I have a soft tissue injury, and was wondering how to maintain my strength and keep fit?
I hurt my elbow 7 weeks ago at gymnastics, and have recently started physical therapy for it and it should be healed in another 4-6 weeks. However, I’m losing strength in my arms for not being able to condition them. By the time I get back to gymnastics practice, I’m worried that I will really struggle to gain back my strength, so any tips? Also, my physical therapist said that I really have to “baby” my elbow so it can heal. There are now very few things that I can do to maintain fitness, because they told me I cannot even go running or do anything that causes my arm to bounce or puts pressure on it. I’ve worked very hard to achieve this level of fitness through gymnastics, and I need so advice on how to get exercise? and get back on track with gymnastics when I begin again?
ask your physical therapist…
try isometric exercise…just tense your muscles as hard as you can without moving the joint (don’t do this if it hurts at all).
just be patient…a month isn’t that long and you will set yourself back more if you try to train when you should be recovering and reinjure yourself.
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