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We find what the wrist cannot hold.
Gymnast Upper Extremity Rehab in Vancouver, WA.
She lands on that wrist every practice and stopped mentioning it months ago. We treat the wrist, then rebuild what it takes to hold her weight in the positions her events actually demand.
What It Is
She stopped mentioning it. That is the problem.
Gymnasts load their wrists the way the rest of us load our knees. Handstands, vault, bars, tumbling: hours a week of body weight through a joint that was never meant to be a leg. Then they are coached to shake it out and go again.
So the pain goes quiet, not away. By the time a parent hears about it, the wrist has usually been sore for a long time, because saying it hurts has always meant sitting out. Waiting does not make a wrist problem smaller. Tissue that keeps getting loaded while it is angry just gets harder to calm down.
You are not the parent who let this go too long. You are the parent doing something about it today. Here we treat the wrist first, then rebuild its tolerance for weight bearing in her positions, in a sequence, one-on-one with a licensed Occupational Therapist, several board-certified in hand therapy (CHT), every visit. And you leave with something you can hand a coach: what she can do now, what she cannot, and what has to be true before that changes. What this is not is a note that clears her early so everyone feels better.
Timelines you can give the coach
What It Helps
Where gymnast upper extremity rehab earns its place.
If any of these is the reason you are reading this page, you are in the right spot.
What A Session Looks Like
Three steps, and nobody forces her wrist.
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We load it in her positions, in order.
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You leave knowing what to tell the coach.
Why It Works
Four reasons it earns its place.
A wrist that holds her weight again.
A coach who knows exactly where she is.
A return built on her events, not a guess.
A kid who tells you when it hurts again.
Pairs Well With
Gymnast Upper Extremity Rehab rarely works alone.
Questions, Answered
What parents ask first.
Nobody is going to force her wrist. We start in the Pain phase: calm the joint, keep what still moves easily, and take load off the skills that are flaring it. Sessions should feel like work, not like a flare. She is allowed to say stop, and we want her to, because a gymnast who tells us the truth gets further than one who is being brave about it.
We will not put a return date on a website, because it depends on her wrist, her level and her events. What you get at her evaluation is a plan with an endpoint and the criteria that end it, written plainly enough to hand to a coach. The four phases are Pain, Prime, Perform, Prevent, and she moves up by passing what each phase asks of the wrist, not by waiting out a number of weeks.
Most families reach us through a physician referral, and some plans require one on file before we can bill. Tell us who you are with and we will help you work out what yours needs. The plans we work with are listed on our insurance page. We check her exact benefits before the first visit and tell you what we find, so nothing on the bill is a surprise. Call us at (360) 989-1200 to get that started.
Book Your Visit
Ready when you are.
Request a time and a real person from our front desk calls you back to get you scheduled. No phone tree. No ‘someone will reach out.’ Just a plan.
- Hours Mon–Fri 7:00am–5:00pm · Sat–Sun closed
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- One-on-one with a licensed Occupational Therapist, every visit
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Gabbert Clinic
- 7710 NE Greenwood Dr # 150, Vancouver, WA 98662
- (360) 989-1200
- Fax: (360) 583-3442
- admin@gabbertclinic.com
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Mon–Fri 7:00am–5:00pm
Sat–Sun closed