My DD is 11 and does figure skating 4-5 times a week normally. She has always been a very active kid, always on the run.
In the last six months, she first complained about a sudden right knee pain, which started when running at school. There was no redness or swelling, but she couldn't do much and of course could not skate for some time. Since then, she's had pains in both knees, just one or the other, in her shins, and lately in her right ankle. The pain is not associated with any redness or swelling, the limbs look completely normal. No pain at night, but the pain is worse with use of the legs.
She hasn't skated in more than two weeks now and skated much less even before (took 6 weeks off over the summer, too). She doesn't run at PE (as she cannot do it without ankle pain). We went to her pediatrician - usual in this country - who saw her walking and said she needs inserts because of pronation and ankle rolling in. She's had inserts in her skates for a very long time, and never had these pains until about six months ago. The skate inserts were done professionally and she has new inserts for every pair of skates (no new skates recently, either). Anyway, we will get her fitted for shoe inserts tomorrow and hope that solves it.
I feel sad for her. She's always been such a dynamo and now she can't do what comes naturally to her, not even run at recess with her friends. I insisted that blood be drawn, everything is normal (though her white blood cells are a bit high-normal). She has no fever or other symptoms, some tiredness but that's quite normal with her dust allergies and increased school workload.
I am a bit worried. She's never been bendy; yes, her feet are flat, but they've always been flat, and she's skated since she was five. Why these new symptoms now?
I read a lot of threads about flat feel, hypermobility syndrome, and random pains on here. Would anyone have words of wisdom for us?
She has started puberty, but still grows at the rate of 5-6 cm a year, the growth spurt has not happened yet in her case.