymnast... so, while not an orthopedist, he certainly knows more about this stuff than I do.) Yesterday the doctor said, "minor sprain". The coach today said that he tested the range of...

As some of you know, I'm coaching girls who are in their first year of competition. One of them is so stressed by competitions she doesn't even want to compete and she cries about it. Seeing that, we asked her to come and watch her teammates at the first competition of the season so she could...

So a few weeks ago I retired from gymnastics - for a few reasons, but one of them is I simply can't do a number of skills due to back pain. **Just a disclaimer, I'm not looking for medical advice, just if anyone else has had a similar experience they could share** I'm looking to get into dance...

A few months ago I began feeling a huge amount of back pain in my lower back, especially when i was tumbling. I ignored it, telling myself to suck it up and stop being a wimp. I eventually told my mom and she took me to a physical therapist who diagnosed it as a stress fracture in my lower back...

Since Easter my Father In Law (87) hasn't been well at all. He Overdosed on his heart medication and ended up in the hospital. The OD caused his dimentia to accelerate signficantly to where the hospital had to send him to a rehab hospital to get him stable enought to walk on his own after a...

Sometimes i feel that when there is stress in any part of my life, it affects my gymnastics, especially on beam. If something doesn't feel quite right, i don't feel comfortable on top of the beam. That is not a good feeling for someone who can go from feeling confident to a mental wreck with a...

I have a question... The parents at my gym refuse to do just about anything during meet season - they can't do fundraising during meet season, they can't attend a parent meeting during meet season - the list is endless. I understand that weekends are busy during meet season and although my...

I am just wondering something....my daughter has a stress fracture with a grade 1 slippage of her vertebra. She is training L10 and is under the care of a doctor who has approved of her continuing in the sport. (she trains 36 hours per week) She hasn't had any problems lately until she...

Hey Everyone, A few years ago, I was the highest level gymnast on my team. My confidence was skyrocketing everyday, and I was fearless. I'm not that girl anymore. I'm afraid of almost any dangerous skill, even before I've tried it. I immediately think of the way I could possibly hurt myself...

i have had all these injuriess in a bit more that one year :( but torn ligaent took 5 weeks to proberly heal bulging disk 5 months, tendinitis took around 3 weeks and Stress fracture si still happening i have had it for 2 weeks in my foot and need the boot for 6 weekd HELP i need some...