OK, I probably know the answer to this, but I'd like to check with those of you with more knowledge/experience than me about what can cause injury before I try to stop DD.
DD is very physical and active. She's also pretty determined, and when she wants to learn to do something, she just keeps on and on doing it. Her current obsession - after reading Julia Donaldson's mermaid book - is trying to do handstands.
She's got a pretty decent donkey kick now, and gets high enough to be up for a couple of seconds, but she doesn't have the balance to stay up. She mainly just comes back down (occasionally with an arm giving way if she's been doing it a lot) but a few times she's gone right over. That can't be good for her back, right?
The reason I'm particularly worried is that this evening at bedtime, her neck crunched audibly, and she said it hurt 
. The other thing which could have caused an injury is that at soft play yesterday, she did a forward roll off a step into thin air. Deliberately. Before I could stop her. It was onto padded floor, but still looked painful - and she said she'd had enough at that point, so I think it shocked her too (but she was said that nothing hurt, and did continue playing in the playground outside afterwards without any sign of problems)
So, firstly - should I get her neck checked out tomorrow at the gp?
And secondly - should I forbid handstands?
Thanks for any advice. I obviously really don't want her to injure herself, but also know that a certain amount of falling is natural in childhood - and important for learning her own limits.