What to do when your child has growing pains

The occurrence of growing pains in children brings great trouble to children, and parents are also very worried. Will children growing too fast cause a series of problems? Will growing pains lead to the emergence of other diseases? These questions have always troubled parents. In fact, as long as everyone patiently reads the introduction below, I believe everyone should understand what children’s growing pains are.

The problem of children's growing pains can be solved very easily, so parents don't need to worry too much. In fact, children's growing pains require parents to pay more attention and care. Below we introduce some methods to relieve children's growing pains.

Of course, we still have many ways to relieve the growing pains that children experience. We can divert children's attention and let them not care too much about the growing pains. We can also use hot compresses, massage and other methods.

The most important thing for treating growing pains is to rest in time. If your child has knee or calf pain after school, don't force him or her to do more exercise. Before going to bed at night, you can soak your child's feet and calves in hot water. When the pain is severe, local massage, hot compress, application of medicated oil or painkillers can be given, and vitamin C can also be taken in appropriate amounts. When children are not tired, they should be encouraged to participate in more activities and exercise their muscle strength to promote the natural correction of tibial inward curvature. Parents don't need to panic if their children experience growing pains. As children grow older, the growing pains of most patients will disappear when they approach puberty. It will not affect the normal growth and development of the children, and even if the pain recurs, it will not leave joint deformities. Growing pains are muscle pains and generally do not require special treatment. The most effective way to deal with the pain is to give the child local massage and hot compresses to help reduce the pain and give the child a sense of psychological care and security.

The specific method is as follows:

1. Divert attention

Distracting your baby's attention is an effective way to help him ignore the pain. Mom and dad can attract their baby by telling stories, playing games, playing with toys, watching cartoons, etc. Treat sick babies with more tenderness and care than usual, because encouragement and spiritual support from parents are the most important pain relief remedies for children, and sometimes even more effective than drugs.

2. Local hot compress and massage

Parents can use a hot towel to massage or apply hot compress to the baby's painful area. This can ease the child's tension and relieve the discomfort caused by the pain. When massaging, be sure to pay attention to the strength of kneading. Let your baby fall asleep with gentle caressing.

3. Reduce strenuous exercise

Growing pains are not a disease and there is no need to restrict the baby's activities. However, if the pain is severe, you should make sure your baby rests more, relaxes his muscles, and avoids strenuous activities.

4. Supplement nutrients

Babies should consume more nutrients that can promote the growth of cartilage tissue, such as milk, bones, walnuts, and eggs, which all contain elastin and collagen. Vitamin C is beneficial to collagen synthesis, so your baby can eat more vegetables and fruits rich in VC, such as green vegetables, leeks, spinach, citrus, grapefruit, etc.

In the above, we introduced that the occurrence of growing pains in children brings troubles to both children and parents. We suggest that parents can understand what growing pains are in children and how to deal with them. The above article introduces in detail several methods that can help relieve growing pains in children. We hope that it will be helpful to parents.