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Stengthening and Preventing Gymnastics Injuries:
Achilles Tendon Injury
Lower Back Injury
Ankle Sprain
Achilles Tendon Injury
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INJURIES TO HELP:
-lower back injury
-ankle sprain
-achilles tendon injury
INCREASING STRENGTH AND HELPING THE INJURY
BY: Emma Carmichael
MEDICINE BALL CATCH
This exercise helps your balance. By catching a medicine ball, it makes it more difficult. To do this exercise you stand on one foot and...
ONE LEG SQUAT AND REACH
A one leg squat and reached is performed so that there can be a little bit of a challenge with balancing. Stand on one foot. Then, bend...
STANDING ON ONE FOOT
It may seem like a very simple task, but this can very much help increase your balance! Try to stand one one foot for 30 seconds at a...
PREVENTING ANKLE SPRAINS
You can't really prevent an ankle sprain, but you can know the risk factors. Risk factors for ankle sprains are: sports with lots of...
WHAT CAN AN ANKLE SPRAIN LOOK LIKE?
An ankle spraincan be caused by lack of balance skills, or an inversion of the foot. An inversion is when the ankle rolls inward toward...
WHAT CAN YOU USE FOR BALANCING?
There are some things that you can use to practice your balancing. Above is a picture of a balance board. A balance board is used to...
EXERCISES THAT INCREASE BALANCE
Exercises that can help your balancing skills can decrease the likeliness that your will have an ankle sprain. Ankle sprains can be...
STRENGTHENING THE LOWER BACK:
To strengthen the lower back, you can do many exercises. During these exercises, you should strengthen lower back muscles, and your core...
SUPERMAN HOLDS
This exercise may also be known as arch holds. It helps to strengthen your lower back muscles. During a lower back injury, you need to...
SIT UPS
Doing sit ups help to strengthen the core. Performing this exericise increases core strength. To perform this exercise you bend your legs...
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