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kbuhler
Dear All:
My 11 year old is a level 6 gymnast. She took 2nd last year at state last spring in her age group in level 5. Since then, she has had her appendix removed in July and then just recently broke her arm about a month ago. Its been a long haul but she loves the sport. She was in a splint before but now is in a cast. They thought they would keep her in that for 2.5 more weeks. This last week she went to 14-15 hours of gymnastics where she doesn't do anything on her wrist but conditions, runs, does dance etc. I've read many of your posts and most of them support continuing to go to gym while healing but not using that wrist. Somedays she says her wrists is sore and that she feels a popping feeling in her wrist. She pops it back into place. Her pain is rarely enough that she feels she needs pain meds or even a tylenol. Because she has Osgood Shlatter, she does take 2 alleve before gym. Her practices are about 3-4 hours, 4 days a week. Anyhow I have two questions to those who may have had a child with a broken wrist:
1) What is the recovery time like?
2) Did your child continue to go to gym to condition? Is 15 hours too much?
3) Is continuing to go to gym to much? Will it do more harm than good?
4) OUr first meet is March 27. She gets her cast off maybe January 21. Is this enough time to recover?
5) She has had 2 sprains before and now this broken bone. I wonder if I should give her a calcium pill. Do any of you give bone or calcium pills.
I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Thank yo so much. I'm so excited to find a place to ask questions.
My 11 year old is a level 6 gymnast. She took 2nd last year at state last spring in her age group in level 5. Since then, she has had her appendix removed in July and then just recently broke her arm about a month ago. Its been a long haul but she loves the sport. She was in a splint before but now is in a cast. They thought they would keep her in that for 2.5 more weeks. This last week she went to 14-15 hours of gymnastics where she doesn't do anything on her wrist but conditions, runs, does dance etc. I've read many of your posts and most of them support continuing to go to gym while healing but not using that wrist. Somedays she says her wrists is sore and that she feels a popping feeling in her wrist. She pops it back into place. Her pain is rarely enough that she feels she needs pain meds or even a tylenol. Because she has Osgood Shlatter, she does take 2 alleve before gym. Her practices are about 3-4 hours, 4 days a week. Anyhow I have two questions to those who may have had a child with a broken wrist:
1) What is the recovery time like?
2) Did your child continue to go to gym to condition? Is 15 hours too much?
3) Is continuing to go to gym to much? Will it do more harm than good?
4) OUr first meet is March 27. She gets her cast off maybe January 21. Is this enough time to recover?
5) She has had 2 sprains before and now this broken bone. I wonder if I should give her a calcium pill. Do any of you give bone or calcium pills.
I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Thank yo so much. I'm so excited to find a place to ask questions.