Gymnastics and Injury Prevention Exercises

Gymnastics Gymnastics require total body balance, flexibility, agility, strength, power, and endurance. Nearly all routines require the arms as its main source of performance. Therefore, it is of foremost importance to have shoulder strength, flexibility, and power with any gymnastic movement. Supraphysiologic loads are routinely subjected by the shoulders during any gymnastic maneuver. The loads are not just simply body weight bearing forces; but because of accelerating body movements, the effective force can be multiplied by three times body weight. Nearly 30% of all competitive gymnasts have suffered shoulder ailments … Continue Reading