Men Wrist overuse injury

[Dahlialover]

Can you white lie into getting him to participate in other activities?

I.e - 'doctor suggested swimming to maintain strength, lets try two weeks'

I signed him up for junior swim team right away after this happened. I found a water resistant brace that worked great. Unfortunately, he quit after two weeks. He hates being cold.

I also bought a used recumbent exercise bike which he enjoys quite a bit. The whole family enjoys using it, so that’s a positive.

 

[Dahlialover]

It has been almost 6 months and my son is finally starting his return. He’s attending two full practices per week. He’s able to practice high bar and rings fairly normally. He’s still hands-free on vault and floor. He can’t tolerate planche positions yet, which includes swing handstands of pbars, so he’s limited to pit swings and under bar swings. He’s not expected to begin pommel again for many months.

Overall, we expect it to take a year for him to get back to where he was when he got hurt. I’m just praying he can avoid the injury spiral that is so common at our gym. We’ve had lots of boys go out for extended periods due to overuse injuries and as soon as they get back, they injure something else. It’s just one injury after another until they quit. I’m trying to do what I can to help my son avoid that fate but he’s not diligent about doing his PT. We’ll see how this next year goes.

 

[InMyGymMomEra]

It has been almost 6 months and my son is finally starting his return. He’s attending two full practices per week. He’s able to practice high bar and rings fairly normally. He’s still hands-free on vault and floor. He can’t tolerate planche positions yet, which includes swing handstands of pbars, so he’s limited to pit swings and under bar swings. He’s not expected to begin pommel again for many months.

Overall, we expect it to take a year for him to get back to where he was when he got hurt. I’m just praying he can avoid the injury spiral that is so common at our gym. We’ve had lots of boys go out for extended periods due to overuse injuries and as soon as they get back, they injure something else. It’s just one injury after another until they quit. I’m trying to do what I can to help my son avoid that fate but he’s not diligent about doing his PT. We’ll see how this next year goes.

Sending best wishes and healing thoughts to your son!! So wonderful to hear he’s back to his practices!!

 

[Dahlialover]

Sending best wishes and healing thoughts to your son!! So wonderful to hear he’s back to his practices!!

Thank you!

 

[gymmom_1234]

Sending good thoughts he continues to improve! Is he doing any weight training to strengthen his muscles and support the bones as he grows?

 

[Dahlialover]

Sending good thoughts he continues to improve! Is he doing any weight training to strengthen his muscles and support the bones as he grows?

He’s 10, so no weight training yet. He has a list of PT exercises he’s supposed to do but he’s not very interested in doing them. Our gym does not emphasize physical preparation. I’ve read that physical preparation should be 30% of training time, but it’s closer to 10% at our gym (sometimes less). Some years they go on a conditioning kick in the summer, but it’s very sporadic. The high schoolers take weightlifting for PE to compensate. It’s not an ideal arrangement.

 

[gymmom_1234]

Interesting! My son started weight training at age 8 with age appropriate weights and the support of his pediatrician. There’s data to support that it’s safe and beneficial when done correctly. We do it outside of gymnastics.