So are there any OBPI children on here that can do these gymnastic activities well? My 10 year old
desperately wants to do cartwheels, walk overs, handstands and the rest of the flips her friends can do,
but she just doesn't have the strength in her affected arm and has really lagged behind everyone else she
knows in learning these maneuvers. I'd just like to know if this is something other BPI kids can do reasonably well or
not?
Handstands, cartwheels, basic strength issues?
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JessicasMom
- Posts: 214
- Joined: Thu Sep 18, 2003 4:59 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: 10 year old Jessica born on 9/6/03 with a LOBPI.
Mostly recovered, no surgery, still has remaining functional deficits
including no active external rotation. - Location: The Woodlands, TX
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richinma2005
- Posts: 861
- Joined: Thu Sep 29, 2005 12:00 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: Daughter Kailyn ROBPI, June 14, 1997.
Surgery with Dr Waters (BCH), April 1999 and in February 2012
2 more daughters, Julia (1999), Sarah(2002) born Cesarean.
Re: Handstands, cartwheels, basic strength issues?
I imagine it would depend on the extent of injury. Kailyn did some gymnastics, but gave up on it fairly young. But I have also seen some wonderful examples of BPI kids on youtube videos doing quite well and competing.
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Master DIVER TOM
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Re: Handstands, cartwheels, basic strength issues?
To Dream to try with limitation 
My Mom taught me to try, she remind me of my trys that work
and she was there for me when my trys with birth erbs in the 50s with birth erbs, and the trys , that did not work, no help in the 60s for me either 
Just live with it kid , I was 10 in 1961 
tenacity to try comes with the parent, 
and so is the courage to try 
to all our limitation are different but Tenacity and courage to try are of alot of post, no matter when they happen 
in 1978 I start to drive semis with left erbs,
If there is a will there a way, Really
My Mom is way gone now, but a act of God happens to I am just another that post here, without hope or help, Just the courage to try without help or hope
Find a Couch for this , who will help, Special Olympus is real to There was a Young girl posing early here to that did this to, in our post here
One arm Gymnast, Happen to
Just Thinking Very had to explain trying
Tom
My Mom taught me to try, she remind me of my trys that work
and she was there for me when my trys with birth erbs in the 50s with birth erbs, and the trys , that did not work, no help in the 60s for me either
Just live with it kid , I was 10 in 1961
tenacity to try comes with the parent,
and so is the courage to try to all
our limitation are different but Tenacity and courage to try are of alot of post, no matter when they happen in 1978 I start to drive semis with left erbs,
If there is a will there a way,
Really My Mom is way gone now, but a act of God happens to
I am just another that post here, without hope or help, Just the courage to try without help or hope Find a Couch for this , who will help, Special Olympus is real to
There was a Young girl posing early here to that did this to, in our post here One arm Gymnast, Happen to
Just Thinking
Very had to explain trying Tom