What causes leg pain in children? You can teach your children to do this.

Usually, symptoms such as back pain and leg pain mostly occur in middle-aged and elderly people, but sometimes children also experience leg pain. Because the situation is relatively special, many parents don’t know what to do, let alone what causes it.

1. Growing pains often occur in children aged 5 to 10 who are growing. If a child's bones grow faster than his muscles during his growth period, the muscles will be pulled and pain will occur. This is a normal growth phenomenon and parents do not need to worry at all.

2. This type of growth pain is easy to identify. It usually occurs in the middle of the night. The knees, ankles, and knee joints may feel numb or painful, with varying degrees of severity. It will disappear after a few nights. The next time it occurs it will last for a few nights before disappearing. There is no redness or swelling in the legs, there is no pain when pressing the leg muscles, and it does not affect walking.

3. When growing children have leg pain, many parents will associate it with calcium deficiency. But in fact, calcium supplementation has nothing to do with growing pains. Children with sufficient calcium may also experience growing pains, and calcium supplementation is not very helpful in relieving growing pains. There is no relationship between growing height and growing pains. Having growing pains does not necessarily mean that you will grow tall. Children without growing pains may also grow very tall.

4. High level of activity. Due to the active nature of children, the metabolism of tissue cells in the body is vigorous. Excessive activity can easily lead to lactic acid accumulation between tissue cells, stimulating nerve endings, which can also cause pain. This is why we suddenly feel body pain after strenuous exercise.

5. Parents should pay attention to observe. If the child does not feel pain during the day but feels pain at night, it is mostly growing pains. If a child experiences growing pains, we do not need to restrict their activities or seek medical attention. If the child is in severe pain, let them rest more. At the same time, you can also let your child soak his feet in hot water, or apply hot compress to the painful area. However, this method can only relieve your child's pain. When children are not tired, encourage them to do more outdoor sports. Growing pains usually disappear as puberty approaches.