"Is she cycling yet?"

Today, I took my almost 11 year old daughter to the doctor for Achilles tendon pain.  She is a very active girl - like her mother.  I swim, bike, and run.  My daughter runs and does gymnastics.  While examining her heel, the doctor asked me "Is she cycling yet?"  To which I replied, "Not a lot.  I take her out with me every now and then."

I am eternally embarrassed.  The good news is that my daughter is fine.  My kiddo has these massive growth spurts that cause her tendon pain because of all of the weight bearing exercise that she does.  Last year, it was her knees or Osgood-Schlatter's.  This year it appears to be her Achilles tendon or Sever's.  Once her growth slows the pain goes away.  In the meantime, she is not doing any permanent damage by continuing her activities.

I am glad that she is not "cycling" yet.  I was surprised to hear that our girls are starting at eight years old now.  Wow!