Hey y'all! First real thread, woo!
Anywho, when I was 11, I had a pretty bad injury where I ended up with 5 stress fractures in my right wrist and 7 in my left. I had a rough time coming back from that, but I did it and continued doing gym for 3-4 more years until I got fed up with the pain and not being able to do certain skills because of it (backhandsprings on beam especially).
Now, I'm a freshman in college, and when I found out my school had a club gymnastics team, I knew I had to join. For the past few months, I've been having the time of my life getting back into the sport. I'm getting my skills back pretty quickly, and I love my team! My wrists have kind of been bugging me on back tumbling and bars, but nothing intolerable. But, today on beam, I was doing backwalkovers and roundoffs, and out of the blue my right wrist started killing me. I took the rest of the day off for ice and conditioning.
What are some exercises I could do to strengthen my wrists? I'm really loving being back in the gym, so I really don't want to quit. Any ideas?
Anywho, when I was 11, I had a pretty bad injury where I ended up with 5 stress fractures in my right wrist and 7 in my left. I had a rough time coming back from that, but I did it and continued doing gym for 3-4 more years until I got fed up with the pain and not being able to do certain skills because of it (backhandsprings on beam especially).
Now, I'm a freshman in college, and when I found out my school had a club gymnastics team, I knew I had to join. For the past few months, I've been having the time of my life getting back into the sport. I'm getting my skills back pretty quickly, and I love my team! My wrists have kind of been bugging me on back tumbling and bars, but nothing intolerable. But, today on beam, I was doing backwalkovers and roundoffs, and out of the blue my right wrist started killing me. I took the rest of the day off for ice and conditioning.
What are some exercises I could do to strengthen my wrists? I'm really loving being back in the gym, so I really don't want to quit. Any ideas?