Wrist supports, for a pianist who is also a gymnast / martial artist Options

[sunil]

my 10 year old daughter need some kind of bands to protect her wrists from being injured.

She has just passed her TaeKwonDo Black Belt and moving to complete different style of training. She also has few hours of gymnastics lessons every week.

I'm thinking of something similar to this
http://www.firstaid4sport.co.uk/cid/FWNUAZ...upport-PSHD822/

Any sporty personalities here can give some advise?

Thank you

[Clari Nicki1]

My daughter has a similar knee support for gym......but she uses it when she has a bad knee and not all the time..... the same way she uses deep heat and cold freeze sprays (which we have learned you MUST not use at the same time, especially when you have sensitive skin- whoops), I'm not too sure it protects from injury though- it just supports when injured.....?????

[Digby]

I'm no doctor but my gut reaction is that she may need a different type of support for each sport as the demands of each are very different.

I used to do alot of Karate (they wouldn't let me take black belt 6 months pregnant and I never really got back into it) and at that level her instinctive punch should be with a correct technique and so it causes minimum strain on the wrists and is unlikely to damage in general sparring. So the danger is falling/being taken down, and landing awkwardly.

In gymnastics, the wrist needs to flex in different ways.

My girls did roller skating for a while and they had supports with reinforced sections on the inside of the wrists, and because of their music interests I always insisted they wore them even though they were competent skakers.

I'd be inclined to ask her teachers in both disciplines what they suggest, although to me that one does look to be a good quality.

[dolce@piano]

My son had something very similar for tennis (he had ganglion cysts in both wrists, which is also very common among gymnasts) but there was no way you could have done gymastics with them - the whole point was that stopped the wrist flexing too fast and too far - so useless for a back flip, for instance. (I know nothing about Taekwondo but used to be a reasonable gymnast).

Who says she needs the supports ? Her doctor ? or her gymnastics teacher ? And why ?
If the teacher, then print out the sheet and show her/him and ask more specifically.
If the doctor, then is he/she OK with her wearing them on a regular basis (they can produce muscle wastage).

[sunil]

Just for protection, as training is getting so intensive!

I'm not too sure it protects from injury though- it just supports when injured.....?????

Thank you. Music comes first, rest are just for fitness though she has gone past the expected standard.

that level her instinctive punch should be with a correct technique and so it causes minimum strain on the wrists and is unlikely to damage in general sparring. So the danger is falling/being taken down, and landing awkwardly.

In gymnastics, the wrist needs to flex in different ways.

My girls did roller skating for a while and they had supports with reinforced sections on the inside of the wrists, and because of their music interests I always insisted they wore them even though they were competent skakers.

She does most of the routine, except on Bars! Her weight is not on her side to do the bar stuffs (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif). Her piano teacher is not so keen on her Gymnastic activities. I think her future music school also sounded the same when we had the first discussions.

My son had something very similar for tennis (he had ganglion cysts in both wrists, which is also very common among gymnasts) but there was no way you could have done gymastics with them - the whole point was that stopped the wrist flexing too fast and too far - so useless for a back flip, for instance. (I know nothing about Taekwondo but used to be a reasonable gymnast).

No-one said, she need support. We thought it is better to be safe than getting injured, but at the same time she likes a bit of break from intensive piano practice. Gymnastics will stop anytime soon, but Taekwondo has to continue.

I didn't know about muscle wastage, thanks for raising that. I'll discuss this with someone who can give expert opinion.

Who says she needs the supports ? Her doctor ? or her gymnastics teacher ? And why ?
If the teacher, then print out the sheet and show her/him and ask more specifically.
If the doctor, then is he/she OK with her wearing them on a regular basis (they can produce muscle wastage).