- Jul 22, 2010
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Not sure where to put this question. It's not for just parents, so gymnasts/coaches feel free to reply.
I took DD to her yearly ped appointment and had the dr. look at her toenails. I thought maybe she had a fungus. She's always had crazy-thick nails (toe and finger) that grow like gangbusters. She even has little scars on her face from when she was a baby and managed to scratch her face. (She's a twin so you'll have to forgive me if nail clipping and keeping those little glove things on her hands weren't always high on my to-do list... and her twin sister's nails just sort of sloughed off on their own.) Anyway, recently her toenails have been just looking especially nasty. Dr. said she didn't think it was a fungus but was just repeated trauma from gymnastics. I do know she's smacked feet on fly-aways a few times. I'm not sure what else she would do that would cause toe trauma?
Does anyone else have this issue? I didn't ask the dr. if it was something that would go away when she's done with gym. Does anyone know the answer? Right now she eschews the idea of anything as "girly" as a pedicure or open-toed shoes (other than flip-flops) but that may not always be the case, and one day she may care about her gnarly nails!
Thanks!
I took DD to her yearly ped appointment and had the dr. look at her toenails. I thought maybe she had a fungus. She's always had crazy-thick nails (toe and finger) that grow like gangbusters. She even has little scars on her face from when she was a baby and managed to scratch her face. (She's a twin so you'll have to forgive me if nail clipping and keeping those little glove things on her hands weren't always high on my to-do list... and her twin sister's nails just sort of sloughed off on their own.) Anyway, recently her toenails have been just looking especially nasty. Dr. said she didn't think it was a fungus but was just repeated trauma from gymnastics. I do know she's smacked feet on fly-aways a few times. I'm not sure what else she would do that would cause toe trauma?
Does anyone else have this issue? I didn't ask the dr. if it was something that would go away when she's done with gym. Does anyone know the answer? Right now she eschews the idea of anything as "girly" as a pedicure or open-toed shoes (other than flip-flops) but that may not always be the case, and one day she may care about her gnarly nails!
Thanks!