You'll be just fine :) don't stress yourself out about it, especially when you start tumbling again. Remember, tumbling is mental and you need to be positive and ease your way back into anything you do after an injury! The best thing to do is Rest, Ice/Heat and go eassssyyy until you're 100%!
I pulled mine (actually both of them) when I was on LadyPumas '08.. that was the year we did the hurdler tuck split and I even competed at NCA with it still messed up.
As long as you go EASY when you stretch after it's healed you should be fine. I can still pull a bow'n arrow and do jumps like I...
Here's a pic from the first day I got it (the ONLY time it was "pink-ish", but that's because it was super swollen) It looks nasty at first but I promise it only lasted a day (Sorry it's so big!):
This is what it looks like now (sorry it's not very clear, the camera on my phone sucks!):
It's...
P90X works if you actually stick with it. I did it for a while, but for me I'm used to basing which is like mostly pushing and a lot of the arm work is pull ups and I'm horrible at that! Plus Tony Horton is really cheesy and I just wanted to get it over with so I was bored a lot of the time...
1st of all, a broken elbow is not a "catastrophe"... being paralyzed is a catastrophe.
2nd, more injuries are going to happen when there's more participation.. it comes with the territory in all sports.
3rd, there's a difference between a Day camp and a Cheerleading camp.. the parents should've...
Yes stepping is standing tumbling (may not be categorized as it in the gymnastics world, but technically it is) since your feet come together before you push off the ground.
I'm an exercise science major and am studying kinesiology and biomechanics right now so when I saw this question I...
I'd like to vent on the people who actually DO drop their fliers. (I'm not accusing you of doing it, only the ones who purposefully back out when a flier is in the air). I have been a flier and a base, and the number one rule I learned when I started stunting was NEVER EVER EVER let your flier...