Lowry O'Mahony

So I would always say go and see a chartered physiotherapist.

OK, but in the short term, what you can do is like look at reducing load.

So it's load management.

And then straight away looking at as a parent, you know, has your child gone from that three hours to maybe 10 hours of training?

And can you just take a step back yourself?

What we would say when it comes to load is.

In the past, there was this like 10% rule, which is very outdated.

So modern policies would suggest actually maybe going from three hours to four to five hours and then the next week, maybe five to six hours.

So maybe you're taking a month to get up to 10 hours of exercise a week.

So as a parent looking at, can you reduce maybe their training load initially?

Does that help their symptoms?

But definitely, you know, keeping them doing some stretching, keeping them doing some strength training.

And you can do that yourself at home.

Now, if you're not settling, then, you know, children recover and adolescents recover really quickly.

But if they're not settling within a week or two and they can't go training, then I would say it's a good idea to go and see a physiotherapist.

Just a couple of questions coming in.

My daughter's turning 10 and stretching.

She complains of pain in her limbs after football or swimming.

Is it OK to give her pain relief?

She seems to be quite sore, particularly when it's obvious that she's taking another growth spurt.