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This. And I hope the time passes quickly for all involved.Truly sorry to hear of your daughter's injury. No suggestions here just good wishes for full and speedy recovery and finding something exciting to occupy her in the meantime.
Hello! My daughter who is 14 and level 9 just found out Thursday she has stress fractures (pars defect) in her L5 disk with edema and swelling. She is restricted from all activity walking to far, bending, twisting, lifting anything over 10lb, putting shoes on etc. She will be fitted for a back brace Monday (oh man is she so mad about that). Timeline for healing is 4-6 weeks in brace, then 4-6 weeks PT then start back at gym about 25% and work up to going back 100% in the following 2 months, that is only if pain free and MRI comes back clean. As I am sure you all know how hard mentally this will be for a kid who has been going to gym 5 nights a week since she was 8. She doesn't have many other interests, she doesn't like art, books, school, etc.... I am racking my brain to find something for her to do with all this time. There is a possibility she can do some volunteer coaching but not much and NO conditioning at all. I am also worried about weight gain and depression. Does anyone have any grand ideas or has been through this or some other injury have any advice? Crazy how you never think it will be your child.
Just wanted to know how everything ended up? We are about at this stage now! Would love to chat with you!Dealing with this right now. DD diagnosed right before the start of the season so she is missing the whole thing which is tough.
We are at week 8 with the brace and have another 2.5 weeks to go (at least) but no pain now. She did PT 1x a week at first - working on breathing techniques and learning to engage muscles. She's now up to 2x a week PT (no brace) and allowed to do conditioning and certain skills approved by PT while in a brace (no extension allowed). She is hopeful to be training full time in April. It is a SLOW process but she is making tiny progress each week. Being at the gym has helped mentally. Her goal right now is no more injuries and to come back strong next season.
DD is back at gymnastics but it has been with some bumps. One thing to prepare your daughter for is that she'll need to realize that it is HARD to get back full strength as fast as she'll want. My DD has had the worst round of Osgood Schlatters as she's returned and I'm certain that a lot of that is due to the fact that her body hadn't had pounding for so long and suddenly she was trying to do L8/L9 skills. Unfortunately for my girl, she's had some random injuries (dislocated her finger and chipped a bone doing a silly contest during conditioning) and just sprained her wrist this week. The good news: her back is doing great so far. She is still alternating vault and floor per her PT's recommendation to reduce pounding (both for back and her Osgoods) and that will likely continue through the summer.Just wanted to know how everything ended up? We are about at this stage now! Would love to chat with you!
Update!! Faith went back full time to gym in October 2016, she has flourished and to be honest this experience has made her stronger mentally. She isn't doing as hard of skills in level 9 as many of the kids but still places in top 3-5 at each meet . Her bars are amazing with only a 9.7 SV she is averaging 9.2. She did a ton of rehab and PT taught her how to stay out of her back. She made it the entire season with no pain!! Next stop state! Super proud and so happy our journey has ended!!DD is back at gymnastics but it has been with some bumps. One thing to prepare your daughter for is that she'll need to realize that it is HARD to get back full strength as fast as she'll want. My DD has had the worst round of Osgood Schlatters as she's returned and I'm certain that a lot of that is due to the fact that her body hadn't had pounding for so long and suddenly she was trying to do L8/L9 skills. Unfortunately for my girl, she's had some random injuries (dislocated her finger and chipped a bone doing a silly contest during conditioning) and just sprained her wrist this week. The good news: her back is doing great so far. She is still alternating vault and floor per her PT's recommendation to reduce pounding (both for back and her Osgoods) and that will likely continue through the summer.
Wonderful news!!Update!! Faith went back full time to gym in October 2016, she has flourished and to be honest this experience has made her stronger mentally. She isn't doing as hard of skills in level 9 as many of the kids but still places in top 3-5 at each meet . Her bars are amazing with only a 9.7 SV she is averaging 9.2. She did a ton of rehab and PT taught her how to stay out of her back. She made it the entire season with no pain!! Next stop state! Super proud and so happy our journey has ended!!
Update!! Faith went back full time to gym in October 2016, she has flourished and to be honest this experience has made her stronger mentally. She isn't doing as hard of skills in level 9 as many of the kids but still places in top 3-5 at each meet . Her bars are amazing with only a 9.7 SV she is averaging 9.2. She did a ton of rehab and PT taught her how to stay out of her back. She made it the entire season with no pain!! Next stop state! Super proud and so happy our journey has ended!!
Thank you for sharing this, gotfaith! My DD is in a similar situation coming back from an injury and this is so encouraging to hear. Best of luck to you and your gymmie.Update!! Faith went back full time to gym in October 2016, she has flourished and to be honest this experience has made her stronger mentally. She isn't doing as hard of skills in level 9 as many of the kids but still places in top 3-5 at each meet . Her bars are amazing with only a 9.7 SV she is averaging 9.2. She did a ton of rehab and PT taught her how to stay out of her back. She made it the entire season with no pain!! Next stop state! Super proud and so happy our journey has ended!!