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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
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...
LEG RAISES
Leg raises are helpful with a lower back injury because they help to strengthen your core. By moving your legs up and down, like a leg...
FRONT AND BACK WALKOUTS
In this exercise you sould be in a push up position on a yoga ball with your legs on the yoga ball. You walk your hands forward so that...
REVERSE CRUNCHES
A reverse crunch in this case in performed on a yoga/exercise ball. You lay on a yogaball with your feet on the ground and chest down....
STRETCHING THE LOWER BACK:
By stretching the lower back muscles, ab muscles, hips, and legs you can help stretch out muscles involved in a lower back injury. By...
HALF "W"
This stretch is called half "w" because one of your legs should be straight, while the other should look like half of a "w". This stretch...
HOLLYWOOD STRETCH
This stretch is called the holleywood stretch. By doing this, you strretch out your side muscles and lower back muscles.When you do this...
TOUCHING YOUR TOES
Even though this is a very simple stretch, it is very easy and very effective. In this stretch, stand with your legs to gether and try to...
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