"Should I be concerned that my otherwise very healthy and strong 6 year old daughter has suddenly started to walk "pigeon-toed”? She is very tall for her age, and has always been whoppingly over the percentile categories for height and weight (proportionally). We wonder if she is just growing really fast, and this possibly something that she will "grow out of", or if we need to have her checked out."

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