Recent content by nemo544

What region are you in, if you don’t mind saying?

Region 2. Meets are posted on state calendars but no schedule from our gym for optionals yet. They stated we will at least do in house meets and won’t travel out of the area through 2020. I read somewhere that USAG is allowing “virtual meets.” Not sure how that works. I get a lot of helpful info...

My DD is level 9 and has also been wearing masks to practice for about 3 weeks. They started with a couple days of shorter practice to see how the kids did, but now back up to 5 hours x 5 days/week. I’m also a RN who used to work in the operating room so I’ve had years of mask wearing to help me...

Agree with all previous posts. My DD has mentioned taking a break when she is injured or just exhausted. Our rule is that if she commits to the season (her gym requires a signed commitment at the beginning of the season) that she will complete it unless she medically can’t. If she needs a break...

What do you record gymnastics with? I generally use my iPhone but I’ve been looking at a video camera especially as DD gets higher up in levels. I have a Nikon DSLR but find it so bulky and inconvenient especially with the lens I need for the poorly lit gymnasiums (70-200 2.8f works well but...

Update for anyone else with this issue: after 13 weeks with no wrist weight bearing, DD was released to full activity. X-rays showed full resolution of bilateral distal radial epiphysitis. She’s taking it slow getting her strength back, but is now pain free. She is taping and bracing for every...

Thank you mom2gymnast. Did anyone you see tell you that you should consider taking her out of gymnastics completely? Two different doctors told us that! Please update me on the MRI later this week.

Thank you, flyinghigh. This was our second opinion with a pediatric sports medicine MD. Our first opinion with a different sports med doc was worse. We are totally fine with her resting them, just hoping to find someone who had a severe case and eventually recovered and was able to resume their...

New here, but would like to hear anyone else's experience with recovering from gymnast's wrist (distal radial epiphysitis). My daughter (L8 last season, trying for L9 this summer until this came up) was diagnosed with bilateral gymnast's wrist. The right is mild while the left is severe, with...