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Trixiebelle

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Poor DD - she can't seem to catch a break. Or rather catches too many of them. Around this time last year we were just learning about her spondy which led to a summer of no gymastics but lots of conditioning. She caught up to her team mates to compete a mix of L7 and USAIGC and was doing well. Her giant was consistent and beautiful and she overcame the fear issue with the BH on beam...

And now this! In my effort to show her that there is a world of fun sports other than gymanstics, I had her take a field hocking clinic and yesterday was the tournament. Poor Trixie took a stick to the hand in the beginning of the 3 rd game - PLAYED the whole game and another. I could tell it was bad right away when I saw the tears that she quickly hid and in the end it was the swelling that took us to the clinic. She missed the last game and a few parents were testy and thought I was over reacting when I yanked her from play.

Thank goodness for urgent care - we were in an out in under 45 minutes! X-ray showed a minor buckle fracture and while the DR said that this was the best kind to get and that they sometimes heal in 2 weeks, but he likes to see the kids wait 3-5...

The big kicker is that Silver regionals are in 6 weeks....:( So even if she is healed by then, it will take a few more weeks of gradual training to get her back to where she was. So it looks like the year of prepping for nationals will end on a low note. She is thrilled however she did have a chance to compete and scorred high enough at L7 that she can move on to L8 next year. I love her optimism!

Anyone else out there experience this injury? Any words of advice? We have to follow up with our ped in the morning and hopefully a referral to a ped ortho to be sure she is healed before being allowed back to practice.
 
no advice, just sympathy!!! Hope she is not out 3-5 weeks...sounds like an awfully long time :(

Thank goodness for your DD's optimism though!!!
 
My DD just suffered this injury. She spent 4 weeks in a splint, not a cast which was good because she could take it off to brush her teeth and get dressed. The downside was that she took it off to "air" her hand and had to be reminded to put it back on. The biggest downside was that she could only do conditioning, dance and leaping at practice. No weight at all on her hand. The timing couldn't have been worse as she ended up missing her last meet and states. She was released 10 days before Regionals but the pounding that her body took trying to catch up on all her skills ended up aggravating her heels. Regionals, unfortunately did not go as well as she wanted.

She didn't have to do physical therapy and now, two weeks later, has regained full mobility of her thumb. But it did take about a week and half out of the splint to get it all back.

Tell your daughter good luck. It will heal quickly and without issues.
 
Hope she heals quickly. I would ask that she see an orthopedic doc to get a complete review of the x-rays and treatment plan.
 
Hope healing goes well and she doesn't re-aggravate it by trying to do too much too soon. Next year will be awesome for her!
 
Thanks all! She had a follow-up with her Ped on Monday and all looks good. She was still very tender then, but today is feeling better. She will go back in 3 weeks for a follow-up xray to make sure all is clear and healed. If all goes as planned, she will actually have 3 weeks to train before Regionals so I am cautiously optimistic for her.
 
i would advise against hitchhiking for several weeks...:)
 
Best case scenario.......Get her in to see an ortho, as some peds are not going to know anything beyond the general parameters for healing time. An ortho may be able to review the pics and and consent to a no resistence mobility exercise program of, move it until it feels uncomfortable, do not go beyond, followed by 20 min ice, finished off with 30 min ace wrap. This is similar to a fracture one of my kids went through, and this is the course we followed with docs Ok. She lost almost no mobility in the 3 week "restricted time" and was able to work her way back with modified training for a week, followed by a week of "dipping" her toe in the water. Two weeks later she was off to Westerns.
 
Best case scenario.......Get her in to see an ortho, as some peds are not going to know anything beyond the general parameters for healing time.
This. Not to knock pediatricians at all, but it simply isn't their area of expertise, and legally they're better off just giving you the safest answers. You might get the same answer from a specialist, but it's worth talking to one.
 
This. Not to knock pediatricians at all, but it simply isn't their area of expertise, and legally they're better off just giving you the safest answers. You might get the same answer from a specialist, but it's worth talking to one.

Agree with this too. My DD always saw an ortho with her injuries (sounds like she had tons, but just three--all to her feet and ankle area). Always best to see the expert!
 
Agree with this too. My DD always saw an ortho with her injuries (sounds like she had tons, but just three--all to her feet and ankle area). Always best to see the expert!


Id love to, but her ped did not see the need to. How hard do you push when it's a pretty vanilla type injury?
 
Happy to report that after being cleared to return to full gymnastics with no restrictions, trixie went back to practice tonight. She did everything - giants, vault and BHS on beam. Her coach even cleared her to compete this weekend! Whew. What a relief....
 

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