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MedGym PT Gymnastics, dance, figure skating, cheer, music, theater, cirucus, aerial arts. This page is an extension of MedGym Physical Therapy, LLC.

A Performing Arts Medicine Company focusing on education, seminars, lectures, in-person team/group evals & in-person/ telehealth treatment/medical injury recovery management. You will find pearls of wisdom on injury prevention, training and more. Accolades for patients and community groups will also be posted. We believe in the power of peer referrals, which is how the world goes round! Karma says be good to others, and they will be good to you! So, allow this page to be a way to connect with others, recognize wonderful achievements of athletes of all ages and abilities, and more!

10/23/2026

Watching Worlds this week? Brand-new equipment is the slipperiest it will ever be, and a brand-new springboard is stiffer than an old one. It's why the equipment in Rotterdam gets broken in before anyone competes on it.

Tiago Bessa competed on it for Portugal and now engineers it at SPIETH.

Our bonus Worlds episode, Ep 07 of The MedGym Podcast, Feel and Physics, is out now.

Listen or watch — Apple, Spotify or YouTube: https://www.medgym.net/podcast/feel-and-physics?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ep07-tiago-bessa

10/22/2026

Every giant swing you're watching at Worlds this week bends the bar and gets the energy back.

Tiago Bessa competed for Portugal for a decade. Then, in a university materials class, he looked at a stress-strain graph and saw the apparatus he'd been swinging on since he was four. Now he engineers it, at SPIETH.

A bonus episode while Worlds is still on: Episode 07 of The MedGym Podcast, Feel and Physics, is out now.

Listen or watch — Apple, Spotify or YouTube: https://www.medgym.net/podcast/feel-and-physics?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ep07-tiago-bessa

10/21/2026

Learned a new skill in practice today? Part of the learning happens tonight.

In REM sleep, the brain consolidates what you practiced, from a switch ring to the timing of a blind change to a new piece of choreography. Gina explains why cutting sleep short is like losing the last pages of your notes.

More from Gina at Worlds all week. The full Worlds preview is Ep 06 of The MedGym Podcast, What's Under the Chalk.

Listen or watch on Apple, Spotify or YouTube: https://www.medgym.net/podcast/whats-under-the-chalk

10/20/2026

Sleep debt doesn't only make a gymnast tired. It raises injury risk.

Gina explains how missing sleep cuts short the body's and the brain's recovery, then shows up where it matters most: balance, reaction time, and how fast you can catch yourself when you're off on beam or rolling an ankle.

More from Gina at Worlds all week. The full Worlds preview is Ep 06 of The MedGym Podcast, What's Under the Chalk.

Listen or watch on Apple, Spotify or YouTube: https://www.medgym.net/podcast/whats-under-the-chalk

10/20/2026

Oura rings, Garmins, Apple Watches: a lot of athletes now wake up to an HRV score.

Gina explains what heart rate variability measures and why higher is better. It means your body is switching quickly between fight-or-flight and rest-and-recover. When that switch slows down, your body is taking longer to respond to stress.

More from Gina at Worlds all week. The full Worlds preview is Ep 06 of The MedGym Podcast, What's Under the Chalk.

Listen or watch on Apple, Spotify or YouTube: https://www.medgym.net/podcast/whats-under-the-chalk

"It feels bouncy" is one of the most common things a gymnast says about equipment, and it can mean three different thing...
10/20/2026

"It feels bouncy" is one of the most common things a gymnast says about equipment, and it can mean three different things.

Gina on ground reaction force: how much of what you give the floor comes back, why a floor that gives back a little more or a little less throws off a tumbling pass, why new equipment feels "tight," and why the first podium training at every big meet is full of over-rotated skills.

Save this for the next time someone says the floor is bouncy. 📌

Ep 06 of The MedGym Podcast, What's Under the Chalk, out now.

Listen or watch — Apple, Spotify or YouTube: https://medgympod.riverside.com?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ep06-spieth-worlds

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