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Severs disease and gymnastics

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popmimiboo · 12/09/2016 19:04

Has anyone got any experience of this in sporty children?

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Pandsbear · 16/09/2016 22:09

Yes my DD has (had) servers disease. Diagnosis was about 18 months ago now. She could not have continued gymnastics when it first started but would be mostly fine now. The physio really helped (but you need to encourage following the exercises as it makes a big difference to the pain).

ihearttc · 17/09/2016 18:11

Yes DS1 has (had) Severs Disease as well. He was a keen footballer...still is but he had to take it easy for quite a while.

elfonshelf · 20/09/2016 21:47

I had it very badly as a child - in those days they put me in plaster... 6 weeks in, 6 weeks out for over 2 years.

The only things that I found that helped were special shock-absorbing insoles in all my shoes and exercises to length the muscles in the backs of my legs.

So sorry for your daughter - it's so painful and limiting. Hope her school are being supportive.

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