Just asking for some healing fairies and good luck fairies for my DD at her ortho appt in the morning. This past week her back started hurting in her spinal area mid to lower back and although it hasn't been going on for long it worries me. Her twin sister has a stress fracture at L5 vertebrae that is not healing from a year ago while she was in gymnastics, so needless to say I am probably more cautious than most people would be. I know that for now they will probably just say to limit activity and come back in x number of weeks if it is not better, but at least we can get some basic xrays to start with even though it won't show a stress fx without a CT and bone scan. Coach thinks it is just "muscle tightness and soreness". I hope that it is only a pulled muscle, but I would think that would be more painful on each side of the spine where all her muscles are and not directly in the middle. DD had a rough december with a sprained wrist, and jammed foot and toes on beam along with the flu on Christmas Day. She was just getting back into the swing of things again. Thanks for letting me vent.