Carly Patterson's Album Interpreted and Dr. Dave Tilley PT Gymnastics Myth Busters
CARLY PATTERSON'S ALBUM: BACK TO THE BEGINNING
- This episode has been commissioned by "Just an Ordinary Girl Putting Up a Fight to Get Out of This Temporary Life," who requested an episode analyzing the music of 2004 Olympic Champion, Carly Rae Patterson and her 2009 album,\xa0Back to the Beginning.
- We answer important questions like, which song is a metaphor for WOGA? And which one is really about Khorkina?
- The internal work; therapy and/or self reflection, necessary to be healthy in our jobs and relationships
- Learning to have a healthy relationship with exercise after gymnastics
- The actual force impact of landings and falls and a\xa0yurchenko double back on the body
- The science behind back pain in gymnasts during puberty.
- Red S Syndrome (formerly Female Athlete Triad) and the\xa0damaging garbage nutrition fads hurting gymnasts.
- Gymnastics Myth Busted with an Dr. Dave Tilley PhD:
- You have to be short, young, and under-developed to be good at gymnastics and all\xa0skills have to be learned before puberty. False!
- We discuss the physical and psychological advantages of hormones and puberty for female gymnasts.
- Gymnasts and children should never weight train. False!
- The original study was based on children laborers and not safe, supervised weightlifting.
- Back pain, during puberty especially, is just a normal part of gymnastics and can't be prevented. False!
- We discuss the effect hormones have on ligaments and bones during healthy puberty and how coaches can help their gymnasts safely navigate this growth period.
- If you are overweight you will tear your achilles. False!
- BMI is not a factor in gymnasts achilles tears. Read the study here.
- You have to be short, young, and under-developed to be good at gymnastics and all\xa0skills have to be learned before puberty. False!
Resources & References:
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- SHIFT Movement Science and Gymnastics Education
- SHIFT Free Resource Lab\xa0
- SHIFT Hero Lab: international online gymnastics education community
- Developing Powerful Athletes Pt 1\xa0
- Developing Powerful Athletes Pt 2\xa0\xa0
- Long Term Athletic Development
- Natalie Yurchenko Olympic Channel interview on yurchenko double back.
- Factors Associated With Achilles Tendon Rupture in Women's Collegiate Gymnastics
- Weight Training Safety & Performance in children and adolescents:
- The effectiveness of exercise interventions to prevent sports injuries (BJSM)\xa0
- Youth Resistance Training International Consensus Position Statement (BJSM)\xa0
- Resistance training for children and adolescents (Translational Pediatrics)\xa0
- Youth Resistance Training Position Statement Paper (JSCR)
- Plyometric training performance in elite-oriented prepubertal female gymnasts\xa0
- Effects if Resistance Training in Youth Athletes\xa0
- The effects of eccentric training on lower limb flexibility: a systematic review (BJSM)\xa0
- Increasing muscle extensibility: a matter of increasing length or modifying sensation? (Phys Ther)\xa0
- Regular stretch does not increase muscle extensibility (Scan J Med Sci Sports)
- Red S Syndrome and Disordered Eating in Gymnastics:
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