Parents 'My core hurts when I kip'

[gwenmom]

DD told me this tonight. She is telling me kipping is painful.

Any ideas? Not sure if this is form or medical or both.

 

[bogwoppit]

Kip tummy I used to call it. Is she young and new to working the kip a lot?

 

[Rockygym]

DD told me this tonight. She is telling me kipping is painful.

Any ideas? Not sure if this is form or medical or both.

Have they been doing a lot of core conditioning? My DD has a similar complaint for about 2-3 days after a particularly hard conditioning day at practice.

 

[gwenmom]

No she isn't new to kipping and she says no more core than normal. She's a repeating level 4

 

[motigymnasticsmom]

How old is she?

 

[gwenmom]

10 yo

 

[motigymnasticsmom]

I'd take her for a checkup at the Dr. and tell him/her what she's saying.

 

[motigymnasticsmom]

She is coming into her tween growth spurt.

 

[bogwoppit]

Have you asked her to point to where hurts, the word "core" is not very specific.

 

[gwenmom]

I have and her response was her six pack and put her hand over the general middle area.

 

[gymmomtotwo]

I would take her. Maybe an abdominal muscle strain. They might have some pt to help it feel better faster. At a minimum, she probably needs to rest it for a few days.

 

[gymdog]

Get it checked out, she could have a hernia. Sometimes it is genetic.

 

[JoyAvenueMom]

Strained ab muscle is a distinct possibility. Definitely have it checked. She can probably tell you if it's "sore" or if it's a sharp pain when she uses the muscle. When Kipper pulled an ab muscle, the doc told her to rest for a week, then try to do a sit up. As soon as she could do a sit up without pain, she could go back to regular training.

 

[ZJsMom]

Have they introduced back tucks? When DS started working back tucks, he woke up the next day and said his stomach muscles were "broken." He was in so much pain he said he couldn't go to practice. I had no idea what was going on. I called the coach and he started laughing. He said "we started working standing back tucks last night." He said he'd seen it before. The kids are having so much fun flipping, they don't even realize how much ab work they're doing.

 

[Deleted member 18037]

The other question is for how long? How long has it been hurting.

Big difference between 2 days and a week or more

 

[gwenmom]

A week. She just came back from a week off for a sore heel.

 

[Deleted member 18037]

A week. She just came back from a week off for a sore heel.

Did she do any core conditioning when off?

Sounds like she started back without warm up and either she pulled or strained something or her muscles are going through the tweaks of getting used after being off thing.

 

[Deleted member 14190]

Okay here goes ...... She took a week off of bars because she had a sore heel?

 

[Moxiegrl83]

My DD is 9, and complained of the same thing for a few days. She was really hitting bars hard getting ready for her first Level 7 meet, and seemed pretty sure that was why her abs were sore. It definitely wouldn't hurt to check it out with her doctor though.

 

[Deleted member D3987]

DD told me this tonight. She is telling me kipping is painful.

Any ideas? Not sure if this is form or medical or both.

is she doing it straddled or legs together?