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Gymnast
Hi everyone! I'm new to Chalkbucket with a question. I'm a fourteen year old level 8 gymnast. My hands are extremely fragile. After just five pirouettes and two Giants, my hands had three rips. Fast forward two days and I had ten. My hands are not soft at all and form calluses easily.
Using a pumice stone helps them last a little longer, but no matter what I do they rip. I've tried preparation H, tea bags, peroxide (shudder), neosporine, everything and anything to heal them, yet they never heal fast enough before my next practice. We do 45 minutes of bars 4 days a week. I'm at a loss of what to do. My coach used to let me do something else once my hands ripped so badly but if I stopped bars every time they ripped badly I would never do bars! Does anyone know why this happens, and how I could help them? I tried to provide a picture but it would not upload.
Using a pumice stone helps them last a little longer, but no matter what I do they rip. I've tried preparation H, tea bags, peroxide (shudder), neosporine, everything and anything to heal them, yet they never heal fast enough before my next practice. We do 45 minutes of bars 4 days a week. I'm at a loss of what to do. My coach used to let me do something else once my hands ripped so badly but if I stopped bars every time they ripped badly I would never do bars! Does anyone know why this happens, and how I could help them? I tried to provide a picture but it would not upload.