Well I am 12 and have mild scollyosis and my doctor says that i have about 6 months to a year to grow and I got angry and sad and I said I wanted to grow taller but i have been having pains in my knees and elbows and my back I feel like i am straching and if these are growing pains then how to get rid of the pain. Please?
2007-01-05 17:31:05 · 14 answers · asked by ~Paynt~ 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Pain is evident for a reason.. letting you know something is wrong with the body. Growing pains are the figment of someones imagination.. There has to be a cause for the pain receptors to perceive pain.
You mention scoliosis! Having that condition at 12 years old is suggestive of only 2 things.. either it is the result of a congenital malformation or, there is a structural problem which causes alteration of the pelvis and sacrum.. which is the base for the spine. If you are having joint pains, there must be some stress to the area..or, there is an arthritic condition present.
What is happening with your balance? Do you stand on one foot more than the other and why? Do you have to stand with your feet apart? Lots of questions needing answers.. You can contact me if any of this seems to fit your problem.
2007-01-05 19:25:24 · answer #1 · answered by mrcricket1932 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take some Tylenol for the pain. All of the pain may not be growing pains but could be from the scoliosis.
It was discovered that I had it when I was about 35 and I have terrible back and shoulder pains.
2007-01-05 17:34:44 · answer #2 · answered by Tenn Gal 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
hot baths before bed. don't over do the tylenol. try some good quality (at least as good as gnc) vitamins. if you eat the typical american diet you probably aren't getting enough potassium and fiber and lots of other things. sometimes people at health food stores can be helpful in guiding you to what you need. alot of the fruit and vegetables that are sold in the stores have been picked too early and were frozen (even though considered fresh) and made to ripen with sun lamps. this depletes a lot of their vitamins so maybe try and buy some produce from a farmers market.
2007-01-05 17:40:54 · answer #3 · answered by LO! 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i have scoliosis too and i'm 34. i found out when i was 12 and the dr. said it shouldn't bother me any till i got old. it started hurting my back like hell when i turned 32. i use icyhot cream and take hot baths and use a heating pad sometimes, but now i think i'm going to the dr. for treatment because it has gotten really bad. i thought they meant "old, like 60" so i'm feeling kind of weird like handicapped cause i can't do the things i used too. ask a dr. what to do while you're still young so it doesn't get bad like mine. i wish i could have stopped it earlier. good luck
2007-01-05 17:39:08 · answer #4 · answered by jenny 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well i get growning pains alot. i am 13. I just take some advil and take a hot bath or put a heating pad on the area that hurts.
2007-01-05 17:43:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
When my husband and I adopted our children, they came to us having "growing pains" and what worked for them (apparently something their birth mother would do for them) was to apply rubbing alcohol to the area in pain, and it would subside.
2007-01-05 18:08:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy alot of bengay and rub it all over your body and a slip n' slide and just roll around in it XD ; P.
2007-01-05 17:38:34 · answer #7 · answered by ilickbadgers 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Go to the pharmacy or as you say drug store and buy something that cures pain.
2007-01-05 17:34:31 · answer #8 · answered by klint mane 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
relax, and what my mother did for me when i was young was put blankets around my knees and confort me then give me some ache medicine.
hope i helped
2007-01-05 17:34:48 · answer #9 · answered by ilikepink25 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=304&id=1520
2007-01-05 17:39:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋