The SHIFT Show

If you've ever had questions about back pain or injuries in gymnastics, this podcast is for you.

Lower back pain is something so many gymnasts struggle with. Depending on the research study you read, between 71% - 96.6% of all the injuries reported are to the lower back. Most literature puts lower back pain as the second or third most common injury in gymnastics, just behind ankle sprains and knee injuries. Sadly, knowing the culture of gymnastics and the stoic nature of many athletes, I believe the research doesn't accurately reflect just how bad the rates and severity of lower back pain are in gymnastics.

We break down everything you need to know about common back injuries including

• Contributing factors to back pain and injuries
• Basic anatomy of the back
• Specific injuries and how to best evaluate, treat and understand from a movement category 
• Accurate diagnosis and treatment plans
• Timelines for injuries 
• How to safely get back to gymnastics after a back injury
• What can be done to reduce the risk of injuries in gymnastics
• What to do if someone isn't getting better

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In this week's mini-podcast episode Dave explains everything you need to know about the 2022 Shift Symposium.

Early bird tickets are available now till April, so you need to act fast if you want to save $50-$100.

Tickets and full information can be found online at:

www.shiftmovementscience.com/2022shiftsymposium 

We appreciate you listening!

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Today on the podcast is my good friend and crowd favorite Eva Shute Director of Gymnastics Operations who provides awesome information to help parents wrap their heads around competitive gymnastics.

We share ideas and things we have done in our gym that have been extremely successful to help build better parent communication relationships and when someone's really having a tough time or there may be a nightmare parent or coach, we explain what have we done practically to successfully fix these things. 

I really believe that this parent episode is super important to get better long-term outcomes for everyone's happiness the coaches, the parents, and most importantly the gymnasts.

We DISCUSS; how to navigate the culture and the craziness that is competitive gymnastics.

My daughter is 5 years old why does she need to compete?

The time commitment, what can parents expect?

Why moving up gymnastics levels is not like moving up a grade in school.

Three do's and don'ts of meet etiquette. 

The difference between optional and compulsory levels.

And…

How puberty affects gymnasts in their optional years of training and competing and what parents can do to help support.

Incase you missed it, I am ridiculously excited to finally share that The 2022 SHIFT Symposium Registration Page is LIVE.

https://shiftmovementscience.com/2022shiftsymposium/

The SHIFT Symposium is a 3 day, world class virtual gymnastics education event hosted by SHIFT.

It has always been my dream to create an incredible, affordable, never before seen educational event for gymnastics professionals that provides insane amounts of value from high caliber speakers.

Finally, after years of work and hundreds of hours of planning, it is here.

It will take place from Friday, June 10th, 2022 - Sunday, June 12th, 2022

We have not one, not two, but THREE jam packed days of gymnastics content.

You can view each individual days, the lecture topics, and speakers for those lectures below or on the SHIFT Symposium website!

https://shiftmovementscience.com/2022shiftsymposium/

We appreciate you listening!

To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/

To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/

Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! 

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Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!

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In this week's mini-podcast episode is all about advice for gymnasts, coaches, and parents on overcoming fears, mental blocks, and competition preparation.

Coming from not one but three gymnastics experts; Ascend Gymnastics Team Coaches Sarah Korngold and Cale Robinson and licensed Mental Health and Nationally Certified Counsellor Rebecca Grady. 

We appreciate you listening!

To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/

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Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!

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Recently we started doing a monthly Office Hours, which is essentially a free Zoom meeting for Shift HQ members to ask questions, talk about various problems they’re dealing with and also discuss current trends happening inside the sport. 

We hosted the first one last week, and it went very well and so I wanted to share it with everyone because the conversations were fantastic and if you're interested in broadening your gymnastics education gymnastics this is a great thing you can do.  

We DISCUSS; What PT do you recommend coaches could give to start to stabilize a SLAP tear in the shoulder? Asked by Juston Ziegler

The NCAA Achilles Issue.

How many meets per year so you do to balance safety and risk? 

Hero Lab and hybrid strength training testimonial from Stephen David.

Why do you compete?

I've got athletes at various stages of injuries, what are some tips or ways to keep track of where the kids are on their road to recovery? Asked by Nathan Geffert

And…

How do you decrease wrist strains and pains beyond basic stretching? Asked by Kathy 

So if you want to check this episode out you listen and enjoy but if you're curious about The Hero Lab, it's only £9 a month, and join our massive community of people: 

https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/

We appreciate you listening!

To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/

To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/

Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! 

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Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!

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Check out all our past podcast episodes here!

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In gymnasts, the knee joint has the highest rate of "severe" injuries. Unfortunately, this refers to injuries tending to cause the most tissue damage and pain when they occur. Alongside this, knee injuries also tend to create the most missed time from training and competition.  Lastly, as long-term studies have suggested, there is a concerning trend for athletes who suffer injuries like ACL tears having long-term issues related to knee injuries they experienced when younger.

Due to these concerning concepts in research studies, and the unfortunate reality that 1000s of gymnasts still struggle with knee injuries each competitive season, we must take more dedicated actions to help. In an ongoing effort to provide high-quality, science-based education to the gymnastics community, I have started this "mega-blog" series.

My hope is that by laying out the current science as we know it, and describing it in a way that is accessible to everyone in the gymnastics community, we can all work together to make a positive impact on reducing the rates of knee injuries in gymnastics.

0:00 - Introduction

12:30 - Factor 1 - Forces in Gymnastics

15:00 - Factor 2 - Improper Landing Patterns

17:35 - Factor 3 - Repetitive Impact

22:25 - Factor 4 - Lack of Weight Training

32:00 - Factor 5 - Competition Season Structure

35:00 - Factor 6 - Athletes Are Kids

38:30 - Factor 7 - Early Specialization/Year-Round Training

47:40 - Basic Knee Anatomy

1:15:50 - Patellofemoral Joint Pain

1:23:00 - Osgood Schlatters

1:24:20 - Sinden Jarsen Lohanssen Syndrome

1:25:30 - ACL Tears

1:26:10 - MCL Tears

1:27:40 - Meniscus Tears

1:30:15 - Patellar Tendinopathy

1:36:45 - Bone Bruises & Fractures

1:40:00 - OCD & Cartilage Injuries

1:41:45 - Timelines for Knee Injuries

1:43:20 - 4 Phases of Rehabilitation

1:45:00 - Swelling & Pain Management

1:48:15 - Increasing Knee Mobility

1:50:00 - Basic Knee Strength

1:54:00 - Intermediate Knee Strength Programs

1:58:30 - Building Knee Power & Plyometrics

2:04:35 - Return to Gymnastics Programs

2:08:00 - Reducing Risk

2:10:35 - What To Do If Knee Injuries Aren't Improving

We appreciate you listening!

To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/

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Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! 

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Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here!
 
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Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!

https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/

Check out all our past podcast episodes here!

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In this weeks mini podcast episode Dave is joined by #GymnastAlliance founder Jennifer Pinches and her co-founder for Gymnast4Change Claire Heafford.

They discuss the harsh reality of Gymnastics Culture change including the impact of Athlete A, and how we can move forward.

We appreciate you listening!

To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/

To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/

Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! 

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Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!

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Today on the podcast, is a lecture that I gave to all of the College Gymnastics Coaches last year when our research paper on Achilles studies, Achilles tears, and NCAA gymnastics was being published. 

I wasn't able to share this as a podcast because we had not yet published our paper, but now that it's out, and many people have read it and have talked about it, I can share this lecture. 

Obviously, there is a huge issue with Achilles tears in NCAA gymnastics and this is a problem that has been going on for the last four to five seasons. 

Before COVID in 2018, there were about 20 Achilles tears in the first couple of months of the season, which was absolutely devastating to watch. 

This lecture gives an outline of my ideas, shares conversations with world experts on Achilles' tendons, and summarizes and presents the research in a way for people to think about them.

As well as provide some options for what we can do, both before and during College Gymnastics to possibly start reducing the risk of tears happening.

I DISCUSS; The elephant in the room.

What are the possible risk factors?

Why you can't rupture a tendon if you don't have pathology.

NCAA Achilles Paper finding.

What can be done Pre and during NCAA to help reduce Achilles injuries.

And…

Confusing questions answered.

RELATED EPISODES:

PROFESSOR JILL COOK ON ACHILLES TENDON INJURIES, ACHILLES TEAR RISK FACTORS, RISK REDUCTION 

How To Train Harder and Smarter Using Workloads with Tim Gabbett and Scott Willgress

We appreciate you listening!

To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/

To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/

Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! 

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Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!

https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/

Check out all our past podcast episodes here!

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In this week's mini-podcast episode Dave sits down with Dr. Emily Sweeney to discuss why youth concussions in all sports, but particularly gymnastics, are a huge 'elephant in the room' issue that we need to do a better job at addressing. 

We appreciate you listening!

To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/

To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/

Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! 

Thanks :)

Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here!
 
https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/

Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!

https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/

Check out all our past podcast episodes here!

https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

Today on the podcast, is an interview I was asked to do with Temple Landry, who was an Elite Gymnast from Twin City Twisters in Minnesota and is heading to Stanford in a few years to compete. She approached me with a project she is doing for her English class and was interested in finding out more about the differences in the approaches to overtraining in gymnastics. It ended up being a really awesome discussion, she had some fantastic questions which is why I wanted to put it up as a podcast and share it for everyone. 

TEMPLE ASKED; How much do you think overtraining and injury correlate?

How much training versus strength and conditioning should gymnasts do?

What would your ideal Offseason training look like?

What do you think is a normal amount of time to train for gymnasts?

And…

The 10,000 Hour Rule?

We appreciate you listening!

To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/

To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/

Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! 

Thanks :)

Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here!
 
https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/

Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!

https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/

Check out all our past podcast episodes here!

https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/