Unbelievable

[CHSgymnast16]

So yesterday I was at gymnastics and it is down to the last 15 minutes of practice and Iam doing yurchenko timers. I hop of the mat and then I hear a pop and I am rolling on the floor crying. Yeah, I rolled my ankle. I rolled my other ankle last year and it is no way as bad as it now. My ankle swelled up to the size of baseball. The even better part is that I have a cheer camp this weekend and the doctor says I can't put any weight on my ankle for a week. I got my first pair of crutches too. Sleeping is terrible because my foot has to always be elevated and in a splint. Just thought I would share this information. At least I get out of cheer camp!

[flippymonkeysmom]

I'm so sorry to hear you hurt your ankle It is odd though that all you gymnasts can do this crazy stuff and end up hurting yourselves hopping off a mat or something strange like that. My dd broke her elbow last year jumping down off the bar after doing pull-ups. The girl can walk fine on a 4 inch beam - just don't ask her to walk on a regular floor, lol.

I hope you feel better soon

[LiveLaughTumble047]

that seems to always happen. we always get hurt doing the little things, i had a teammate roll her ankle warming up a jump on tumble track, and another teammate was going from a 2/1 turn in to a 2/1 tuck and rolled her ankle.. its always the little stuff..its crazy. or like if we trip or something ppl are like..wow ur a gymnast. its one of those weird things about our sport!

in the meantime i hope you have a fast recovery!!!

[gracefulone]

Aww. I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you make a super speedy recovery!

[gymnasticshol]

Awww hope you feel better soon

At xmas I hurt my back by doing a full turn jump. It ended up with me not being able to walk for about a week, and in the end, I quit gym cos I was always getting hurt in some way.

[NYgymfan]

Aw thats so sad. My ex-gf hurt her ankle pretty bad not too long ago and was out for a while. It really sucked because she could only do bars and conditioning for a few weeks. I hope u get better soon and get back into the gym!!

[gymkat]

Sorry about your ankle and hope it feels quickly! If you went to the ER at first, try to get an appointment with a sports medicine physician or orthopedist. I've never heard of someone not being allowed to bear weight for a week with a sprain. I had a grade III Lisfranc sprain and tore the joint capsule in my foot on a roundoff jump 1/2 a few years ago, and I was allowed to walk with crutches as soon as I could bear it.

[Kayleigh]

I did the same thing at camp this past week! We were running relays... I finished running and jumped off a mat, rolled my ankle pretty bad. Of course, I wasn't going to miss the rest of camp, so I iced it for a bit, took some tylenol, and went on with it... probably not the smartest of ideas! I felt it later for sure! So be sure to stay off it. Hope you feel better soon though!

[gymjourneymom]

How are you doingCHS gymnast16???? Feeling any better??? I hope so! Take care!

[gymgymgymnast08]

That really stinks. Many of my teammates have gotten hurt just walkingand tripping or doing stuff on the low beam. I hope you get better soon!