About Dany

From gymnast to
national judge

Daniela del Río competes in Mexican artistic gymnastics — and after time away, she is back in competitive training. Today she also coaches and judges at the national level, and is studying for her degree in physical therapy. Ankles were never an academic topic for her: they were the injury she saw over and over — on the mat, in her teammates and in herself.

Certified national judge Active gymnast Active coach Physical therapy student

Daniela del Río standing in her formal judge's suit at an artistic gymnastics gym

National judge The credential you earn at the table, not on paper.

The story

This method wasn't born at a desk

It was born on the vault, the bars, the beam and the floor. From repeated landings loaded with fear, pain, and the constant feeling that the body is the first thing you sacrifice in order to keep going.

As a gymnast I learned very early that "toughing it out" is often mistaken for strength, and that resting an injury usually means falling behind — your level, and even your own team.

The unspoken message was always clear: keep going, even if it hurts. Adapt. Don't stop. Dany left gymnastics with some resentment and with a body that carried the consequences of every landing.

Years later, already a physical therapy student, she understood something even clearer: the problem is not gymnastics — it's the lack of specific preparation to withstand it. The missing foundations. The missing intention in how the body is trained to land, absorb impact, react and try again.

MetamorPhysis is born exactly at that meeting point: between lived experience and science. Between the body that feels and the body that is analyzed. Because an ankle never fails on its own. Because an injury never comes out of nowhere. And because real prevention doesn't happen when you stop training — it happens when you train with intention and awareness.

The journey

Three sides of the same mat

The athlete

Competitive gymnast

Years of training and national artistic gymnastics competitions — including the 2021 Jalisco Nationals and the 2022 Women's National Championship. The sport that taught her discipline, courage… and what every landing costs.

The coach

Back in the gym, on the other side

Today she coaches new generations of gymnasts. In her athletes she sees the same patterns she lived: the fear of landing, the pain that goes unspoken, the ankle that gives out before the will does.

The judge

Certified national judge

From the judges' table she scores exactly what the method is built to protect: the quality of the landing. Nobody else watches so many landings, so closely, with technical criteria in hand.

The science

Physical therapy degree — in progress

Currently in her fourth semester. The education that translates years of lived experience into the language of evidence: tissues, loads, progressions and adaptation.

The comeback

Back to competition

She has returned to competitive training and is preparing to step onto the mat again — this time with her own method under every landing. The best proof that prevention doesn't mean stepping away from training.

The project