If your son or daughter wants to participate in gymnastics, especially at a competitive level, chances are you'll deal with an injury at some point or another.
There will be injuries in gymnastics. It's the nature of the sport.
As a gymnast, you have to be aware that gymnastics is one of the most demanding and strenuous sports around.
gymnasts incur injuries as often as football players do
These safety measures take the form of body and mental alertness, adequate muscle strength and resiliency, and above all, clear communication with between the gymnast, coach and child.
it is importnat that the gymnast knows what he is doing. The gymnast shouldn’t attempt to try moves that he hasn’t practiced yet
Most times, injuries occur because some of the muscles involved in the execution of a trick are not strong enough to withstand the stress placed on the joints during movement. This often happens to children whose bones are still in the process of growing. The most common of these injuries are sprained or twisted ankles, which occur when the small but vital muscles that run down from the calf to the foot are not tough enough to cushion the joint underneath. To prevent sprained and twisted ankles, the muscles surrounding them should be trained and conditioned regularly.
Gymnastics has the highest injury rate of all girls' sports, according to a report from Ohio State University.
27,000 gymnasts were hospitalized annually.
We don't typically think of gymnastics as a dangerous sport. In fact, many parents consider it an activity, but it has the same clinical incidence of catastrophic injuries as ice hockey,"
Analyzing records of patients ages 6 to 17 who were treated in emergency rooms from 1990 to 2005, the study found that an average of 5 out of every 1,000 young gymnasts each year — about 27,000 — required medical attention for injuries ranging from sprains to nerve damage.
Analyzing records of patients ages 6 to 17 who were treated in emergency rooms from 1990 to 2005, the study found that an average of 5 out of every 1,000 young gymnasts each year — about 27,000 — required medical attention for injuries ranging from sprains to nerve damage.
In a study published in this month’s Pediatrics, researchers at Ohio State University reviewed U.S. gymnastics injuries in girls between 1990 and 2001 and found that it carries one of the highest injury rates of all girls’ sports.
more than 86,000 injuries from gymnastics are treated in hospitals, doctors' offices, clinics, ambulatory surgery centers and hospital emergency rooms.
ive of the six members of China's gold medal-winning women's gymnastics team, the little girls who said they were 16, probably were 14 and looked like they were 12.
But give China's sports leaders their due: They do understand physics. The tinier the body, the better it spins and twists and flies through the air.
that goes for you, too, Russia and Romania.
Wouldn't it be something if the 2012 Games provide the first truly even playing field in women's gymnastics? It's about time. After all, what good is an age minimum if it's not adhered to by everyone?
"It's unfair that people keep saying the Chinese are too young to compete,"
Half of the team - He Kexin, Yang Yilin, Jiang Yuyuan - is under age if online sports registration lists in China are correct. The international gymnastics federation, however, said those gymnasts were eligible and that the ages on their passports were correct.
China's floor routines were not perfect, but they were good enough to win.
The aftermath of the competition can also be emotionally difficult, and neither team faced easy questions after the competition.
latest findings on young gymnasts: Nearly 426,000 kids ages 6 to 17 were treated for gymnastics-related injuries in U.S. emergency rooms between 1990 and 2005,
fractures and dislocations were most common among the younger set
Compare this to the American team, older, taller, plucky, yet seemingly more human.
Nastia Lukin and Shawn Johnson both stumbled at critical points, and Alicia Sacramone's angst was genuine as she faltered.
Yet only a few minutes later, most of them were gabbing like typical American teenagers, the pain of defeat temporal. And you know Sacramone won't be haunted by this for too long. She'll rebound back and get up again
Mukwonago Jennifer Griffith's list of injuries sounds more fitting for a football player than a gymnast.
Torn anterior cruciate ligaments in both legs and a slight back sprain induced by a nasty fall have plagued her.
Bela Karolyi, the charismatic coach of the Romanian team and the 1996 US "Magnificent Seven", has been credited with increasing the level of performance while decreasing the average age of the performer.
The standard was younger, shorter, and skinnier.
Kerri Strug's career came to a halt after a long struggle with anorexia. In 1991 15-year-old Olympic hopeful Julissa Gomez died after breaking her neck after a misstep on her vault. A fellow gymnast, 15-year-old Christy Henrich, developed anorexia as she struggled to qualify for the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. She retired at 18, without a medal, and died last year at 22 weighing less than 50 pounds.