The SHIFT Show

This week's mini-podcast episode features Dr. Ellen Casey who is the Sports Medicine Physician for the US Women’s Senior National Team and frequent flyer on the podcast Nick Ruddock. 

Ellen, Nick, and Dave tackle an open, honest, candid conversation about puberty, growth, and how we can better help younger athletes during this time.

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Ankle and foot injuries are one of the most common problems gymnasts face. Depending on the study you read, up to 50% of all lower-body injuries in gymnastics occur at the ankle and foot. When you look at the sport, it makes sense. It is full of high impact forces, high repetitions, young athletes going through puberty, and has many cultural issues that might make it challenging to keep the ankle and foot joints healthy.

In an effort to help provide high-quality information to the gymnastics community, I wanted to create this podcast and "mega-blog" for people to use as a reference. I provide all of my thoughts on common ankle and foot injuries and how to manage the stages of different injuries. I also share how to safely progress back to gymnastics after an injury, and how to reduce the risk of ankle and foot injuries in our sport. I have spent hundreds of hours reviewing the literature on this topic in an effort to make this blog very high quality.

0:00 Introduction

8:30 Ankle and Foot Injury Rates in Gymnastics

13:37 What Causes Ankle Injuries in Gymnastics?

30:00 Basic Ankle and Foot Anatomy

43:30 Common Injuries Introduction

45:00 Ankle Sprains

49:58 "Crunched" Ankles / Talocrural Impingement

54:00 Growth Plate Injuries (Sever's Disease, etc)

56:00 Tendonitis and Tendinopathies

1:02:02 Shin Splints

1:04:05 Ankle Stress Fractures / Fractures

1:08:00 Rehabilitation of Ankle/Foot Injuries

1:14:20 Acute Phase - Swelling, Pain, & Walking

1:28:05 Intermediate Phase - Strength & Balance

1:32:05 Advanced Phase - Power & Plyometrics

1:35:25 Return to Gymnastics Phase

1:41:30 How To Reduce Ankle/Foot Injuries in Gymnastics

1:46:20 What If Gymnasts Aren't Getting Better?

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In this week's mini-podcast episode Dave interviews the legendary Aimee Boorman, coach of Simone Biles, and many other great gymnasts. 

Aimee is an amazing human but she is also an amazing example of the success and benefits that can happen with positive coaching, which is the big change we are seeing now in our sport.

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This week's podcast is actually a lecture that went out in my online membership group The Hero Lab. Lots of members wanted to learn more about how to start working with other professionals. Such as medical providers wanting to start working with a gym or strength coaches wanting to get in with some gymnastics clubs in the area. Coaches want to know the factors or qualities they should look for in a medical provider, strength coach, sports psychologist, or nutritionist's because the reality is that it's challenging to find great professional experts in different domains that are highly qualified and interested in and understand gymnastics. I share my experience of what I did to establish successful working relationships but also what highly successful Colleges, National Staff, and Clubs do so that hopefully other people can replicate that model and gain the same performance benefits.

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In this week's mini-podcast episode Dave chats to Scott Willgrass one of the strength and conditioning coaches working with Gymnastics Canada and Ellie Black.

He is one of many who is pushing the narrative of changing how we approach strength and conditioning in the sport of gymnastics.

He dives into common problems he faced, what Ellie’s training looks like and what he thinks performance-wise we can do to get gymnasts more powerful.

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Today on the podcast I’m joined again by former trampolinist and US Junior National Team Coordinator Steve Gluckstein. In his previous episode discussed the benefits of weightlifting and strength training for gymnasts and his experiences as an Olympic level trampoline coach. I wanted him back on to talk more specifically about the Trampoline and TNT disciplines, as lots of people requested advice and ideas around skills and progressions in this domain.

WE DISCUSS; The base level skills and drills your athletes need to master before you even think about harder skills.

The strength and conditioning work you should be spending more time on.

Why the flexibility demands are more intense in trampolining.

The systematic progressions for a back tuck.

How to spot on the trampoline.

And…

The great hotdog debate.

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In this mini-podcast episode, Dave sits down with the Director of Gymnastics Operations, Eva Shute, to discuss exactly how she changed her gymnastics facilities culture. She talk’s about motivating gymnasts in a positive way, managing parents, running efficient practices, and the personal development issues they needed to address to help the gym change its culture.

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In today’s episode, I’m super pumped to have my buddy and expert strength and conditioning coach Dan Lonsdale back on to dive into exactly how coaches can go about working with great strength conditioning coaches, as this is something that has officially become part of the gymnastic culture. 

But it can be really hard to find a great strength conditioning coach who understands the sport of gymnastics.

Dan works with a breadth of clubs around the UK to help get the most out of athletes' performance.

He has an amazing technical knowledge of what exercises are great for gymnasts to do and how many reps and sets, when to do them, and the best approach to the in-season versus the offseason. 

So I wanted to have Dan back on because a lot of people are now approaching this hybrid model of training and want to get involved with a strength coach this year but don't really know where to start.

WE DISCUSS; The development of strength and conditioning in gymnastics in the past 10 years.

It’s not all about lifting weights.

Saving gymnastics coaches time and getting more time on the events.

Dan’s approaches throughout the seasons.

Why rest is key.

And…

What would a workout look like?

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Changing how gymnasts are taught to land, in an effort to reduce the risk of serious knee injuries like ACL/meniscus tears, is something that has been talked about for the last 10+ years.

I was very grateful and humbled to be asked by the Women's Gymnastics NCAA Judging Association to give a presentation on what the science says is the safest way for gymnasts to land.

This week's podcast is the lecture I gave to all the NCAA judges and NCAA coaches over two weeks. 

It was in an effort to help share education get everyone on the same page. 

But also, to hopefully change any rules around deductions that might be conflicting with what the science says is the safest way to absorb high landing forces and reduce injury risk.

You can find the entire lecture and presentation that I gave in the blog post. 

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Ready to become the “expert” in gymnastics flexibility?

Gymnastics flexibility is one of the trickiest and most confusing things for people to see improvement on.

In this mini-podcast episode, Dave breaks down 5 of the most effective, science-based, and easy-to-use methods for seeing real positive changes in flexibility.

This is in tandem with our HUGE new course launch “The Gymnastics Flexibility Blueprint” which you can find online at:

https://shiftmovementscience.com/gfbcourse/

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