mom2gymnast
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- Apr 29, 2018
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You may have seen some of my posts about my DD's wrist injury. It started in March with some pretty bad pain in her wrist mostly on BHS. She worked through it to get to state and I let her as she had already sat out 6+ months with OCD in her elbow last year (same arm!). Took her to the ortho the week after state. She spend 9 weeks total in a brace/ cast, as she had a stress fracture in her radius growth plate confirmed with MRI. Once out of the cast she still had significant pain (same as before). The dr pushed for a contrast MRI as he suspected from the areas of pain possible ligament/ tendon/ cartilage damage. Insurance denied this saying it was not necessary per their guidelines (UGH!). So we were referred to a hand/wrist surgeon who ordered the same MRI and it was approved (wasted 5 weeks on this process!-grrrrrr). Long story short, there is most likely a tear in her scapholunate ligament. We had the option of continuing to let it heal (it has been 4 months this week) which may or may not work at this point, or surgery to see exactly what is going on and fixing the issue. She could be out an additional 6-8 months depending on what they find. It will start as a scope surgery, but if a tear is found she will have an open incision several inches long for repair. We have opted for surgery as she has sat out this long already and does not want to take the wait and see approach.
I am really sad for her right now. I hope that the damage in minimal and she will be back at it before the 6-8 months but I am also being realistic. I also worry about long term function in her wrist!
Has anyone dealt with a similar injury? I have not been able to find a lot about this and gymnasts on my searches.
I am really sad for her right now. I hope that the damage in minimal and she will be back at it before the 6-8 months but I am also being realistic. I also worry about long term function in her wrist!
Has anyone dealt with a similar injury? I have not been able to find a lot about this and gymnasts on my searches.