3LittleGymmies
Proud Parent
My daughter has been complaining of right lower leg pain (on the inside of the leg) for over a week. She is pretty tough, and I know that she is down playing the pain. I took her to the pediatrician who ordered an x-ray. He showed us a "line" on her tibia that he thought was a stress fracture. But the radiologist said that there was no fracture. Weird! She has been icing her leg (even at school) and resting it when she's home and claims that helps a little. She says that it hurts more when she's NOT practicing. I have heard that stress fractures can not always be seen on x-ray. Is that true? If it was a stress fracture, would it be normal for it to hurt more when she's NOT doing gymnastics then when she is? I have not noticed it affecting her gymnastics at all, and I have not seen her cringing or anything on her tumbling or vault. Practices really seem to be totally normal. It's when she's just walking around the house, sitting still, or going up and down the stairs that it hurts. She doesn't want to unnecessarily miss practice time if it's nothing, so we compromised that I would make her an appointment with the sports medicine doctor on Monday if it's not feeling better by then. I just thought that some of you may have some ideas.