KAATS gymnastics team advances to the USAG Regional Competition
The KAATS gymnastics team in Pine Island is sending all 14 of its gymnasts to regionals.
Posted: Apr 6, 2021 12:11 AM
Posted By: Mary Peters
PINE ISLAND, Minn. - The KAATS gymnastics team in Pine Island is sending all 14 of its gymnasts to regionals.
The team has overcome many obstacles due to COVID-19, but still found a way to be successful. It s been a little bit different wearing masks and having to social distance and stuff, but we ve made it work, says gymnast Madysen Diskered.
The gymnasts trained for a few weeks to get ready for their first meet, but had to compete early due to COVID-19.
A host of similar complaints have started coming in from a multitude of friends, coworkers and patients about a new problem they’ve never had before: jaw pain, otherwise known as temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction. Masks are not only hot and uncomfortable, but they can leave a lingering effect of TMJ pain, headaches and neck pain. How could one piece of cloth and string cause such issues?
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