I would personally be very hesitant to make any solid recommendations on your client based on this description. Depending on the expertise of her chiropractor, she should really consider having a full assessment of her problem including a detailed physical exam of her knees and hips by a trained health care professional (I'm biased towards MSK physicians, but that's just me). You've already stated that you're not comfortable hanging your hat on your own assessment of the condition, and hence, any description you've given us is going to be limited by your (no offense) "lack of experience".
It would be irresponsible of us (or rather, me, since I can't speak for the rest of this forum) to make recommendations on treatment of a condition that has no diagnosis. And the differential diagnosis (i.e. all the possible things that _could_ be wrong) is still REALLY wide, and not likely to be narrowed by this forum. I strongly believe the biggest service you can do for this client is to help her get assessed personally, as opposed to "virtually". Could she have pes anserine bursitis? Yes. She would be a rare patient indeed, but yes, she could. Could she have osteoarthritis? Absolutely. She could also have about 10 other conditions that I can think of off the top of my head given your description of her pain.
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