Competitive gymnastics
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Anonymous
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A medical journal piece on same.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22379716 |
Anonymous
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Cambridge University Press good enough for you 9:33?
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8805403 |
Anonymous
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A therapist's page on eating disorders at the Olympics:
http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/eating-disorders-olympic-athletes-0801125 |
Anonymous
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This is good "Twenty great athletes with eating disorders" with a photo of tiny gymnasts.
http://mamavision.com/2010/07/02/top-20-famous-athletes-with-eating-disorders/ BTW did you know the reason that almost all ballet dancers smoke is to keep themselves from eating. Go by a theatre something during intermission. They are all out there smoking. And living off of Zone bars. Barysnikov smoked. Guillem smoked. |
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Is CNN authority enough, 9:33. Excellent piece on 10 year old gymnasts with eating disorders. Now my search is "10 year old gymnast eating disorder"
http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/08/08/tweens.anorexia.parenting/index.html 15:33 and 9:33. Do I need to do more searches for you? If you find my researching skills inadequate, tell me, so I can go find the pieces you think might be important to OP in making this decision. Compound fractures in gymastics? SEen that, done that. Puberty issues? Right out there. Steroids that the Chinese (and before that the Soviet Union and Romanians) use? That's out there too. All you have to do is hit the button. But instead of doing that and being helpful, you criticise. That's what I hate about this website. Good luck to you OP. |
Anonymous
| Okay. We get it. You don't like gymnastics or ballet. Head on back to your soccer field now. |
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OH MY GOD, I cannot possibly let my child participate in gymnastics...EVER...she will likely develop all of these horrible diseases and psychological problems! ! ! Just awful! ! ! Thank you for opening my eyes to these evils.
She will stay at home and let to sew and knit like all good girls should. |
Anonymous
aimed at the poster with all the posty posts, not the poster whose daughter will now safely and nutritionally take up knitting. |
Anonymous
| No, I love ballet and gymnastics. But it wreaked havoc on my body. I can only wach and admire now. And I don't know how to sew or knit. Now I have to get back to brain surgery. |
Anonymous
| I never participated in gymnastics...or ballet...but now I'm a rocket scientist...so therefore... |
Anonymous
Isn't this a separate issue than the eating disorders? Are you saying you had both an eating disorder and a back injury? |
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| I thought she was having brain surgery. |
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All gymnasts get back injuries. And concusions, and sprains (my fav) and broken limbs and compound fracture, and dental problems when they try to do a back-up on the beam and their hands miss so the face and neck take the force of back-flipping motion right on their face and neck.
No, I perform brain surgeries. |
Anonymous
| ah... that's explains it...you're infallible. |
Anonymous
No, Excel will be the nationalized USAG system that is outside the levels 1-10, similar to VA's current All Star program or MD's current Mason-Dixon league. Some regions were having regional prep-op competitions so this was the natural direction to go in.
I am not old enough to remember this, but I know enough about gymnastics to know that she wasn't any more likely to break her neck than any other same bar release and catch. The standard by which this move is "outlawed" under is described as "not sitting or standing on the bar" during the routine and it was a decision made not based on safety but based on the direction women's uneven bars were moving towards - more like men's high bar. No pauses, bigger swinging actions. It's why the bars are much wider today and the industry has recently developed newer, more flexible rails. Also, anyone in the industry who has been around since that time and before agrees that gymnastics is much safer today. We have by far massively safer equipment and surfaces that put less stress on the body. The industry is constantly evolving. Also, in the early 90s, the introduction of coaches from the former Soviet system greatly improved the American knowledge of technique, and we've channeled that momentum (and our amazing talent pool of genetic diversity) into the best, most varied gymnastics program in the world. I don't believe Olga Korbut received a perfect 10 on bars in a notable televised instance. In the Olympics she did not, controversial after a successful routine. You may be confusing her with Nadia Comaneci, another famous gymnast, who now owns a gym with her husband in Oklahoma. Keri Strug did hurt herself on vault, but I'm sure we could find every single example of an athlete ever injured in every sport, that would be silly. That was almost 20 years ago now and another "era" of gymnastics. Cheerleading is another sport entirely and I think anyone could have some valid concerns about their safety management practices. That industry hasn't evolved nearly as far as USA Gymnastics has in risk management. Hopefully someday they'll get there, but the fact that there is no pre-eminent national governing body (like USAG) is a big problem. It was stated in this thread that all gymnasts have back problems. I experienced some soreness or temporary back injuries when I was competing, but today I am in great shape and can still do a lot of gymnastics without pain. I have more muscle tone than most people with minimal effort and with a little exercise can stay in great shape. Gymnastics builds the brain and body and I will definitely have my children participate on some level. Competitive gymnastics isn't for everybody so I would never push that, but I believe every child will benefit greatly in preschool and rec gymnastics. |