Looking for advice from more seasoned parents. My daughter competed level three last year and did very well. After the season we were presented with a plan from the gym to complete level 4 this fall, one level 5 meet in the spring and then train for level 7 (we don’t do 6).
Three weeks ago, while doing a front tuck my daughter hyperextended her knee. We iced it for the next couple of days and limited her gymnastics, by day 5 it wasn’t better, so we had an X-ray and MRI. She has an osteochondral lesion. No required surgery, nothing loose to reattach or stabilize, but she received crutches and was told absolutely no weight bearing and no gymnastics until we meet with the doctors again in 3 weeks. They won’t even give us a letter releasing her to be back to gym for any activities.
She’s disappointed of course. Three weeks seems like a long time to wait just to be told to wait longer. I’m disappointed that she can’t do anything (PT, etc) while we sit and wait for three weeks.
Questions: Has anyone delt with osteochondritis dissecans (knee) that didn’t require surgery? There are a lot of posts in the past about elbow, but I couldn’t find anything with knee.
I know every case is different, but we are of course starting to purchase Leos, warm-ups, signing up for meets, etc…should I consider not doing those things for now? The first meet is in August.
Three weeks ago, while doing a front tuck my daughter hyperextended her knee. We iced it for the next couple of days and limited her gymnastics, by day 5 it wasn’t better, so we had an X-ray and MRI. She has an osteochondral lesion. No required surgery, nothing loose to reattach or stabilize, but she received crutches and was told absolutely no weight bearing and no gymnastics until we meet with the doctors again in 3 weeks. They won’t even give us a letter releasing her to be back to gym for any activities.
She’s disappointed of course. Three weeks seems like a long time to wait just to be told to wait longer. I’m disappointed that she can’t do anything (PT, etc) while we sit and wait for three weeks.
Questions: Has anyone delt with osteochondritis dissecans (knee) that didn’t require surgery? There are a lot of posts in the past about elbow, but I couldn’t find anything with knee.
I know every case is different, but we are of course starting to purchase Leos, warm-ups, signing up for meets, etc…should I consider not doing those things for now? The first meet is in August.