8 Year Old Legs Hurt

8 year olds legs are hurting and keeping him awake - advice please 11 Posts Add message Report.

8 year old legs hurt. I brushed it aside. Upper thigh area mainly- one leg sometimes both legs sometimes. No one knows for sure where the pain comes from but there are plenty of theories.

Leg pain in an 8-year-old boy. Muscle spasms cramps and strained muscles overuse account for most leg pain. My DD tends to be a drama queen.

I chalked it up to growing pains I guess. Growing pains are a common cause of leg pains in children and usually disappear as the individual gets older. Most of the causes of leg pain in children however are benign.

These pains are muscle aches that can occur in. My 8 year old daughter has been complaining of leg pain once in a while. Growing pains are a common cause of leg pain in children.

Growing pains are not the same as a growth spurt. Why do 8 year olds legs hurt. Growing pains involve your childs musculoskeletal system meaning his or her muscles and bones.

My 8 year old has been complaining on off of leg pain for several weeks. She has been saying this off and of for a few months but never enough that I thought anything of it until now when I read that leg pain can be a sign of cancer in kids. The other day she said her knee hurt and as she was sat down with it bent I helped her to straighten her leg and her knee popped.