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Bad news for DD when she saw the doctor yesterday for her wrists which have been bothering her. After getting an MRI, they discovered she has a stress fracture in the growth plate of both wrists. She'll be out for 6 weeks. Fortunately they didn't have to put a cast on her wrists, just braces.
I felt so bad for her, you can see her eyes tearing up as the doctor was explaining this to her. Her Doctor is a former gymnast and works with injured gymnasts, so she was able to explain things to DD as a gymnast, which helped a lot.
DD was feeling a little better in the car on the way home, coming up with ideas of how she can still train without using her arms at all.
The coach gives injured gymnasts a special conditioning/training program to do at practice. It usually lasts about 1 to 1 1/2 hours and then they go home. DD already said she wants a program that will last the entire practice, if not, she'll just work on her "list" over and over until practice is over. It's impossible to keep DD out of the gym. Her coach knows this, so it will be interesting to see what they come up with.
Either way, it's going to be a long 6 weeks, plus physical therapy afterwards
I felt so bad for her, you can see her eyes tearing up as the doctor was explaining this to her. Her Doctor is a former gymnast and works with injured gymnasts, so she was able to explain things to DD as a gymnast, which helped a lot.
DD was feeling a little better in the car on the way home, coming up with ideas of how she can still train without using her arms at all.
The coach gives injured gymnasts a special conditioning/training program to do at practice. It usually lasts about 1 to 1 1/2 hours and then they go home. DD already said she wants a program that will last the entire practice, if not, she'll just work on her "list" over and over until practice is over. It's impossible to keep DD out of the gym. Her coach knows this, so it will be interesting to see what they come up with.
Either way, it's going to be a long 6 weeks, plus physical therapy afterwards