IreneKa
Proud Parent
Hi!
As some of you know, my DD has been struggling with the back problems since last year. She was diagnosed with spondylolysis (stress fracture) last June, was in a hard back brace for 12 weeks, fully recovered, but 6 months later started having back pain again. MRI showed stress reaction in the exactly same spot as last year. The fact that it keeps coming back at the same spot tells me that something is wrong, and it's not just overuse.
She did PT last summer, but they were mostly focusing on developing muscles in her back, and didn't sound like they knew a lot about gymnastics. So, this time I decided to look for someone with gymnastics background. We saw a PT this week, she did gymnastics as a child, and then competed in college (not D1 or something, but still). She certainly knows gymnastics, and what skills are causing back problem, she was asking if DD was doing a lot of BWOs, FWOs, BHSs, etc., what skills she does on bars, and so on. But at the end of the appointment when I asked her if she can tell why the injury keeps coming back, she said no, she didn't see anything obviously wrong with DD. That was a bit discouraging, since I'm really looking not to just get her better, but to make sure this doesn't happen again.
Someone here on CB pointed me to this website: http://www.hybridperspective.com
I think it's been mentioned here before, but I didn't pay attention. This time I looked closely and I found this great article: http://www.hybridperspective.com/20...ossible-injury-prevention-for-the-lower-back/
This article points to the most common reasons for the back injuries - hips flexibility and shoulder flexibility, and after looking at the picture in the article, I think DD is definitely lacking the hips flexibility, or maybe even both. And the sports doctor did mention something about her hips being tight.
So, here is my dilemma. Would I be totally out of line to print out this article and bring it to our next PT appointment? Or should we just look for a different PT? I mean, we liked her overall, she was nice, the office is nice, the location is convenient, etc.. And there is no guarantee that the next doctor we go to will know more. And we can't keep on going from doctor to doctor until we find the right one, I don't think the insurance will cover that. So, if the article will give her some ideas of what to do to help DD, that would be great. But at the same time I don't want to sound like I'm telling her how to do her job. Any thoughts?
As some of you know, my DD has been struggling with the back problems since last year. She was diagnosed with spondylolysis (stress fracture) last June, was in a hard back brace for 12 weeks, fully recovered, but 6 months later started having back pain again. MRI showed stress reaction in the exactly same spot as last year. The fact that it keeps coming back at the same spot tells me that something is wrong, and it's not just overuse.
She did PT last summer, but they were mostly focusing on developing muscles in her back, and didn't sound like they knew a lot about gymnastics. So, this time I decided to look for someone with gymnastics background. We saw a PT this week, she did gymnastics as a child, and then competed in college (not D1 or something, but still). She certainly knows gymnastics, and what skills are causing back problem, she was asking if DD was doing a lot of BWOs, FWOs, BHSs, etc., what skills she does on bars, and so on. But at the end of the appointment when I asked her if she can tell why the injury keeps coming back, she said no, she didn't see anything obviously wrong with DD. That was a bit discouraging, since I'm really looking not to just get her better, but to make sure this doesn't happen again.
Someone here on CB pointed me to this website: http://www.hybridperspective.com
I think it's been mentioned here before, but I didn't pay attention. This time I looked closely and I found this great article: http://www.hybridperspective.com/20...ossible-injury-prevention-for-the-lower-back/
This article points to the most common reasons for the back injuries - hips flexibility and shoulder flexibility, and after looking at the picture in the article, I think DD is definitely lacking the hips flexibility, or maybe even both. And the sports doctor did mention something about her hips being tight.
So, here is my dilemma. Would I be totally out of line to print out this article and bring it to our next PT appointment? Or should we just look for a different PT? I mean, we liked her overall, she was nice, the office is nice, the location is convenient, etc.. And there is no guarantee that the next doctor we go to will know more. And we can't keep on going from doctor to doctor until we find the right one, I don't think the insurance will cover that. So, if the article will give her some ideas of what to do to help DD, that would be great. But at the same time I don't want to sound like I'm telling her how to do her job. Any thoughts?