All-Star Back Injuries??

[Kikischeermom]

My cp has had alot of lower back pain, She had an injury about a year ago dropped out of a stunt and landed on some ones knee we did physical therapy for about 3 months and took 6 months off of all star cheer. She started back in march of this year and is now starting to have alot of back pain again. Do alot of cheerleaders have this?? Are there things I can do to help (streches ect)??Should i just go back to the Dr/PT?? A little background ....She is a flyer on a sr lvl 3 team and a base and flyer on a youth lvl 2, she can tumble at a lvl 4 and she is 11.. Thanks for any help!

 

[Emily Jane]

Does your cp stretch one side of her back more than the other? Her problem might be similar to this situation http://forum.fierceboard.com/threads/stretching-learned-something-today-i-wanted-to-share.19840/

 

[cheersafety]

Take her to an orthopedic sport medicine doctor asap. Pain is a sign something is wrong so don't wait. If you need a referral for a great doc in your area feel free to call me or pm and I would be happy help. 1-800-596-7860 ext 301.

 

[aybrandonallstars]

My cp has had alot of lower back pain, She had an injury about a year ago dropped out of a stunt and landed on some ones knee we did physical therapy for about 3 months and took 6 months off of all star cheer. She started back in march of this year and is now starting to have alot of back pain again. Do alot of cheerleaders have this?? Are there things I can do to help (streches ect)??Should i just go back to the Dr/PT?? A little background ....She is a flyer on a sr lvl 3 team and a base and flyer on a youth lvl 2, she can tumble at a lvl 4 and she is 11.. Thanks for any help!

i have been having a lot of back pains as well. i am also a flyer. i was wondering if there was any stretches as well. its getting pretty bad to the point where i might have to go to the doctor..):

 

[Jay<3Rays]

I have the same problem... It kills me. But when i went to the doctor he told me i had a stress fracture.. luckily that wasn't the case. We went to a different doctor recomended by another girl on my team having more severe problems than me. He sad it was stress on the SI joint... alot of cheerleaders get it. He said it comes from backhandsprings and basing with an arched back. Physical therapy helped me ALOT. But now that i have stopped it bothers me at practice again. Going to physical therapy might help.. They gave me alot of helpful stretches :)

 

[sun77]

She needs to go to a sports doctor asap. My CP was 12 when she ended up with 5 stress fractures, with one in a location that was days away from completely fracturing and requiring back surgery. We caught it just in time, but I could have caught it much earlier if I had taken her to be seen when she first started complaining. Fortunately she healed 100% but that's a regret that will haunt me for some time.

 

[ttumble0819]

Pls go to a spine specialist - dont wait! I live every day with regret for waiting to take my daughter - instead of a stress fracture that would have healed with 6-8 weeks rest she has a slipped vertabrae for the rest of her life. She is in pain everyday and will be - the only fix is a spinal fusion and they won't do that until your older and basically so far slipped that your unable to walk. It's no picnic - she was diagnosed 4 yrs ago - she is 16 now. Go pls - it could be something simple and even if it's not
You might be able to not make it worse ;)

 

[Aussiekat]

I'm a lvl5/6 flyer and I don't tumble much, but I had the worst back pain for a week after a particularly intense stretching session. Turns out that (and I know this is gonna sound daft) I squeeze my glutes a lot when doing back stretches causing tight muscles/knots that then pulled on my back muscles as I went about my daily business. Walking was agony, felt like sciatica and pinched nerve pains even when I lay in bed. I went to an osteo and got it sorted out (mostly really painful massage :o) and now I have to concentrate a lot on relaxing my booty during stretches ;)

Def take her to see a specialist, but it might not be so serious as a stress fracture, could be a muscular thing that's easier to fix!

 

[INeverStopCheering]

I had problems in my lower back from backing, spotting, and tumbling. I went to a chiropractor. They took X-rays to make sure it wasn't something more serious like scoliosis or a stress fracture. After that was ruled out, chiropractic care has helped relieve the pain so much. But make sure you find one who's certified and takes X-rays

 

[stcchamp]

DEFINITELY GO TO AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON/SPECIALIST!!! i had the same type of pain and it turned out being a fracture in my spondylosis... it occurs from repetition in tumbling, and stretching your back to get scale/scorp flexibility... hope she is okay!

 

[kem1129]

i've had back problems my whole life with cheer because of scoliosis and a deformed vertebrae but there's been a few times that i've seriously injured my back and they said because of the stress that cheer puts on your back it could be stress fractures or a slipped vertebrae (spondylolisthesis). it turned out to be problems with my muscles instead but still very much worth getting looked at. i wouldnt wait any longer to have it looked at because with serious injuries like fractures or slipped vertebrae it gets worse the longer you wait!

 

[Cheer Dad]

Doctor is best way to go. Good luck with it.

 

[JoshySOT]

Does your cp stretch one side of her back more than the other? Her problem might be similar to this situation http://forum.fierceboard.com/threads/stretching-learned-something-today-i-wanted-to-share.19840/

I went to a specialty hospital just for backs and I ended up having two stress fractures on my L4 and L5 vertebrae which is lower back, and it was the result of only stretching one side of my body. They basically told me to not do high impact stuff for a couple weeks, and two really stretch the other side and other then that to suck it up. Not gonna lie I cheated, just can't lay off the tumbling for more than a few days.

 

[Kikischeermom]

Thank you all. I am getting her in with a orthopedic sport medicine doctor right after the new year, and yeah she never wants to take time off allways cheats she broke her finger at cheer camp said it was just jammed and kept trying to tumble,the coach had to call me to take her in it was turned the wrong way and crooked as it could be, she was tumbling on it the next day.