Knee Injury - Page 2

**hammy** · #11 11-09-2007, 01:37 PM

Oh man..I'm sorry to hear that she's out for two meets and that she has to get an MRI. Hopefully it won't be anything serious, and a week or so of doing nothing will help it heal! I can only imagine how disappointed she is because I've been there myself, and my advice is to go to the meets and watch the girls compete--be there to support the team. Continue to ice and what not, and be sure to try to keep a positive mind! At least this is happening now and not a few years from now when she goes to graduate.

**bogwoppit** · #12 11-09-2007, 02:56 PM

Poor girl, I do feel for her. But, I do agree with Hammy, take her to the meet let her support her team and enjoy the atmosphere of the meet. I did that with my DD and she actually had a blast, sat with her team, wore her warm up and clebrated the wins, commiserated the losses and had no nerves to deal with.

Lovely that you can get an MRI so quickly, here in Quebec we have to wait up to 9 months, for a kimb injury even longer. Hopefully all will be well, still keep up with the icing and try to encourage her to stay posistive, it is not easy when all they want is to do gym.

gym law mom · #13 11-09-2007, 04:07 PM

So sorry to hear she has to sit out right now. If it is something like Jumper's knee, the ice and rest will help her. She may try and talk you into letting her back into the gym because the knee does feel better when they aren't running and pounding----you can't cave in. She can go in to stretch and do strength while waiting to get the MRI and results. Both episodes we went through with my daughter were a month or so before a meet, so I know what you're dealing with. Actually, she started her L6 season just doing beam and bars since the knee wasn't ready for full floor or vault.

I agree with taking her to the meet and letting her hang out with her team before and after. She can be the official cheerleader.

Keep us all updated on what the doctor has to say. Best wishes to both of you.

Blackie6 · #14 11-09-2007, 06:13 PM

Sorry to hear about your daughter, hope it doesn't turn out to be anything serious. Missing meets is tough, but that knee sounds like it could use a little bit of a rest. Here in NJ we can get MRI's pretty quickly thank goodness. I'm sure waitting until the 17th and then waitting for results will seem like forever for your daughter. Hope it turns out to be nothing.

MartinaE · #15 11-12-2007, 05:03 AM

Awww I`m sorry to hear she has to miss even two meets now!

That`s too bad, and her disappointment is well understandable....
I hope the MRI will at least not show something serious, and that her knee will heal up fast.
I also agree on the idea to still go to the meets and watch and cheer. At least this way she still feels as a part of the team.

jparish · #16 11-14-2007, 12:35 PM

I feel her pain. Don't let her push it though. Jumping the gun now, will make it harder for her later in life. Also, she might mess her leg up worse and not be able to tumble at all.

**audra** · #17 11-14-2007, 06:40 PM

Sorry to hear that she is missing any time, but hopefully this time off will help it heal on its own and the MRI will show nothing. Missing 2 meets is better than missing the whole season! Better to air on the side of caution.

gymnellie · #18 11-18-2007, 09:57 PM

O.K. here's a quick update. Her knee has been feeling alot better. We went and had the MRI yesterday, which by the way cost alot of $$$. Wasn't informed about how much it was going to cost until the day before when they called to pre-register her. Anyways, the tech said that it takes about 2 days for the dr. to get the results back, so I am going to call them on Wed. and see if I can get the results over the phone.

She did miss the first meet(we went and watched and she got to sit out on the floor with her teammates) but talked me into letting her compete bars and beam at the second one. I told her if her knee hurt at all not to do anything!!! Well, to my surprise, when it comes time for floor ex.(expected her to scratch), she does her full routine. Except she changed her front pass to a fhs, fhs instead of a fhs, front tuck. Since parents aren't allowed out on the competition floor, there wasn't anything that I could do! Same situation for vault. I was kinda ticked at her, but I got over it. She did really well, and her knee only hurt a little she said. If anyone is interested, here is a link to the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Oyo4amZLw

MartinaE · #19 11-19-2007, 05:45 AM

Thanks a lot for the update! I`m happy to hear, that her knee is feeling so much better already! Still the MRI was a good thing to do, and with your dd feeling better this increases the chance for it not being so bad after all. Keep us up to date on the MRI result please.

It`s a little scary to hear about her competing on floor and vault though, but luckily it went all well.....
I can imagine it must have been hard to watch this and not being able to talk to her....On the other hand her coach is also responsible and maybe should have talked her out of it!?! But anyway.....everything is fine now.

I will watch the video when I`m at home. Here at school the computer is not letting me watch YouTube vids...

**hammy** · #20 11-19-2007, 11:28 AM

I'm glad to hear her knee is feeling better! Hopefully the MRI will not show anything that's too terribly wrong! Just be sure to make her take it easy--this is speaking from personal experience--I rushed back into the gym too fast a few times, and I ended up out of the gym longer.