growing pains

I feel your daughter pains, Ive grown 3 inches in the past 2-3 months. Im living in a world of alieve and mass ammounts of food.

Only she knows what her body is up to, so I would ask her what she thinks before racing, its not worth an injury.

They are right about her bones growing too fast for her muscles to keep up. Only thing you can do is continue to stretdh as much as she can. As far as training I'd let her limit her own activity except the stretching...that will help. Hang in there growth spruts don't last forever -

Thank you for your replies. She felt much better yesterday, no pain all day, first time in months. I am finding it difficult to deal with all the conflicting advice from everyone involved in her treatment. Current dilemma: the pt says she absolutely needs shoes with orthotics to control her mild pronation, but her Dr. didn't think this was necessary. Her running coach is not at all thrilled with the idea, although she said she could see her using them while she is having problems. So I guess we will be shoe shopping today.

One thing to think about is, Is her doctor an athlete?
My doctor growing up said he would never clear me to play any sports having to do with my arms, ie basketball volleyball etc. because my joints were too loose. Of course I ignored him and when I got to college I started rowing. The orthopedic guys there cleared me. I only had problems once and that was because I was lifting too much and my shoulder came out of socket. Mind you I can make it come out. But on this occassion it came out on its own. After taking 3 weeks off and doing PT I learned that if I am going to continue stuff like this there were things that I had to focus on beyond what other people did. The PT helped me get around something my doctor growing up never would have let me even try.
And now I am swimming, I'm sure I wouldn't have been allowed to do that either. But I'm getting pretty good at it.

Its not that the doctor doesn't have your childs best interest at heart, or maybe even that he is right, but a lot of times if a doctor isn't an athlete or dealing with athletes consistently they make judgements based on the abilities of the non-athlete. And there aren't alot of suggestions with how to get around things.

Has she tried aqua-jogging?

Hope everything works out and the pain stays at bay.

My doc had the same dilema with the orthotics, he said I needed them the pt said I didnt. After 3 rounds of pt, we got them....

They work darn good, I have less pain in my hip, but its not a silver bullet. You still need adequate foot stength for running, which can mean the difference between pain and no pain.