8 year old and growing pains?!
Question: my son is 8 and going through growing pains right now. his legs and feet hurt and ive been giving him tylenol and it seems to help. my question is his lower back is hurting also, do/can you have growing pains in the lower back or is this something else that needs to be seen by the doctor? he also limps when he is hurting, is that normal?
Answers: my son is 8 and going through growing pains right now. his legs and feet hurt and ive been giving him tylenol and it seems to help. my question is his lower back is hurting also, do/can you have growing pains in the lower back or is this something else that needs to be seen by the doctor? he also limps when he is hurting, is that normal?
I would totally see a doctor. Poor guy.
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Please take him to the doctor. I had growing pains when I was young and it was treated as just plain old growing pains. As an adult I have had 3 back operations because it was not growing pains at all--it was major back problems. Take him to a Orthopedic Surgeon for some tests to see what the problem is. I wish someone had taken me many years ago...Let me know if you can how it turns out for your son...
dude tak'em to a doctor
Leah,
You really need to have him see a doctor. It could be something pretty severe.
I have had "growing pains" since I was young, at least that is what my mom called it.
But the doctor actually diagnosed it as RLS (restless leg syndrome), and it can be very painful. I did not have lower back pains so it may not be the same.
When it would flair up I could not fuction because of the pain and forget about falling asleep.
Before I got to the doctor i have been using an over the counter sleep aid called Legatrin which I swear by. It works great for lower body pain. You may take a look at that. It can be hard to find sometimes, try Walgreens.
Anyway, I still recommend you see a doctor, you never know.
Good luck to you and your son,
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Every body's different! But go to the Doc and get it checked out. It sounds pretty bad with the limping and all. My Mom would rub my back and legs when I had growing pains. Sometimes all you need is a little TLC. And I don't mean The Learning Chanel.