mysterious pain in child's feet??

Question

my 8 year old brother has had, since he was about 2 years old, pains in his feet during the night, it's not every night, somtimes every few days, sometimes, every few weeks, somtimes every few months. sometimes, they're also/or in his lower legs, somtimes they're in one leg/foot, sometimes both.
often they happen after a day when he's done alot of exercise, he will wake up in the night, or somtimes even before he goes to sleep and complain of pain, the only thing that sometimes helps is for someone to rub his feet. we've tried asking him what kind of pain it is, and whether it's jsut cramps, he says it's like a burning, but he can't explain or describe much else.
does anyone have any idea what is and have you ever heard of something similar??

Answer 1

Could be growing pains...that seems like the most logical to me. If your concerned though just go see the doctor about it. I used to get really bad growing pains and my parents just gave me tylenol for it and it helped..

Answer 2

There's nothing mysterious about child growing pains, All three of my sons reported various pains during the periods of 5-12 years old...
Do what you can, but it's very natural!

Answer 3

My sons used to get it in their legs.They used to wake up in the middle of the night screaming.It was always after they had done a lot of exercise that day.Liquid panadol always used to fix it.