Thanks everyone, again.

Thanks Esther and Ginger for your sympathy!

Your comments continue to be helpful in that I am now thinking we should maybe push for a different physio, maybe the sports specialists at the hospital. I hate to think that the treatment at the rehab clinic was so unhelpful and possibly has made things worse?

The thing is, the Orthopeadic consultant, back in October, said the alternative was the lateral release surgery - I've heard people say that surgery should be avoided at her age so we'll obviously be discussing that. I think perhaps I should push for more physical therapy and more examination of whether her hips, feet or ankles are the cause. I don't know whether anyone's ruled those out or not.

Lachlan, yes, I am also afraid that there is something she is doing in training that is causing pain. She says not. She says her knees hurt even over Christmas when she had no training. She knows that she should avoid activities which make her knee/s hurt. Trouble is, she's not really clear on what makes her knee/s hurt! Does anyone know where I can find some clear instructions that a 12 year old could take on board that would tell her what she should or shouldn't do - on a day to day basis as well as in training?

Have appointment on 5th Jan with Orthopeadic (sp?) Consultant. Happy New Year to you all.