Saturday, May 7, 2011

Growing Pains in Children

Growing pains in children can be distressing for the parent and child, but there are no long lasting consequences. Classical growing pains in children occur in in the upper part of the calf muscles or back of the knee. Typically it causes night-time foot pain. They do not occur in the knee joint and they do not occur in the bone. They usually wake the child from sleep. The child can normally be got back to sleep with reassurance and gentle rubbing of the area. The reason growing pains in

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