How to Deal with your Child's Hurting Legs: Growing Pains
Things You'll Need
- Child
- Growing pains
Instructions
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Undoubtedly, the best thing to do is to "massage" your child's legs, especially the upper part. This doesn't involve the typical massage techniques. It just involves squeezing. Put one or both hands on the child's legs and gently but firmly squeeze. Do this continually for about 10-15 minutes. For the most part, the pain should go away and should allow the child to sleep, or at least have temporary relief from the pain.
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You can also prop some pillows underneath the child's legs to elevate them. This seems to help but will require awhile before it has any effects.
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If the hurting seems bad enough, you could also put the child's legs in warm water or have him/her take a warm bath.
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Similarly, you could also place a heating pad around the legs to keep them warm. Cold legs appear to make the pain worse.
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You could also give your child some pain medicine (e.g., ibuprofen) but I wouldn't recommend it, and only as a last resort with your doctor's approval.
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