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We have to be SO careful with how we talk to gymna

Is your nutrition the cause of your injuries? 😕 $Is your nutrition the cause of your injuries? 😕  NOT trying to blame here, but we need to have some #realtalk.   My gymnastics career ended with an elbow injury (OCD) that wasn’t actually diagnosed until 8 years after I retired!  You see, I had relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S) when I got that injury. I spent WEEKS rehabbing, etc but the injury didn’t heal. That’s painful for me to share, but it’s the truth.   I felt a lot of guilt/shame about that injury. I knew I was struggling with food and my body at the time (in fact, I had an eating disorder so there’s that). It wasn’t until recently that I was told that injury was related to my poor nutrition, and that hurt.   Gymnastics is a hard sport with a high rate of injury. Some injuries are freak accidents that just happen. Other injuries come from improper training and overuse.   But a lot of injures (especially stress fracture/stress reaction injuries) stem from underfueling (RED-S).   Essentially this is what happens:  -You don’t eat enough, you exercise a lot and so your body doesn’t have enough nutrition to grow, develop, repair, and recover. -This leads to a lack of estrogen production which results in bone mass loss and weakens the bones -Combine weak bones with high levels of intense training and voila! Stress reaction/fracture injury.   The conversations about nutrition around these injures are really tough.  We’re more concerned about what gymnast’s bodies look like than making sure they’re adequately fueled and have the best performance and longevity in the sport.   If you or your gymnast has had any of these injures (or is just constantly injured, exhausted, has no period, etc)…it’s time to meet with a sports dietitian trained to evaluate RED-S. To learn more, join me for The Gymnast Nutritionist®’s 10 Days of Fueling, a free email based mini-course for you and your gymnast! Link in bio to register, we start December 5th!$

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Nutrition is literally the foundation of everythin $Nutrition is literally the foundation of everything your gymnast does, both in and out of the gym 💪🏻 Unfortunately injuries are going to happen and not all are related to nutrition 😔 But MANY are, specifically injuries like stress reaction/fractures, poorly healing injures, and growth plate injuries worsened by underfueling during growth and development😬 As one of our program members said…  “She has come such a long way in the last few months (even in pain!) and her coach does not think she is done with this sport. Her coach has been especially impressed by her ability to make the double-tuck pass, as she "thought she would never be able to teach that to her!" I know it has been all because of you and her help with my gymnast’s nutrition, so thank you!”🙌🏻 Without fail…each year gymnasts, parents, coaches, and doctors sit around scratching their heads…  Wondering why said gymnast isn’t getting better, why they’re injured all the time, or just not progressing like they used to 🤯 Inadequate and improper fueling is the glaring “elephant in the room” that everyone ignores (or are totally oblivious about) ❌ Addressing your gymnast’s nutrition is getting to the root cause 🙌🏻 It’s taking care of what matters most for everything else to work properly and be effective🔥 Making sure your gymnast is getting proper nutrition to withstand the demands of the sport is the key to longevity🤸🏻‍♀️ And I want to help you both learn to fuel for optimal performance AND longevity in the sport BEFORE season starts (and you’re running out of time!)🤸🏻‍♀️ Want to learn how? If you’re ready to do things differently this season and give your gymnast the best chance possible at success… Apply and enroll for one of the remaining spots in the next cohort of The Balanced Gymnast® VIP Nutrition Program and you’ll get three bonuses for free + the built-in pre-sale discount as part of our Black Friday Early Access Special! Limited-time offer so don’t wait! DM 💗 for more info!$

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