Shooting Pains

Sometimes people can get leg cramps from potassium deficiencies. Try increasing that in her diet. Healthy forms like bananas and such. You could also try massage to help relieve the pains.

My friends' daughter had trouble with "growing pains" according to the regular doc too. Although hers were mostly just in her legs. The regular doc couldn't do anything. They just said to give her tylenol...... And that didn't do much if anything to help her! She did eventually out-grow it. None of her other 3 siblings ever had the same problem......

That was about 6 years ago.

Now, I've heard that chiropractic care can help with "growing pains." So, I recomend giving that a shot. They've helped our family with lots of different "problems." Everything from a shooting pain in my back when I was pregnant to ear infections to headaches...etc.

Good luck.

I was deficient on vitamin d this winter, and i had leg pain that was similar to this. i was also very very tired. i would ask the doctor to draw blood and check her level of vitamin d. good luck!

Definately start with your doctor, but if the doctor cannot find anything then I would try a chiroprator. There is many things that it could be that cannot be fixed by a doctor that can be fixed by a chiroprator. I know that my brother and cousin both had "growing" pains and they acted differently in each person. It was however still the same thing. Sometimes when children grow fast something pulls in there knee that the doctors can't fix but a chiropractor can help with and tell you how to take care of at home. It can also be many other chiropractic issues.

Good Luck!

S.

Is it possible that she had a tick bite recently? It sounds a little like Lyme disease symptoms. She can still suffer from Lyme disease even if she didn't show those rashes that usually indicate Lyme disease. It's not always easy to tell whether one has Lyme disease or not without those round red rashes, so if she continues to experience the sharp join pain, I would also seek more second opinions.

Good luck with your little girl!

Sounds like growing pains to me, my daughter is 9 and she has simular pains, give her tylenol or motrin. Motrin works better for my daughter, it lasts for up to 8 hours and its an anti inflamitory. Then I have explained to my daughter that the bones that we have in our bodies are the same that we were born with and with that we have some discomfort, everyone goes through it, grows through it and you will get through it as well. Hope this helps.

My first thought, too, was growing pains. But keep in mind that children can also get lupus--look up the lupus symptoms and see if your daughter has any of them. My daughter is only 9 and has been having some very weird things happen to her lately that the doctor has assured me are not growing pains, so we're trying to figure out ourselves what's wrong. I've been going through tons and tons of tests, only to have everything ruled out--no Wilson's disease, no Celiac disease, no other gastrointestinal disorders, no PCOS, no other female disorders...it gets downright discouraging at times, when I feel so bad (the worse is the arthritis-like stiffness, pain and swelling in my fingers, hands, wrists, knees, ankles, toes, and feet, and the morning stiffness where I can barely open my hands or walk on my feet).

I'm currently waiting for my lupus blood panel results; if positive, I'm having my daughter tested, because she's started to show all the same signs and symptoms that I had as a child.

Good luck.

Is it possible she has sciatica? That is how I would describe my sciatic pain episodes. My doctors put me on Motrin alternated with Vioxx (back when it was still ok'd for long term use), but what actually helped was a chiropractor.

In hindsight, I think my own "growing pains" at that age were severe leg cramps. I now only get those if I don't take my calcium supplement regularly.

I sure hope this is nothing or is something easily dealt with for your daughter.