Question: My 14 year old daughter (Not one to complain typically a XXXXXXX boy) who recently started her periods, has slight scoliosis, flat feet and slight hyper back extended legs (which the doctor asked nothing about nor did he take a look at her) plays a lot of soccer and recently she has been doing travel soccer and school soccer at the same time. In the last few days her knee has been really hurting her particularly going up and down the stairs at school. Now she did just come off a 2 week break then to jumped right back into a three day weekend of soccer tournaments. We got KT tape which she uses during practice to hold things in place and she says it helps. We also had an x ray done and an MRI and everything came back unremarkable the report says, so the Dr. said she is fine however she still hurts. He was actually rude and only gave us 2 minutes of his time after paying him over $300. I think he was disappointed or uninterested she didn't need surgery since that what he specializes in. He said Ice, Motrin and physical therapy. Although I question if a week of rest might be better first? Everything came back unremarkable except the report noted:
(1) There is a mild intrasubstance signal within the posterior horn of the medial meniscus which does not definitively extend to the anterior surface.
(2) A thin medial patellar plica is incidentally noted
Do you suggest she rests or go straight into physical therapy?
What do the 2 above reports mean?