2017-18 State of U.S. Ladies Skating

[mrrice]

Healing is not doing nothing. Healing is critical! One week off the ice won't kill her. Training while she's healing is a bad idea because it makes your body use resources that could go to healing, therefore making recovery slower. It also cause re injury to wound areas and out you at risk for making mistakes and causing injuries to other parts of her body. Healing time, just like sleep, is critical to every athlete. I pray that she's taking the time off she needs to heal properly so she can be ready for Nationals.

Correct....She should have pulled out of Skate America as she was obviously not completely healed. She would be taking a HUGE risk to be back on the ice this soon. This is a perfect time for her the get a new dress, or maybe work on some choreography off ice..

 

[frida80]

You made very good points and it definitely makes me anxious too but it didn't work at all for her this season so maybe a change cannot make anything worse? About the memory issues, she did learn new a program last year so she is capable (it must be hard though so I respect her a lot) and she already worked on La La Land. If I remember correctly she decided not to use it because she didn't find it deep enough and wasn't connected? She shouldn't be training yet I guess, but maybe they just sat down and found a way to make the program work both technically and emotionally. I would be happy if this was the case to be honest.

She did learn two programs, but at JO her SP was rough. I strongly feel skaters should have at least two competitions before skating a program at nationals. Just to work out the kinks.

So much news today. Too much to process.

 

[Seren]

There also might be a good chance she’s resting and healing her ankle I would assume.

Healing is not doing nothing. Healing is critical! One week off the ice won't kill her. Training while she's healing is a bad idea because it makes your body use resources that could go to healing, therefore making recovery slower. It also cause re injury to wound areas and out you at risk for making mistakes and causing injuries to other parts of her body. Healing time, just like sleep, is critical to every athlete. I pray that she's taking the time off she needs to heal properly so she can be ready for Nationals.

I am a physical therapist. I am definitely aware of this. And there is a multitude of research on gentle exercise improving healing. None of us know what Ashley and her team are doing- I am confident they are doing whatever is best for her.

I think we misunderstood each other earlier on. When someone said "she needs to be training" it sounded like it was negatively implying she was not focused because of an Instagram post we know nothing about. If that was not the case I apologize for my assumption. I am just getting tired of people talking so negatively about Ashley lately.

 

[Ic3Rabbit]

Correct....She should have pulled out of Skate America as she was obviously not completely healed. She would be taking a HUGE risk to be back on the ice this soon. This is a perfect time for her the get a new dress, or maybe work on some choreography off ice..

I can see her doing off ice rehab and low impact workouts but not choreo. If she's not doing the on ice part of things, it's just as big a risk for her to be doing choreo off ice.

She just got a new dress.

The only way she needs another new dress at this point is if she's changing programs.

 

[frida80]

I am a physical therapist. I am definitely aware of this. And there is a multitude of research on gentle exercise improving healing. None of us know what Ashley and her team are doing- I am confident they are doing whatever is best for her.

I think we misunderstood each other earlier on. When someone said "she needs to be training" it sounded like it was negatively implying she was not focused because of an Instagram post we know nothing about. If that was not the case I apologize for my assumption. I am just getting tired of people talking so negatively about Ashley lately.

Ashley is not lazy at all. She's worked so hard all these years to stay on or with girls ten years younger than her. It's an irritation that anyone would call any skater least of all her lazy.

I realize there are exercises that promote healing but Ashley is healing from an infection. It amazes me how much damage an infection can do. Overexerting yourself can slow healing from an infection. I'm even more concerned that she was in pain from two week old topical infection. Clearly it had to be deeper than they thought or the antibiotics didn't fully take. What ever the case, she needs to rest until her infection has healed. Even off ice training should be put on hold until that infection is fully gone.

I can see where you got confused. I was never saying that Ashley wasn't training at all or slacking off. I was concerned that she got another commercial and would have to take off more time from training. She's not lazy. Not at all.

 

[Tavi...]

Could she be at USOTC getting treatment for her infection? Might explain the snow.

It’s 63 today in CS and it’s been unseasonably warm and mostly snowless in Colorado. So I don’t think the photo was taken at the OTC, at least not recently.

 

[Ic3Rabbit]

It’s 63 today in CS and it’s been unseasonably warm and mostly snowless in Colorado. So I don’t think the photo was taken at the OTC, at least not recently.

I already mentioned this a page back. https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/s...dies-Skating&p=1874559&viewfull=1#post1874559

 

[christinaskater]

I hope Ashley goes back to ‘La La Land’ for her LP.

I feel that Bradie will win US Nationals this year and maybe place in the Top 5 of Olympics

 

[stella luna]

I hope Ashley goes back to ‘La La Land’ for her LP.

I feel that Bradie will win US Nationals this year and maybe place in the Top 5 of Olympics

I doubt very much Ashley would do that.

 

[temadd]

I have a bad feeling about Ashley's cryptic message. "Big changes" feels like something more than a program change.

 

[Figure 8's]

Um...

What in the world? I was hoping to here that she was almost healed and back on the ice. This sounds like another endorsement. The timing is awful. She needs to train.

Changing Coaches maybe? Since did not seem like he was very happy with her at Skate America.

 

[stella luna]

I have a bad feeling about Ashley's cryptic message. "Big changes" feels like something more than a program change.

She knows how to keep the drama going, for sure.

 

[temadd]

That thought definitely crossed my mind. It's hard to imagine her moving away from Adam.

 

[frida80]

A coach change four weeks before the Olympics?

 

[Ic3Rabbit]

Changing Coaches maybe? Since did not seem like he was very happy with her at Skate America.

Oh here we go again. Can we please stop the speculation about Raf's facial expressions??!?? :hslap:

 

[frida80]

Oh here we go again. Can we please stop the speculation about Raf's facial expressions??!?? :hslap:

Raf normally has like two expressions. Serious and a small smirk when the skater has somebody well. Unless it’s Nathan, then he finally gets some life in his face.

 

[Ic3Rabbit]

Raf normally has like two expressions. Serious and a small smirk when the skater has somebody well. Unless it’s Nathan, then he finally gets some life in his face.

:disapp:

 

[lynnems]

How about a new hair color?

 

[el henry]

Raf normally has like two expressions. Serious and a small smirk when the skater has somebody well. Unless it’s Nathan, then he finally gets some life in his face.

:yes:

 

[frida80]

:disapp:

I was agreeing with you. It’s very hard to read Raf. He’s got the ultimate poker face.