My 8 year old has been complaining on & off of leg pain for several weeks. Upper thigh area mainly- one leg sometimes, both legs sometimes. It comes & goes so much & seemed to start after we started gymnastics a month ago. I didn't think much of it but because it continues to pop up, I took him to the pediatrician this morning. She said probably pulled muscles but ordered lab/blood tests. Kind of freaked out that she ordered lab work! We did them- he was such a trooper!
She's just ruling out stuff so I wouldn't worry about it. It does sound like he's using muscles differently now that he's in gymnastics so a pull or stress is understandable. Just like when you do something you usually don't do you wake up the next morning sore.
It would make perfect sense that after starting gymnastics you'd be sore right? Lab work, I'm sure, was just a precaution.
Our son had horrible growing pains at 4, 6 and 8 yrs old.
Each of those years - he grew 4 inches - it was all I could do to keep him in clothing.
He's 18 now and is 6ft 2in tall.
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He could be going through growing pains, the femur (the upper thigh area) is a large bone and is growing.
Don't freak about the labs, she's ruling stuff out - that's a good thing!
no need to worry, doc is just doing a good job of making sure its nothing serious. which its probably nothing more than overworked muscles. till the tests say otherwise.. i wouldn't worry
Many doctors now days order labs even tho they probably not needed. I've always had doctors who take the wait and see approach.
I sguest this is for many reasons. First, patients want tests. You could say is this necessary? What are you concerned about that tests would reveal. The patient can, and I believe should, be involved in decisions.
Another reason may be related to how often people sue. I suggest some tests are to make patients happy and to protect themselves from unhappy/angry patients and law suits.
Bottom line. Tests are not ordered.because it's likely something is wrong. They're ordered for a variety of reason's. Relax, your son's muscles are most likely sore because of gymnastics or growing pains. Achy muscles are common
It could be growing pains but it could also be his muscles. If he's doing gymnastics do they do much conditioning before hand. My son does competitive trampoline and tumbling. Some days if he's not stretching enough he will be sore and sometimes if they do a lot ofor conditioning he's sore too. If it's that night or the next day after gym it's probably muscles.
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It could be growing pains but it could also be his muscles. If he's doing gymnastics do they do much conditioning before hand. My son does competitive trampoline and tumbling. Some days if he's not stretching enough he will be sore and sometimes if they do a lot ofor conditioning he's sore too. If it's that night or the next day after gym it's probably muscles.
