My childs complains of her calves hurting.?

Question

In the later part of the afternoon and the evenings she complains and she even cries because she says it hurts so bad. She has been complaining about this for almost a year, I thought maybe its growing pains. Could this something more serious. oya she is a drama queen so the smallest thing she extremely overdoes the hurting act. She is 9 yrs old.

Answer 1

Is she drinking lots of water to stay hydrated? Is she getting potasium (from things like bananas or good vitamins and other foods)? Dehydration and lack of potasium are the top causes for calve pains in children.

Answer 2

It's quite possible it's growing pains, but that seems like an awfully long time to have it.

If she's a drama queen, as you say, could she have had growing pains about a year ago, and just not ever let them "go"?

I think it's past time to take her to the doctor. It could be your daughter's tendancy to be overdramatic, it could be growing pains, or it could be something else. For example, I think deficiencies in certain vitamins and minerals, like Vitamin K or potassium, can cause pain in the legs, like "charlie-horses".

While we're mentioning those, does she know the right way to handle a "charlie-horse"? The natural response is to point your toe, but doing so can actually cause lingering pain for a while. Instead, if she's having them, have her push her foot towards her, stretching the calf muscle. If she has had them often, and points her foot instead of flexing it, the pain can last for quite a while, even after it goes away for the most part.

Answer 3

growing pains are often in the joint more than muscles. You say this has been going for a year and she cries from the pain......Have you not thought to take her to the doctor? What if this is something serious and you have left it a year? No one in here is a doctor and nor have they examined your child. Go to the doc and get it checked. It has been a year! growing pains last a couple of months then they go and later come back in a growth spurt. Your child needs medical attention and it is your job as the parent to provide

Answer 4

Pretty much sounds like growing pains but could she be exerting herself too much on the playground? Is she extremely active? I would go to the pediatrician and have it checked out just to make sure it's not something more serious, especially if it's been going on for a year.

Answer 5

With my daughter this happens when she doesn't wear supportive enough shoes.

She has very flat feet and needs to wear a supportive insole inside of a good fitting laced up tennis shoe.

During the summer when she wears sandals too much she always complains about her legs hurting, a few days back in good fitting laced up tennis shoes and we've got no problems.

Answer 6

your kidding right? she could have a blood clot! You need to take her in and get checked out. This is the first sigh for blood clots. Your kid suffers and you *think* its ok. But why is she still in pain? You will feel like an idiot if she really is sick

Answer 7

could be her shoes

i used to have to wear my older brothers shoes , since we didnt have much money when i was growing up so i got the hand me downs
my legs would kill me after about 4 or 5 hours of having them on , my parents took me to the DR. and he suggested getting me new shoes and that was the end of the problem

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Answer 8

http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/general/aches/growing_pains.html

A year is a long time for a child to complain about pain. You need to take her to the doctor.

Answer 9

I would take her to an arthritis specialist. I'm sure there are ones that specialize in pediatric arthritis as roughly 500,000 children in the US have arthritis (just read that in an arthritis magazine).

Answer 10

Google "Restless Leg Syndrome" and see if this sounds like what your daughter has. It can continue on right through adulthood!!! And there is some supplements that can be given to prevent it from re-occurring! All the best!