Recent content by Gym Monkey

DON'T LURK... Join The Discussion!

Members see FEWER ads

  1. G

    Parents OCD of elbow stage 1

    My daughter was diagnosed at 13 with elbow OCD. She was Level 8 (Australia). She had a small piece of cartilage tear off, so she had to have surgery to have it removed, and had microfractures done to the OCD area to encourage cartilage repair. She did no weight-bearing on her arms for about 6...
  2. G

    Elbow osteochondritis dissecans (OCD)

    Thanks for your replies. Bookworm, it is great that your daughter was able to come back from this injury. That give us some hope, but we won't be making any big decisions quite yet. She will continue doing legs, core and no hands skills after her surgery. Her coach has worked out a no-hands...
  3. G

    Elbow osteochondritis dissecans (OCD)

    My daughter has just been diagnosed with osteochondritis dissecans of her elbow. She is 13 years old, and has been a WAG competitive gymnast for 5 years. She is currently in ALP 8, and had been training 16 hours a week. She is having surgery next week to have some loose cartilage removed and...
Back