Do I take my daughter back to hospital or to a physio?

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My daughter, 5, fell over in swimming pool changing rooms last week and by the afternoon she couldn't move it, so I took her to hospital last Saturday.

Scanned, no fracture or break. Said that her shoulder looked a bit wonky on X-ray but said that as she is young that was more likely to be a growth thing.

She is till complaining it hurts a lot, even though she seems to have good movement in it. And she also won't do things with it - she would often lift her toddler brother when playing, bit ginger when eating etc. not sure whether there is an attention element.

I don't want to turn up at an already busy A&E and she really isn't screaming with pain, just complaining and avoiding using it. Could it be muscular? What would you do as next step.

If she's been scanned then I'd be more reassured there's nothing more sinister. Any swelling or bruising?
Swimming pool changing rooms doesn't have the softest of floors either. You could self refer to physio (might want to check you can self refer for a 5 year old).. she may of just bruised it or pulled a muscle there. Have you tried a dose of pain medication to see if that helps her with pain?
Sometimes after a nasty fall or when they do something and end up hurting themselves, because it was a shock at the time and it hurt, it's a negative experience they can hold on to that and not as such play on it, but she might think doing certain things like lifting her brother may trigger pain that she experienced at the time or whatever.
Hope she's OK xx

Wanted to add - you could be waiting months for physio appt.

In would go back to A and E.

Fractures get missed a lot, I'd take her back

Or minor injuries would be better

Are you giving her pain relief? It could just be bruising.

Do you have a minor injuries near you? Or try and get an on the day doctors (impossible I know, but for a child?) Round our way (Swindon) if you get given a ticket for x-ray you can turn up at any time and go for it, no waiting in A&E etc. Not sure if that's for children or just adults.
I'd probably want it to be seen again just because x-rays often miss fractures when the injury is recent - sometimes once any brushing etc goes down it lets the bones move apart slightly and a fracture becomes clearer - or so I was told when I broke my foot and it was missed first time around.