hi.its cool.u r in the right track.i don think so any thing else you have to add in this initial phase.strenghten the hams too. i don know whether you started with that. patellar baring brace will help a lot too. i don think so she can do taping always.anyways taping is best.give concentration to the lateral structures, even the itband.is there a lot of tenderness in the proximal part of patella with resisted knee extn?