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I remember having terrible growing pains when I was that age, they made me miserable. My parents took me to the doctor, I remember having XRays done and such.
I would definitely take her to the pediatrician, just to be sure.
It could just be growing pains, and most likely, it is. I will warn you that several months ago my 6 year old was having the same symptoms. I took her to the doctor and they ran a blood test; it was positive for Lyme disease. I never saw a tick, she never had a classic rash, no symptoms whatsoever except leg pain and fatigue.
One of my daughters has had leg pains at different times during her childhood. Sometimes they were growing pains. Another time she had sore muscles from doing a new exercise and her doctor showed her how to stretch before exercise to keep that from happening again. She also had a tick-born illness before, but that didn't cause her any leg symptoms, just a spotted rash on the palms of her hands.
I've googled and it can't be trusted, I mean lets be honest a nose bleed becomes leukemia on there. She's not complained at all this week, we have a big wedding this weekend and she'll be dancing a lot no doubt so I wanna see how she does, see if she complains at all and go from there. Thanks guys! I'm happy to know that this seems to be somewhat common at this age judging by the comments
I remember having growing pains, and my daughter had them, but I became worried when she was around 7 or 8 because it seemed to be mostly in one leg. If you've Googled, you know that's often a sign of leukemia. The regular doctor sent her to an orthopedist, and he did Xrays to rule out any fractures, but in the end he said it was a shin splint. She had been participating in some sports. He gave her exercises to do, and she was OK.
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