Advice on how to treat an injury in a child

kit3 · 08-05-2015 10:18am #1

Absolutely not looking for medical advice

Hi, I have an eight year old who hurt the side of her foot during football training about 6 weeks ago. After two weeks rest or so it seemed ok. She was running around on the beach just after this and her foot seemed to twist (saw it happen) and it was sore again but this time more around the ankle. She did very little on it for the next 2/3 weeks & it seemed to improve although slowly. She went back training (camogie & football) this week & it seems back to square one - she's complaining of a pain under her heel & says she can't run on it.

I think it needs seeing to at this stage as it's gone on quite a while. My question really is, where do I bring her ? Can't see the point in bringing her to my GP unless it was to get a letter to take her to A&E to get an x-ray ? Alternatively, should I bring her to a physio - have a good one locally that I use when I need to ?

Any ideas/thoughts ??

DocQismyJesus · 08-05-2015 10:25am

kit3 wrote: »

Absolutely not looking for medical advice

Hi, I have an eight year old who hurt the side of her foot during football training about 6 weeks ago. After two weeks rest or so it seemed ok. She was running around on the beach just after this and her foot seemed to twist (saw it happen) and it was sore again but this time more around the ankle. She did very little on it for the next 2/3 weeks & it seemed to improve although slowly. She went back training (camogie & football) this week & it seems back to square one - she's complaining of a pain under her heel & says she can't run on it.

I think it needs seeing to at this stage as it's gone on quite a while. My question really is, where do I bring her ? Can't see the point in bringing her to my GP unless it was to get a letter to take her to A&E to get an x-ray ? Alternatively, should I bring her to a physio - have a good one locally that I use when I need to ?

Any ideas/thoughts ??

Honestly I'd bring her to Crumlin or try and get a referral from the GP for a specialist in paediatric orthopedicts.

I would NOT go the physio route with a kid that young- you want a full imaging look w/ someone who full understands children and their developing bodies

kit3 · 08-05-2015 10:28am

DocQismyJesus wrote: »

Honestly I'd bring her to Crumlin or try and get a referral from the GP for a specialist in paediatric orthopedicts.

I would NOT go the physio route with a kid that young- you want a full imaging look w/ someone who full understands children and their developing bodies

Thanks - yeah, was figuring that might be the best route all right - he probably wouldn't have touched her anyway - it's a difficult one to pin down to be honest as she's walking around fine - wouldn't have got her back training otherwise !

career move · 08-05-2015 11:38am

The sports surgery clinic is Santry is another option. You don't need a referral letter. Just ring for an appointment to see one of the consultants and they can do an MRI if it's needed.

dna_leri · 08-05-2015 12:46pm

A qualified physiotherapist will be trained in dealing with children as well as adults.
Before you go down the long, expensive route of a consultant orthopedic paediatrician, get a preliminary examination from an experienced qualified physio.

plodder · 08-05-2015 1:26pm

I'd go to a GP first. It's probably going to need some kind of scan which would need a referral anyway. Sports Surgery clinic is great, but it's three times the cost of a GP visit more than likely.