For about 3 weeks my daughter, Sadie, was complaining about her back hurting. I'm not one to run to the doctor for every ache or pain. I believe Tylenol was produced for a reason, and I use it to cure ALOT. But, she was persistent and looked very uncomfortable.
So we trot off to the Sports Medicine Orthopedic since I was fairly convinced it was related to her soccer season. At this age, the mentality of some players and parents are... "If you can't get the player, get the ball." And, I do remember her being taken out by an aggressive player and landing hard on the ground.
4 x-rays and an MRI later, the results showed that she has a fracture in her spine and will have to be in a custom made back brace for 3 months/23 hours a day.

Eventually, she'll be OK but it is a good reminder that young players are vulnerable to serious injury.
Now, I'm begging anyone of you to trade places with me for those 3 months. (husband, dog and son included at no x-tra charge.)