This shallower hip socket, and natural hypermobility, creates a situation where the gymnast cannot afford to have limited dynamic structures for protection. Flexibility 5 Flexibility In addition to the strength/conditioning program, the coach must also provide training for the enhancement of flexibility. Gymnastics is, therefore, a sports discipline that seeks to provide strength and flexibility to the body, through specific exercise routines. In simpler terms, I think that ankle weights make the skill very different compared to just the weight of the leg, and dont accurately represent/have transferred to nonweighted leaps. The down portion or plantar flexion is what makes up a toe point. Theankle joint is very far from the hip socket. *Readers Note This gymnastics flexibility guide is a very long and in-depth blog post. Ensure you are warmed up correctly (7-9, 17). Its also really important to remember that the upper back, or thoracic spine, and the next play a huge role in shoulder motion. I feel gymnasts should be doing regular soft tissue care routine to combat excessive stiffness that may negatively impact flexibility. Thomas E., et al. I will dive into this more below. They also are usually subject to 100s of squats, squat jumps, and leg tigthening exercises per week. We must educate ourselves on what components go into a full handstand or split positions, then be able to reverse engineer why a gymnast is struggling. Soft Tissue care, specific stretching, and eccentrics can help male gymnasts get where they need to be. Keeping this in mind, we need to seriously consider that gymnasts have open growth plates and can suffer from ischial apophysitis or growth plate stress fractures if we blindly force split motion. These children are often detected through an early talent identification and are quickly put into competitive team tracks. Gymnasts practice up to 30 hours a week and have regiments full of conditioning and exercises. If gymnastics movements are performed properly, the As a younger coach and medical provider, I absolutely did not study enough and use proper flexibility methods. Now let me tie this into why I no longeruse of ankle weights. Hip and shoulder flexibility limitations are one main contributor I see clinically to wrist, elbow, shoulder, lower back, and hip injuries in gymnasts. In its most basic form, stretching involves taking a muscle to its end range of motion, and holding the elongated state for a period of time. It is only one piece of the puzzle that must be used in combination with movement assessments, strength work, technique work, consistent practice, and periodization programs that calculate work to rest ratios. Get in the low lunge position with the knee of the leg at the back touching the floor. Other researchers combat these ideas and say that effects locally in the muscle like water hydration levels, changes in the viscoelasticity of muscles, and even interesting ideas down to stem cell changes within tendinous structures may be factors. Even worse, if the underlying cause of limited flexibility is not found, we could be causing more problems to come up down the road regarding injury. There are many reasons, and I put together this video highlighting how to look for some of the most common ones. Given all of this, instead of doing twenty to thirty minutes of only stretching exercises, I now feel working in a complex type format is the most beneficial approach. Given that gymnasts already straighten their knees andtend to show very knee dominant landings (versus proper hip dominant squat deceleration landings), we really dont want to putting them more at risk for landing lock legged and having something going seriously wrong. Neurological vs Mechanical Effects of Stretching, Why We Must Change Certain Stretches for Safety. The capsule resembles a balloon-type structure that completely surrounds the shoulder joint and serves as a thickened blending of ligaments. They include rope, hoop, ball, clubs, and ribbon. If a gymnast is known for having tight shoulders that limits their handstand and swinging skills, why are we continuing to have that athlete do a high volume of pull- ups, rope climbs, push-ups, and leg lifts? (30-34). ISJPT 9(6) 2014. The search was conducted on PubMed, WOS, Scopus, Sport Discus and Google Scholar databases, and . The research in the world of hip micro instability, labral tears, hip stress fractures, and other injuries commonly seen in gymnasts has been rapidly developing in the last decade. Atraumatic Hip Instability in Patients with Joint Hypermobility.Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine. Cur Rev Musculoskelet Med. A blind approach to gymnastics flexibility training can cause serious hip injuries as the current medical research field has demonstrated. Is there a distinct pattern to the acetabular labrum and articular cartilage damage in the non-dysplastic hip with instability? 2012 May;40(2):8793. doi: 10.3810/psm.2012.05.1968. Nakamura M., et al. If the gymnast is already hanging out in a down and in position, they are predisposing themselves to continuously catch their over and over, leading to the re-occuring injury part mentioned above. And Im not off the hook here. Take them to a qualified medical professional for an assessment. Much of the change in gymnastics to prevent these common injuries comes down to applying the research of anatomy as well as stretching and updated commonly used methods that may not fall in line with the literature. The way someones hips or shoulders are shaped, unique rotations of bones, certain anatomical variations, or issues along the entire body chain, can all have a substantial impact on the amount of flexibility a gymnast can display during skills. Gymnasts should focus on maximizing wrist and shoulder flexibility, as well as doing lots of physical preparation work to strengthen the elbows. There is a much better way that is safer and has valid science behind it for support. However, I have seen these types of problems snowball into huge injuries quickly in gymnasts I treat. They found that to achieve this full straddle split position; there was evidence of micro subluxation in the hip joints. It was also outlined that total time spent stretching per week was more important than total time spent stretching per session. They also claim it helps following hard workouts or on light training days to recover. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. By this I mean those based on a proper assessment, that does not induce excessive pain, that has a consistency over intensity mindset, and uses stretching as once piece of a larger program for flexibility. Front Splits. It has been great to see so many great surgeons, healthcare providers, and strength coaches share their thoughts and describe what still needs to be considered. There are a handful of topics that are regularly at the center of conversation within the sport of gymnastics. 2006 Nov;20(4):804-10. The reality of the human body is that there are hundreds of factors related to anatomy that can influence a gymnasts level of flexibility. Its important to recognize that the range of motion a gymnasts hip, shoulder, or other joints display are directly related to their underlying anatomy. Coaches notice their flexibility or ability to perform lower-level skills well. There are some times when we are aiming to just get the body going, and other times when we are looking to truley increase joint range of motion. Ive seen hundreds of them and had plenty myself during my years of gymnastics. Like many people, I largely got my flexibility methods from lessons that my coaches passed down to me, the advice of other coaches at camps or clinics, and whatever I found on the internet through discussion forums. Eccentric pull up lowers or EZ Mover Sliders, Gymnastics skill technique drills to use the new range of motion We dont want just the heel elevated with a long lever arm creating lots of posterior knee joint and ligamentous strain. Some of the gymnasts could be born more lax and likely have been successful in gymnastics because of it. Med Sci Sports Exerc. This is usually why they were noticed as a good candidate for competitive gymnastics, as they naturally had full splits and bridges. 30-60 seconds per targeted muscle group, no more than 5/10 discomfort level. All of the studies that did show a change in range of motion from various techniques (static stretching, PNF type, more dynamic stretching) did not push the subjects into very extreme pain or use excessively long periods of stretching past 2 minutes. Helpful or Not? Within all these studies, there were undoubtedly methodological issues that need to be considered. J Bodyw Mov Ther. I strongly suggest people who may be unknowingly pushing knees down more in oversplits, or feet elevated pike stretches stop and think about why they chose to certain stretching interventions. When this acquired excess in joint laxity is paired with a lack of strength, lacking technical development, high repetition, and fatigue in not fully matured athletes, this may have a variety of negative consequences. Due to the outlined research effects of foam rolling, stick or other forms of self-massage, I regularly recommend it as a piece of a gymnasts flexibility training. Effects of self myofascial release: A systematic review. They explain that the short-term effects often seen from stretching must be supported by other qualities of athleticism. A possible increase in the levels of chemicals that are natural pain relievers, like enkephlin, within the body. Many people want to know what the best approach is, either static or dynamic, if they should be aiming to increase range of motion, what are the best drills, and so on. I will offer basic concepts from them in the coming paragraphs as it relates to injuries but cant stress enough how valuable the articles or textbooks mentioned were to me over the past five years. The most effective approach to increasing flexibility may be when stretching is used with proper assessments, consistency in stretching, follow up control work, strength programing including eccentric training and proper volume / fatigue management for athletes. I have this theory based on the changes in boney rotation that baseball players exhibit from throwing when younger. It by no means is the perfect solution, but when based on a movement assessment and used with other strategies, self-myofascial release can be very beneficial. J Bone Joint Surg Am, 2013 Sep 18; 95 (18): e133, Dumount GD. The researchers proposed that the change in the range of motion may have primarily come from increased tolerance to the discomfort of nerve fibers that detect stretch pain, as the fibers were becoming more desensitized. I did this for a decade as a gymnast, and for the first five years I was coaching. If you are not into that and are just looking for a particular area of the body without the geeky stuff, please click the table of contents below to jump to a certain section. I recommend these tools be used alongside full dynamic warm-ups and technical drills commonly seen in gymnastics. Again, as presented by Beardsley and Skarbot, Self-Myofascial release does not appear to impede athletic performance acutely or in the short term. Both skills allow the spine, shoulders and hips to bend while the body is in continual motion. These are just anecdotal experiences, but they are in line with what the literature outlines. Konrad A, Gad M, Tilp M1. Alistair MM, Saran MR. Micro instability of the hip-it does exist etiology, diagnosis and treatment. With this said, lets review some basic anatomy. Another version of an overhead stretch, pictured below, is an example of the opposite. Straddle Split on Line, kneeling lunge test at wall for Dorsiflexion (wow this video is old! Between coaching, treating, and consulting in gymnastics around the world, offering advice on flexibility has become a staple in my work. Current Concepts In Shoulder Examination of The Overhead Athlete. Trying to aggressively push through that bony or ligamentous limitation will only lead to pain and headaches for all involved. There is more support in the literature for the use of static and dynamic compression, but I think lighter recovery sessions of self-myofascial release, light stretching, or even light aerobic exercise are valuable tools alongside other methods. Int J Exerc Sci. Even if a young athlete does fall into the category of being not naturally hypermobile but powerful, we still should gravitate away from putting excessive stress on the passive structures like bones, joint capsules, and ligaments. Sports Health. There are some cases where young children do not have natural hypermobility but are gifted in their bodyweight strength abilities. There has been a large spike in the rate of hip flexor strains, groin strains , and cranky shoulders that I feel is being very much swept under the rug in gymnastics. The Mechanisms of Manual Therapy in the Treatment of Musculoskeletal Pain: A Comprehensive Model. It is common to see many gymnastics strength programs that train a high volume of pull-ups, leg lifts, rope climbs, and push-ups. (1, 3, 5, 8-9, 15-16). The subjects were adult, the stretching methods and outcomes may have some validity errors, and the difference in natural hypermobility or anatomy were not discussed. The thought process is that by following the anatomy of the shoulder joint and latissimus dorsi, teres major, and pec musculature 62-64, this version of an overhead flexibility drill biases stretching the soft tissue that needs attention and takes the pressure of the often already hypermobile shoulder ligaments. Surgical tubing also works, but again the tubing needs to be quite stiff. The gymnast is depending on those static stability structures because they probably have issues related to their muscles and nervous system not being able to assist withdynamic stability. There are many possible reasons for why a gymnast can or cannot move their hips into a full split position or move their shoulders overhead into a full handstand position. I think this is especially true in those with natural hyperflexiblehip joints who are not fully developed andlack hip strength. The analogy I use with people from a coaching background is to compare it to the giant swing and the necessary components to complete the skill. Many also claim that it helps them move in a larger range of motion with less discomfort before starting their practice. That article can be found below, but before readers jump to creating only static stretching circuits based on those parameters, please read the rest of this chapter. Some of the movement-based components that must go right to perform over splits include: As you can see, there are quite a few things that can limit why someone cannot do a full split or over a split. Place your right hand on the left arm's elbow and pull toward the chest. Hip impingementrefers to the femur bone and pelvic bones make contact with each other at extremeranges of motion, most times causing pain andpossiblydamaging the soft tissue in between. These are the muscles themselves, to a small degree the tendons that connect muscles to bones, and largely the nervous system. The important point here is that we must remember that changes in flexibility come about from slow, consistent, and patient application in training. Her ankles are very lax and she also tends to hang out in the down and in position that may predispose it to roll. The ACL tear and knee injury rates in gymnastics are already high enough. This can also happen withhip extendingmovements (think backleg kick or leap) as the back of the femur bone makes contact with the back and outsideof the pelvis (impingement) and then the contact acts as a fulcrum for thefemoral head toslide out the frontof the hip joint (instability). As I mentioned above, research does support specific stretching and soft tissue work, but as one piece to a larger program. Although its purely anecdotal, I have consulted with cases where x rays show a very similar phenomenon in gymnasts doing oversplits while getting hip xrays. Targeted Muscular Stretching, or PNF Techniques (13-14). This natural selection type introduction to gymnastics presents an essential background foundational concept of flexibility training. In a study by Zollner et al (17), the researchers looked more at changes in muscle tissue when chronic stretching was used in simulated animal models. Many gymnasts with stiff hips could benefit from a bit less squatting and jumping, and repace those exercises with glute and hamstring work. People assume that progress is being made, rather than having some comparative baseline for observing changes. This end range compression and increase in capsular laxity over time may predispose shoulder instability, subacromial impingement of the rotator cuff or biceps tendon, and labral damage. With this mobility comes the huge need to be strong, have very good technique, and have exceptional muscular stability. With slightly more difficult exercises and higher volume, the workouts are still only up to 45 minutes in duration. Through very sophisticated mathematical models, they did show evidence of, a mechanistic multiscale model for stretch-induced sarcomereogenesis, in which chronic muscle lengthening is characterized through a scalar valued internal variable, the serious sarcomere number.. In Jeffreys I., Moody J. Konrad A, Tip M. Increased range of motion after static stretching is not due to changes in muscle and tendon structures. For a giant to be technically sound, many sub components must be present. Just as with the sleeve of a shirt, depending on where your arm is in space, different parts of the shirt sleeve are more taught. Dave I feel to see a notable lasting change in the range of motion that shows up in gymnastics skills, we have to approach the entire movement system with our mobility work, and not just aim to improve the range of motion seen. 2008;108:379390. To really see if it is true I would need a dynamic MRI machine, a super slow motion high def camera, and someone way more technologically savvy than me (anyone want to put in donations?). This wraps in not only the passive range but also strength, active control, technique, and many other factors. Reference below Microinstabilit of the hip, does it exist?. Weppler CH, Magnusson SP. Am J Sports Med 2011 39: 85S. The effects of myofascial release with foam rolling on performance. 2009. Other more naturally stiff individuals who excel in other sports may have a tighter shirt sleeve. I feel this issue comes up during fast dynamic movements like jumps, kicking drills, leaping, running, mens pommel work, and so on. Its important that gymnasts have their thoracic mobility screened to see if its an issue, which I can share more in-depth during the circuit sections. One example of this would be replacing a commonly used shoulder stretches for overhead handstand flexibility in training. Also adding in regular soft tissue work and mobility drills would be very important. In Llyod RS, Oliver JL, Strength and Conditioning for Young Athletes: Science and Application. This creates a huge range of mobility for the shoulder joint, but in exchange for inherently less stability. Another typical example related to hip flexibility has to do with how arched a gymnasts lower back is during hip flexor or quadriceps muscle stretching. Often the specificity or individuality of specific exercises lacks as a result. The most popular thought process is that we are affecting resting muscle tone, possibly increasing blood flow, perhaps changing the amount of water hydration level within the muscle or are offering a competitive neurological stimulus for muscle soreness. It is worth noting that both authors have extensive experience in elite level gymnastics, spending the majority of their career researching gymnastics biomechanics, injuries, and sports performance. This can be repeated with the hands in an under grip to bias the muscular soft tissue of lats/teres major, can be repeated with the hands on top of each other to mimic beam for female gymnasts, and can be repeated in eagle grip for those gymnasts who perform these skills. 2016. In their concluding paragraphs, they write, Traditionally, rehabilitation literature has attributed increases in muscle extensibility observed after stretching to a mechanical increase in muscle length. I see many shoulder stretches, and hip stretches that I feel are putting a crazy amount of stress on joint capsules and ligaments. Sometimes in such a high force sport, these bumps and bruises are inevitable. This is opposed to possible sarcomeregensis that may be induced from heavy loading eccentric movements. Given the material I have read, this has been my main thought process as well. Eccentric training and static stretching improve hamstring flexibility of high school males. Phys Ther. Many structures in the body can influence how much each joint moves. My mentors have outlined that this was a crucial part of their work in professional-level sports through the competitive season, so I have adopted it into my practice with gymnasts. If the ligaments and joint capsules are already hypermobile, and have trouble dealing with high force, and then we add more laxity to them over time, we are likely asking for disaster regarding instability- based shoulder and hip injuries. Glutes, Deep Hip Rotators, Core, etc. Routledge: New York. They review an abundance of research studies like the two noted above, dissecting the results and validity to offer thoughts on what stretching does to muscular tissue. 1-13. Dynamic flexibility is often the focus during warm-up exercises. I will take a few paragraphs to explain the current body of research on stretching, outlining some important studies that have been done. Three-Dimensional Mathematical Model for Deformation of Human Fasciae in Manual Therapy. The problem is, between the massive amount of information on the internet, the rapid progression of scientific literature, and the wide range of possible reasons behind why someone struggles with flexibility, it can be absolutely exhausting to learn about and use practically to actually see long term results in the gy. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. Cordasco FA. This approach may lead to a limited transference to actual skills. These gymnasts typically dont have to work on flexibility too much to achieve full splits. Without a proper movement assessment being done first, the application of regular stretching and other flexibility exercises may fall short of revealing progress. Zollner AM., et al. Phys Sportsmed. Many different thoughts and practices exist in daily gymnastics training. Lats, Teres Major, Pec Major and Minor, Thoracic Spine, etc. 2018: 39; 39: 243 254. From there I will take a deep dive into some cultural issues that exist in gymnastics, and then conclude with step by step flexibility examples for each main region of the body that gymnasts struggle with including the shoulders, hips, ankles, and wrists. Hip Flexors, Quads, Groin, Calves, etc. Scand J Med SCi Sports, 2010: 136 144. Limitations in thoracic spine flexibility can create a situation where a gymnast is unable to get their arms fully above their head or behind their back. Simultaneously, draw the foot at the back further behind you. There is a lot of medical and science nerdiness in there. Due to these reasons and the research I have read about the human body, there will likely be a very limited long-term change in flexibility that change gymnastics skills. More research is needed, but this concept of natural boney adaptations in gymnasts is a central idea I feel will emerge in years to come. But, the timiing protocols for these studies were insanely more than and human does, so its likely not the main case for increases in muscle length. As with the shoulder, I also feel that extreme hip stretching methods from a very high surface, or when a coach is pushing aggressively on a gymnast, have no place in our sport. When you combine these three areas, along with the already discussed points about not having the best science behind flexibility methods to stress muscular tissue and spare joint capsules, it certainly makes sense why gymnasts may struggle with their flexibility. Wilk KE, Andrews JR, Arrigo CA. Does it make sense to take a gymnast who go theirinjury in the first place by rolling her ankle down and in and stretch the down portion more? They should not produce discomfort on the top of the shoulders, which is more indicative of rotator cuff or soft tissue impingement under the coracoacromial arch. They also represent layer two of the shoulder joint. You can download all three here below, and I will also be sure to share lots of other free resources throughout this blog post for people to use at home. Enseki et al., Nonarthritic Hip Joint Pain: Clinical Practice Guidelines Linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health from Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association. IJSPT Oct 2013; 8(5): 554 578. Tumbl Trak Athlete Wellness and Recovery Kit, Front splits, straddle splits, handstands and pommel horse/parallel bar flexibility, Downloadable checklists to use at practice, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4295707/, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6322373/, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3945046/, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26944667, https://shiftmovementscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Book-Cover.jpg, The Ultimate Gymnastics Flexibility Guide, Tom Meadows on Developing Elite Male Gymnasts and His Best Coaching Advice, Helping Gymnastics Coaches Stay Happy In The Gym and Change Their Cultures. Without this knowledge, it is impossible to know whether reported discomfort during stretching is a safe and expected result or an unsafe atypical response. In another, the gymnast may naturally have lots of hip and toe rotation in but not have any moving toes out. A full movement evaluation and something known as a Craigs test is the best way to practically assess if a gymnast may fall into one of these categories. Most gymnasts in general (and especially people with chronic ankle sprains) tend to hang out in this position at rest. These issues are commonly overlooked as culprits to why a gymnast struggles in this area of gymnastics. J Hip Preserv Surg (2015) 2 (2):123-135.doi: 10.1093/jhps/hnv017. For one, proper movement assessments are rarely done before these large flexibility sessions. We all must understand and apply the best available science for hip and shoulder research to avoid excessive strain being placed on the passive structures of gymnasts. Increased flexibility provides the gymnast with a greater range of motion, reduces the chance or severity of injury, and produces a more aesthetic quality to the movements and skills. Kalichman L1, Ben David C2. It may very well be a minor strain. 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