This looks encouraging.
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details – Bridge-Enhanced ACL Repair (BEAR) Clinical Trial
Mary-Anne Monckton just ruptured her ACL. 😦
Perhaps this new procedure could be an option.
Category: sport medicine
Kate Foster – Good Morning America
Kate Foster lost her leg to a leukemia-related infection when she was 12, but she didn’t let that stop her from becoming a competitive gymnast.
“I’ve never really found anything that I’ve loved more,” Foster, now 16, told ABC News. …
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via Gymternet Clan
Aly Raisman Talks Code of Points & Injuries
I hope FIG WTC listens to their Olympic Champion. She’s right.
Rules should be set with respect to the health and safety of competitors.
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The FIG Medical Commission should have more input to WTC. 😦
(via Inside Gymnastics)
Sam eats 5 times a day
Interesting interviews.
I eat five times a day, smaller meals, balancing my protein to carbs. Spacing my diet with what I have to do for one day that might be a lot of routines. I’ll eat more for that morning. It’s very detailed. …
Catching up with USA gymnasts Sam Mikulak, Donnell Whittenburg
I’m watching them compete on the AT&T American Cup – International Feed. Sam’s not quite back 100% from his Achilles injury.
concussions in gymnastics
They are more common than we realize. 😦
GymCastic interviewed former gymnast Caroline Just, a Neurology resident, on best practices for coaches, parents and teammates:
ANY head injury during practice or a meet should be investigated with a concussion checklist, because if you keep going without it, the second concussion could make things much worse. Print out a checklist and put it on the wall of the gym or download the Heads Up App
Take Tylenol not aspirin, Ibuprofen, Advil, Motrin, Naproxen or Aleve.
Most concussions resolve within two weeks, but if you don’t go through the appropriate steps, waiting to be symptom-free for 24 hours before you advance stages, you risk not healing properly, which increases risk of long-term neurocognitive symptoms
Go see a doctor if you are worried! It’s pretty unlikely that the doctor will tell you to quit, or to take a long break.
Doctors are required, in most states and provinces, to inform authorities if the welfare of a child is in danger, including by coaches. If you think a coach is negligent – don’t be silent. Get parents involved, get head coaches involved, get athletic directors involved. The right people will take this very seriously.
Gymnasts are tough. They are used to focusing on the goal and working through the pain. However, sometimes the toughest thing is to do what is right for your health, or your friend’s health. It’s better to miss the meet than miss the season, or miss out on your life.
188: Kyla Moves On, Concussions, Baku and American Cup Preview
Caroline Just recommended we download a free app – Heads Up. I’ll be checking it out.
Sam Oldham training in Tokyo
Sam suffered a terrible ankle injury on Vault at Commonwealth Games. But he’s back and in contention for the British Olympic Team.
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Gymnastics – safest landing positions
Dr. Dave Tilley is concerned:
… the unfortunate reality is that the typical way gymnasts were taught to land growing up (me included) may not be the safest for them and most effective to stick skills. Not to mention coaches are also unfortunately very mis-informed about what the best available science suggests for proper landing mechanics. The concerning typical landing position that we need to move away from is one of
• Knees and feet together
• Glutes engage with the “hips tucked under” into hollow
• Knee dominant landing strategy
• Stiff impact with upright torso… The reality of the situation is that we need to change the way gymnasts land, starting from a very young age. The more ideal landing we should be teaching and forcing athletes to use is
• Feet hip width apart
• toes, knees, hips, and shoulders close to inline (generally)
• core engaged in relative neutral (not excessively hollowed or arched)
• proper angular displacement of the hip and knee joints
• hip angle generally 30 degrees, and trunk / tibial lines close to parallel …
With greatly increased difficulty being competed now and into the future, obviously the “best” landing positions are the ones that bring impact forces to zero with the least risk of injury, especially major injuries like ligament ruptures.
Most of the top male gymnasts in 2016 land their difficult skills in a very typical way.
Check these successful WAG landing positions. (Some are luck, of course. But many are skillful.)
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Cassie Whitcomb’s recovery
Former U.S. National Team member (2006-10) Cassie Whitcomb is a UCLA team manager. Her last season competing for the Bruins was 2012.
Over the years she had several spinal injuries. Finally Cassie had surgery to try to repair those.
She currently has a Go Fund Me page to help cover $5000 of Surgery/Medical/Expenses.
Help if you can.
Thanks Michael.
Beth Tweddle recovering from surgery
… Beth had surgery to fuse fractured vertebrae in her neck …
“The early medical indications were positive as Beth was able to move her hands and feet, despite being in a lot of discomfort …
they took a piece of bone from her hip and used it to fuse the two vertebrae that were fractured, along with pinning them together …
Beth Tweddle has operation for neck injury after skiing accident on The Jump
Olympic gymnast is one of seven contestants to have been injured in Channel 4 ski-jumping reality show just two episodes in to its third series
CHANNEL 4 SPOKESPERSON:
“The Jump is now in its third series and since launch 46 celebrities have taken part successfully. Though it is a new course the events have been designed to be no more difficult than in previous years and all contributors have undertaken a rigorous training programme to prepare them for the show.
” All winter sports carry some element of risk but in light of the number of injuries this year, Channel 4 has asked the producers to review safety procedures again to further reduce the prospect of accident.”
related – Beth Tweddle: The Jump to hold safety review after series of injuries
Utah’s Kari Lee out with Achilles
Lee’s injury is a huge loss for the seventh-ranked Utes (3-0, 1-0), who are off until they host No. 20 Arizona on Monday at 6 p.m.
Lee is the only Utah gymnast competing in the all-around this year and was expected to be one of the team leaders after her breakout freshman season. …
Lee suffered the injury on the floor as she pushed off to start a tumbling pass. The Utes had no warning that the Achilles’ tendon might be ready to tear, Marsden said.
The Utes have had a rash of the injuries, with Corrie Lothrop tearing her Achilles in 2013, Kassandra Lopez tearing her’s in 2014 and Tory Wilson tearing her’s in 2015. Each one was similar to Lee’s with the gymnasts going from healthy one second to being done for the season the next. …
(via mcsmaria)
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