I haven't posted an update on dd in a while.
She has been injured most of the season and it is very frustrating since she has worked so hard and had many upgrades.Only competed a couple of meets.
We actually petitioned her to Regionals but she is still not well and we decided to just let her heal up all the way and hopefully she will get well soon and be able to compete next year.
The healing process is going very slow. She basically only did some conditioning and bars the last couple of month and her hip pain only improved a little bit.She is now taking a whole month off from gym completely and will just concentrate on her stretches and exercises that the Physical Therapist gave her to do.
Trying to think about a cause of the injury and it might be a combination of things.
Most websites say it is an overuse injury.It came on slowly at the beginning of the season but than got really bad after she straddled the beam on her bhs layout.
Her IT band is also very tight which can cause inflammation on the bursa.
One webside also says that when kids grow muscles and tendons can get very tight and also cause pain.
Like I said we (dd,coach and parents) are really frustrated.I really thought it was her year to shine.
Our focus now is just trying to get her better.
Here is a vid from her first competition.I will post it again for the once that have not seen it before.
YouTube - Gymnastics Level 9 - Columbia River Classic
She has been injured most of the season and it is very frustrating since she has worked so hard and had many upgrades.Only competed a couple of meets.
We actually petitioned her to Regionals but she is still not well and we decided to just let her heal up all the way and hopefully she will get well soon and be able to compete next year.
The healing process is going very slow. She basically only did some conditioning and bars the last couple of month and her hip pain only improved a little bit.She is now taking a whole month off from gym completely and will just concentrate on her stretches and exercises that the Physical Therapist gave her to do.
Trying to think about a cause of the injury and it might be a combination of things.
Most websites say it is an overuse injury.It came on slowly at the beginning of the season but than got really bad after she straddled the beam on her bhs layout.
Her IT band is also very tight which can cause inflammation on the bursa.
One webside also says that when kids grow muscles and tendons can get very tight and also cause pain.
Like I said we (dd,coach and parents) are really frustrated.I really thought it was her year to shine.
Our focus now is just trying to get her better.
Here is a vid from her first competition.I will post it again for the once that have not seen it before.
YouTube - Gymnastics Level 9 - Columbia River Classic