In gymnastics wrists and ankles can be subjected to forces that are up to twice the body weight. |
- Dislocations are fairly common in high impact sports such as gymnastics.
- A study published by "The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism" showed that male and female gymnasts aged 13-24 were shorter and slimmer than their non-gymnast counterparts.
- A hyper extended knee- which happens quite often in gymnastics, is when the knee is pushed beyond it's normal limits and bends slightly backwards.
- After a gymnastics career ends ex-gymnasts usually catch up in bone growth and bone maturity.
- Gymnastics does affect growth plates.
- Gymnasts tend to have sensitive wrists and ankles due to the high impacts, which isn't very good for the bones in your wrist.
