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And personal experience anyone has had!
O.K... so.... after finally overcoming her back issues, DD has been working hard in the gym all summer... gaining new skills like crazy!!! And it's still 5 months til our first competition. Great, right?
Well... she went to a friend's house Monday night and they were bored, so started doing backtucks in the basement. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I SAID "NO GYMNASTICS" AT HOME!?!?! She's a teenager and knows everything!
On her last BT, she lands it wrong and goes down. She called me to say she "thinks she broke her heel." We ran her to the Dr. yesterday and for an X-ray (still waiting for the phone call re: results). I've looked up the "calcaneus fractures" and the prognosis isn't very good. I know I'm jumping the gun a little bit since we don't have the results yet. I sure am hoping she just severely bruised her heel. She can't put any pressure on it at all, there's a small bruse on the inside of her heel.
My question for everyone is, has anyone dealt with this type of fracture? My own gut tells me that IF that's what it is, then she's doen w/gymnastics. She's 16 already and the recovery, etc. wouldn't be worth it, from what I'm reading on the internet.
O.K... so.... after finally overcoming her back issues, DD has been working hard in the gym all summer... gaining new skills like crazy!!! And it's still 5 months til our first competition. Great, right?
Well... she went to a friend's house Monday night and they were bored, so started doing backtucks in the basement. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I SAID "NO GYMNASTICS" AT HOME!?!?! She's a teenager and knows everything!
On her last BT, she lands it wrong and goes down. She called me to say she "thinks she broke her heel." We ran her to the Dr. yesterday and for an X-ray (still waiting for the phone call re: results). I've looked up the "calcaneus fractures" and the prognosis isn't very good. I know I'm jumping the gun a little bit since we don't have the results yet. I sure am hoping she just severely bruised her heel. She can't put any pressure on it at all, there's a small bruse on the inside of her heel.
My question for everyone is, has anyone dealt with this type of fracture? My own gut tells me that IF that's what it is, then she's doen w/gymnastics. She's 16 already and the recovery, etc. wouldn't be worth it, from what I'm reading on the internet.