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Those Gyms around the world that have cautiously started to open after COVID-19 are reporting that it works.
So far, so good.
Pubs, restaurants, hotels and hairdressers can open from 4 July. …
“I really think for the mental health of the young children and their physical activity, it’s something that would be so important to the government.
“They need us back. A lot of our clubs are the hubs of the community.” …
June 24th.
Netflix now has the documentary on the USA Gymnastics criminal doctor.
Athlete A is Maggie Nichols.
First, we all need thank Maggie, Sarah Jantzi and Maggie’s parents.
And we all need thank Rachael Denhollander and Jamie Dantzscher.
Now that the criminal doctor is in prison for up to 175 years, it’s easy to forget how difficult were those early accusations.
It’s easy to forget how many very smart people were fooled by the conman. Jamie — at the time — felt he was the only nice adult associated with USA Gymnastics.
The documentary is well done. Recommend it to your non-Gymnastics friends. We can reduce medical malpractice and abuse in future. Protect athletes.
Revisit, too, the selection process for the Rio Olympic team. Certainly Maggie should have been one of the alternates.
An August 2016 article in the Indianapolis Star about USA Gymnastics protecting coaches accused of abuse leads to the explosive revelation that the USAG women’s team doctor, Larry Nassar, had been abusing athletes for over two decades.
This film follows the IndyStar reporters as they reveal the extensive cover-up that allowed abuse to thrive within elite-level gymnastics for more than two decades, the attorney who is fighting the institutions that failed these athletes, and most importantly, the brave whistle-blowers who refuse to be silenced.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
In addition to watching the documentary, be sure to listen to an excellent interview with Jennifer Sey on Gymnastic.
Sey is the producer.
Jennifer’s 2008 book Chalked Up is available in digital format with a new forward.
The late 1990s were the bad old days in my opinion.
Little Girls in Pretty Boxes was published 1995.
A Canadian documentary includes 3 National Team members:
Lisa Simes, 1994 Commonwealth Games medalist and All-American captain for Michigan.
Jackie Bender, the best Artistic gymnast all time at 1-arm handstand work on Beam.
And Sarah Rainey who is very eloquent and outspoken about why she left the sport. Today Sarah is Head Coach of East York Gymnastics in Toronto.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (24min)
Are the drop-in Trampoline facilities in your area open? 😕
Graphic video showing accidents.
Click PLAY or watch a TV News report from 2019 on YouTube.
What to do if you suspect a concussion
In all suspected cases of concussion, the person should stop the activity right away. Continuing increases their risk of more severe, longer-lasting concussion symptoms, as well as increases their risk of other injury.
Anyone with a suspected concussion should be checked out by a medical doctor.
Red flags
- Neck pain or tenderness
- Double vision
- Weakness or tingling in arms or legs
- Severe or increasing headache
- Seizure or convulsion
- Loss of consciousness (knocked out)
- Deteriorating conscious state
- Vomiting more than once
- Increasingly restless, agitated or combative
- Growing confusion
If any red flag symptoms are present, call an ambulance right away. These may be signs of a more serious injury.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Amy Nyman has appealed the suspension and an arbitrator is scheduled to hear her appeal over three days beginning June 29.
Nyman, the New Heights owner and head coach, ordered gymnasts to do so many repeat rope climbs that the insides of their legs bled and their arms were too sore to continue training, according to the documents.
When a New Heights gymnast said she was afraid to attempt a balance beam skill during a 2016 camp the team was attending in Pennsylvania, Nyman ridiculed the girl in front of her teammates, then made her do a series of sprints up a hill and 1,000 push-ups, according the SafeSport documents. …
For two years, Sara Allan, a former gymnast who grew up in New York City, had wanted to file a complaint.
In 2018, she wrote a letter saying that her former gymnastics coach at Chelsea Piers, Chris McClain, had engaged in a litany of emotional abuse, including insulting and berating gymnasts about their weight, eating habits and mental abilities. …
In less than a month, Allan had compiled a 13-page document filled with specific complaints against McClain that spanned 15 years — from 33 gymnasts, nine of their family members and five coaches. They demanded that McClain be suspended and, to their surprise, their pleas were quickly heeded.
Chelsea Piers suspended McClain last Saturday, the day after Allan sent the complaint. Then, on Wednesday, U.S.A. Gymnastics also suspended McClain, pending an investigation. …
Some Gyms are considering ultraviolet light sanitizing wands for disinfecting Bars, Beams, etc.
At this point, I’d not recommend the technology.
UV-C works well for purifying liquids. And it’s been used for making food safer for over 50 years.
UV-C light probably kills the new COVID-19 virus IF the light is strong enough, direct enough, and long enough. As I post, however, that’s not yet been scientifically proven.
It did work on MERS and SARS.
But light wands work best on flat, hard surfaces.
UV-C light is dangerous for humans, as well. UV light can cause cancer. Damage eyes. It’s difficult to protect yourself while waving a wand.
NY is testing whether using powerful ultraviolet lamps can disinfect subways and buses. In future there might be a way to turn on UV-C lights at night in the Gym to help sanitize.
Companies are working on new ways to disinfect hard surfaces with UV-C light waves. Robots, for example.
Hospitals and airlines are using the technology. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
read more – Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation
The 2004 Olympic Floor champion today owns a Gymnastics club in his home town Calgary.
Kyle was interviewed by Jock Wilson on Sports Talk radio.
He believes his Province, Alberta, has made a mistake in deciding when to allow children back indoors into sport and fitness clubs.
Right now indoor sports are relegated to phase 3 along with nightclubs.
Phase 3 could be October.
Will Gymnastics clubs survive?
Other Canadian Provinces are opening sooner. Kyle says some athletes are considering moving so they can resume training.
Outdoor sports will resume soon in some municipalities. Soccer, for example. But an indoor soccer centre in Calgary has already had to shut the doors.
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