- Feb 26, 2007
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Ah well here goes. As most of you know she has been dealing with injury forever. One thing followed by another. Her ankle tendon strain was seemingly fine by Wed and her physio said she could try to tumble, guess what she sprained her wrist 

, I was so gobsmacked when she came home, speechless for once, and that is rare for me
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So she RICE'd and adviled for the next three days with me saying you can only compete if it all doesn't hurt.
So we went to the meet and she actually managed to compete all four, though it was not pretty. She vaulted for the first time in 5 weeks at the comp. Tumbled on the floor for the first time. Bars was not pretty, flailing limbs. Beam was awesome until she fell on her BWO, she only had to get on and do her salto dismount, but she looked so mournful as it is always her best.
I will save you the scores as they mean nothing compared to your system. She was sad, I keep telling her how proud she should be of her self. She so wants to be healthy and compete like she used to.
I would like, next year, for her to go back to our school system, they are only allowed to train 8 hours a week to compete at that level and she can still compete all the skills she has now. I think less hours will be better for her body, she obviously is not built for the stresses, and she will have a better chance of winning something once in a while.
She will train from now until September as always, then she will have to decide what to do.
As always, thanks for your understanding. Only you lot can get how much she loves this sport, and how she just doesn't want to stop. Hopefully now her comp season is over she can relax a little and just enjoy gym.




So she RICE'd and adviled for the next three days with me saying you can only compete if it all doesn't hurt.
So we went to the meet and she actually managed to compete all four, though it was not pretty. She vaulted for the first time in 5 weeks at the comp. Tumbled on the floor for the first time. Bars was not pretty, flailing limbs. Beam was awesome until she fell on her BWO, she only had to get on and do her salto dismount, but she looked so mournful as it is always her best.
I will save you the scores as they mean nothing compared to your system. She was sad, I keep telling her how proud she should be of her self. She so wants to be healthy and compete like she used to.
I would like, next year, for her to go back to our school system, they are only allowed to train 8 hours a week to compete at that level and she can still compete all the skills she has now. I think less hours will be better for her body, she obviously is not built for the stresses, and she will have a better chance of winning something once in a while.
She will train from now until September as always, then she will have to decide what to do.
As always, thanks for your understanding. Only you lot can get how much she loves this sport, and how she just doesn't want to stop. Hopefully now her comp season is over she can relax a little and just enjoy gym.