Is is common for a trainer/coach to be part of causing an injury?
I know I have been posting a lot of complaint-related issues lately, so I debated posting this. I decided to go ahead and post, as I really do want to know how common this is; I did not do sports as a child, so am often baffled by what the culture and expectations are for kids and sports.
Dd is 16 and is doing high school cheer; this is her first year. I am very proud of her as they only chose 10 girls total for the team. Eight are returning members, and dd is one of only two new members. Well, they had a "camp" which basically consisted of 2 days of training/practice with some person who came from another state, cost a lot of money, etc. The girls were asked to do some kind of sitting down straddle, which dd was doing, and this trainer came around and pushed her down further. Dd heard a pop, felt hurt, and then all decided she needed to sit out for the rest of the camp. That was over a week ago, and she still has pain, so the regular school trainer sent us off to an outside doctor'/specialist. She has a pulled hamstring muscle. I know that it could be so much worse, but the doctor still recommends she sit out of cheer for at least a month, and do weekly physical therapy. I called around and no PTs have appointments until about a month. I feel bad for dd (who is actually having a very positive attitude) and honestly one more appt to get her to is not what I need right now (that's just a little BP related content- I will get here there, no she cannot get there herself).
As I said, I am grateful the injury is not worse and, unrelated to cheer dd has had concussions, had her foot run over, has some other issues we are trying to get to the bottom of...so I know this is so minor. I also have no interest in complaining, following up, taking any other action against the trainer about this. I just genuinely want to know if this kind of thing is common as I feel frustrated that dd was pushed past where she should have been by someone who was supposed to be an expert. Is this just part of being a sports-parent? I know injuries are, but I am specifically talking about being pushed (in this case physically and literally) passed where the athlete/kid should be in a way that creates the injury.
lucky single mom to 20 yr old dd and 17 yr old ds through 2 very different adoption routes