Effects of gymnastics on bone and cartillage. Read details?!
Question: Effects of gymnastics on bone and cartillage!. Read details!?
I have been doing gymnastics 1!.5 hours a week (sometimes 3!.5) for just over a year now and before that just some roundoffs and handstands outside, probably every other day or so!. I'm not competitive or anything, just for fun!. I can't do much, to list a few things,, front handspring, back walkover, front limber, half of a front walk over, 1 minute handstand hold, handstand forward roll, back extention roll!. My right elbow is getting very sharp pains and feels like I have a crack right below it but more in my elbow when i bend it!. But ik its not broken or it would hurt worse so i think it is my joint!. occasionally my kneee will have a sharp pain and i cant move for a second!. Do you think this is because of gymanstics because there are people who have over 12 hours a week and they dont have problems!. so im not sure!. should i go to a doctor!?
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Gymnastics requires athletes to train hard, stay conditioned, and safely perform technical skills!. No weekend warriors for this sport! Top gymnasts practice from 30 to 40 hours per week consisting of 700 to 1300 elements per day!. Given the demands of the sport, it is no wonder the rate of injury in gymnastics ranks with contact sports such as football and other contact sports!. Hospital emergency departments treat more than 25,000 injured gymnasts under age 15 each year!. With the help of sports medicine professionals, gymnasts such as Kerri Strug, Blaine Wilson, Mary Lou Retton, Shannon Miller, and Courtney Kupets were competitive at the Olympic level following debilitating injuries that required surgery!.
In order to prevent and manage gymnastics injuries in the Birmingham area, UAB Sports Medicine has collaborated with gyms to develop the Safe Gymnasts Are No Accident Program!. Here are the most common gymnastics injuries treated at UAB Sports Medicine:
1!. Tendon injuries: Tendonitis, tendon ruptures, muscle strains, and apophysitis are traction injuries that can occur from overuse, trauma, or a combination of both!. Tendons are cordlike bands that attach muscle to bone!. Tendonitis is an inflammation of those tendons that often occurs when athletes increase the duration or intensity of their training!. Shin splints are a common version of tendonitis that can be caused by muscle imbalance, poor conditioning, and abnormal foot mechanics!.
Apophysitis is a condition that often occurs following a growth spurt where the bone lengthens faster than the muscle putting excessive stress on the tendon attachment at the bone!. It is characterized by pain at the muscle insertion and sometimes there is a bump where bone has deposited!. Osgood-Schlatter (patellar tendon insertion), Sinding-Larsen-Johansson (patellar tendon origin), and Severe
In order to prevent and manage gymnastics injuries in the Birmingham area, UAB Sports Medicine has collaborated with gyms to develop the Safe Gymnasts Are No Accident Program!. Here are the most common gymnastics injuries treated at UAB Sports Medicine:
1!. Tendon injuries: Tendonitis, tendon ruptures, muscle strains, and apophysitis are traction injuries that can occur from overuse, trauma, or a combination of both!. Tendons are cordlike bands that attach muscle to bone!. Tendonitis is an inflammation of those tendons that often occurs when athletes increase the duration or intensity of their training!. Shin splints are a common version of tendonitis that can be caused by muscle imbalance, poor conditioning, and abnormal foot mechanics!.
Apophysitis is a condition that often occurs following a growth spurt where the bone lengthens faster than the muscle putting excessive stress on the tendon attachment at the bone!. It is characterized by pain at the muscle insertion and sometimes there is a bump where bone has deposited!. Osgood-Schlatter (patellar tendon insertion), Sinding-Larsen-Johansson (patellar tendon origin), and Severe
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