Growing pains in children
Growing pains in children are just that – growing pains. They grow out of them and the condition is self limiting. Unfortunately the condition can be quite distressing for the child and parent and wake the child from sleep. Also the important thing about growing pains is that they also can resemble some very serious conditions, so each case of growing pains in children need to be checked out to rule these problems out. The pain typically occurs in the upper end of the calf muscles and just behind the knee. If it wakes the child from sleep, simple rubbing of it and reassurance is often enough to get the child back to sleep.
