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A New Problem for Gymnasts by Doug K. Patient Expert of injury. Over 27,000 kids get hurt each year in gymnastics severely enough to end up in the emergency room... of injury in gymnastics is about the same as ice hockey. Researchers have known for a long time...
Young Gymnasts At Risk Of Long Term Bone Problems by Nick B. Patient Expert explained that the gymnasts involved in the study portrayed a “broad constellation of recent injuries...,000 children doing gymnastics every year, 52 will have an injury, compared with 75 youth rugby players...
Gymnastics| Pain by Dr. Jennifer C. Medical Doctor -offs. Sports Biomechanics. 6(3):375-90, 2007 Sep). www.stopmusclepain.com Gymnastics, injuries, muscles... Sunday, August 10, 2008  As you view the Olympics gymnasts perform, do you wonder...
Mental Gymnastics: How Does Stress Hurt Your Athletic Performance? by ShapeUp .. to get on the course. They want to get on the court. So they just eliminate it sometimes and it can lead to injuries..., and then those little nagging injuries are more and more stressful. Stretching can be very relaxing and incorporating...
What's up with the gymnasts? by Leah K. Patient Expert It's not just the U.S. girls, but really all the gymnasts so far. They seem very preoccupied, to say the least. Those of you that know a thing or two about gymnastics...why do they spread...
Gymnast Damien Walters Doing Flips and Stunts by Project Swole Patient Expert January 14th, 2010 Posted in Here is a video of Damien Walters, who is a sick gymnast. He does some incredible flips and other stunts. Once you start...
"Women's" Gymnastics by Andrew Hodges Patient Expert Admittedly, I'm not the biggest gymnastics fan. While I certainly respect the athleticism.... Part of my disdain may also be traced back to being dragged to my sister's gymnastics practice as a kid...
Nolan's Gymnastic Moves! by Vicky .. Patient Expert Nolan went to his friend's birthday party at Electric City Gymnastics. This was his 2nd party there and he loves it! Here are a few pictures of him doing somersaults, jumping like a monkey, and building strength
Chinese Gymnast by Greg T. Patient Expert I was watching the girls gymnastics the other night when the Chinese team came out. There is no way several of these girls are 16, if you ask me 12-14 max. The Times has a good article about it
Gymnastics! by Nathan L. Patient Expert Gwyneth has enrolled in 2 year old gymnastics. At this age, all they really do is let them run/crawl around and play...nothing really organized, which is fine with Gwyneth. She loves it, and takes long naps...

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Advocacy Groups Protest Cirque du Soleil's Firing of HIV-Positive Gymnast
Gymnast Matthew Cusick and members of some San Francisco-area advocacy groups, including the Stop...-positive status "will likely pose a direct threat of harm to others, particularly in the case of future injury... of exposing fellow artists, technicians and/or spectators to HIV as a consequence of injurious physical...crap

Cirque du Soleil Agrees to Pay $600,000 to HIV-Positive Gymnast Fired Because of Perceived Threat to Others
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Thursday announced that Cirque du Soleil has agreed to pay $600,000 to a gymnast who was fired because of his HIV-positive status, the Los Angeles Times..., particularly in the case of future injury." In July 2003, the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund filed a federal...crap

Cirque du Soleil Offers to Rehire HIV-Positive Gymnast Fired Because of Perceived Threat to Others
Cirque du Soleil on Friday said that it will offer to rehire an HIV-positive gymnast who was fired..., particularly in the case of future injury" (Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, 12/19/03). However, Cirque spokesperson Renee... plans to offer to reinstate the gymnast during mediation talks. Menard said, "Any job opening...crap

I have a pretty muscular lower half, how do I slim it down?
I am 22 years old and was a competing gymnast for a good portion of my youth. It gave me great abs and arms, but my calf and thigh muscles are huge. It's hard for me to find pants and other things that actually fit. To make matters worse, I'm small so dresses and shorts look ridiculous on me. Any ideas...crap

Sudden and painful headaches during sport
I am 14 and I do a lot of sport, mainly gymnastics. Every few months I go through these periods of about 2 weeks, where after everything I do I get an extrmemly sudden and painful headache. It goes away after about 20 seconds, but it happens after every skill I do and its just so annoying and very...crap

My body needs fixed
I'm a 19 year old male gymnast and I hurt pretty much everywhere all the time. I started gymnastics at age 15, and started off nice and healthy with no problems. Since then, I have rolled (also broken) each of my feet at least 20 times. All the joints in my body crack and pop. I fractured the L4...crap

I am a health young female athete with a high resting pulse - what could cause this?
I am a 21 year old female who has been an active/healthy gymnast for 14 years. My BP is 117/74, give or take a few. My EKG is well within normal range and sinus tachycardia has been ruled out (my mom works for doctors).   Normally it isn't 100+ although that has happened a few times.  The one time...crap

gymnast with hypoglycemia
i'm a gymnast and i have hypoglycemia but there's a little girl who is allergic to peanuts at my gym and i can't find a snack! gymnast827crap

My son is 3 and a half and has many symptoms of ADHD.
My son will be 4 in July and will be starting Pre-K in August. I have always had problems with getting him to listen to me, but I chalked it up to him jusy being a typical rowdy boy. I enrolled him in a gymnastics class shortly before his third birthday, but we quit in less than a month becuase he couldn' ssit...crap

Acid Reflux and Sports Teams
  When I was younger, I did all the cliché activities for any other little girl—dance, gymnastics, some swim lessons. As I got older, I got more into organized teams. I went through years of soccer, and swim team among other things. Now, a college freshman, I find myself on crew. It’s definitely...crap