flyinghigh
Proud Parent
I'm looking for success stories of returning to gymnastics after OCD in the elbow especially without surgery. There isn't a lot on the Internet about it.
My daughter is a L7 and she just turned 11. She was diagnosed with OCD in March, we are now on month 4 of no activity on that arm. She still does everything else and is coping quite well with one arm in the gym. We traveled to a top notch elbow surgeon who agrees (after another high end MRI) that she is stage one and does not require surgery. No loose bodies and cartlidge is intact. Actually, her lesion had healed 55% in 3 months according to her last MRI. Initially her lesion was quite large 1.3 cm by 1.4 cm and is now 9 mm by 9 mm. Her Dr is confident she can return in 3 more months (6 months total). I keep reading unsuccessful stories of this happening.
She now has no pain and even did a few cartwheels at home yesterday with no pain (wanted to test her arm) so she's really hoping for release or partial release when we see the surgeon again in August. (Month 5)
If she is released, what can we expect? Anyone experienced this especially when no surgery is involved?
My daughter is a L7 and she just turned 11. She was diagnosed with OCD in March, we are now on month 4 of no activity on that arm. She still does everything else and is coping quite well with one arm in the gym. We traveled to a top notch elbow surgeon who agrees (after another high end MRI) that she is stage one and does not require surgery. No loose bodies and cartlidge is intact. Actually, her lesion had healed 55% in 3 months according to her last MRI. Initially her lesion was quite large 1.3 cm by 1.4 cm and is now 9 mm by 9 mm. Her Dr is confident she can return in 3 more months (6 months total). I keep reading unsuccessful stories of this happening.
She now has no pain and even did a few cartwheels at home yesterday with no pain (wanted to test her arm) so she's really hoping for release or partial release when we see the surgeon again in August. (Month 5)
If she is released, what can we expect? Anyone experienced this especially when no surgery is involved?