growth

South Shore Gymnastics Academy is a newish (4 years) gym in the beautiful South Shore of Massachusetts! We are growing rapidly, and we are in a need of a coach who has experience coaching Level 9 and 10 skills-especially bars- and can confidently teach and spot releases and other high level...

So I have 3 girls doing level 7 and we have competitions in just under 2 months. All 3 are having knee pain that prevents them from doing maximum workload. All 3 have had a big growth spurt over the last couple months. I am getting so frustrated that they can't train the skills required but...

I took my gymnast to an ortho today and that place was a cast factory. Everyone going in there was coming out with a cast. My gymnast doesn't have a fracture, but there is some stress from impact. I don't really understand and I wish I had asked more questions, but I was busy keeping her...

My DD is at the age where she is growing an inch every three months. Coupled with her arms also growing an inch while her legs grow, it is a gym mom's night mare. ;) She now does her giants with flexed feet when they are gliding past the low bar because she doesn't want to slam them into the...

My ten year old daughter has had an insane year in terms of growth. She's gained about 15-20 pounds and grown around 4-5 inches. She's also matured physically in other ways and it has all happened so quickly her doctor told me she was just entering puberty and then within a month or two--tons...

My dd is having some minor wrist pain and after watching others go through growth plate fractures and inflammation in their wrists I would like to prevent my dd's pain from getting worse. Are there any exercises that can strengthen the wrist to prevent this type of injury?

Anyone had luck treating this while their athlete was still training? DD Floor is suffering because she can barely get through her tumbling passes. Currently she's only running her tumbling lines two or three times per practice because if she does more, it hurts to walk.

My daughter is in the midst of a nasty growth spurt that is affecting her horribly. I've tried researching all of the effects of growth on the body, learning , etc. there is not a lot out there that is gymnastic specific. I'm noticing everything from dazed and confused, to tired and lethargic...

My dd has recently had what i consider a pretty big growth spurt. She probably grew about 3 inches since may. She went up two leo sizes. The problem is the last two months she has just complained about something hurting after every practice. Mostly it is either heel, ankle or knee. Its always...

What does it mean? It sounds scary, I overheard some parents talking about it at a comp earlier in the year and one was saying something along the lines of increased hours=increased risk of growth plate injuries? Is it because of the increased exposure or is it around repetition of moves? It...

Hi, my dd grew a lot this summer and is now very frustrated with gymnastics. She did very well last year competing and was one of the best on her team. Now because of her growth spurt she is not doing very well and is getting frustrated. She has not lost any of her skills but they are not as...

There has been a few threads lately on growth spurts and losing skills, I don't know if there has been any of flexibility and growth spurts. Dd's coach said something recently about when they have growth spurts they can lose flexibility or if they are not very flexible before they have growth...

DD Is 7 and has just recently had a massive growth spurt, she has gained a few inches in height and gone up a couple of shoes sizes, with this huge growth spurt some of her skills have gone completely off especially her vault? Has anyone else been through this, please tell me she will adjust to...

DD hurt her foot today in the gym. I took her to one of those "express" medical centers since it was 6:00. They did an X-ray, said they didn't see a fracture but they would have their radiologist look at it. Said it was most likely just a bruise. However, as we were driving home we got the call...

If a child is told to do extra conditioning and body-weight type skill work (v-sit, press handstand, etc) at home in L5 ... Assuming 3 day a week training with either 1 or 2 days off between each workout. If doing extra, is it best to do extra conditioning (in excess of what the group is...

So, all this discussion about vestibular and fears and such, and how it is often tied to growth spurts... do these things actually lessen if a kid sticks with it until they're done growing? My daughter is 12, a level 8, growing (and not just up either), and has been plagued by fears for the...

In the run up to her comp last weekend I noticed that dd had been struggling with her back walkover on beam. All the other skills were fine - solid on flic, round off, tuck back dismount, spins etc. She's had her back walkover for about a year and a half or maybe more and she's always said she...

Dd was sized for leos last week and she is in between sizes. I am not sure what to do. All of her measurements fit into a child xl on the chart, except her torso, which is at the upper edge for jr medium. normally, I would go the size up, maybe even go to an A-small (there is no a-xs) so she...

We went in the other day for a totally unrelated foot issue (dd had a wart removed on her toe and this was the final checkup for that) DD has mentioned a time or two slight heel pain. Mentioned it again the morning of this appt.. So it being an ankle and foot doctor, we mentioned it to the...

Anybody have any experience dealing with growth plate inflammation in a shoulder? I have found lots on the internet about the typical growth plate issues of knees and heels but not much on the shoulder.