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Do your children complain of pain in their legs?

What if it was due to their growth?

Growth spurts can give children traumatic and difficult pain to bear.

Fortunately, there are natural things you can do on a daily basis in order to calm the anxieties and suffering.

When and how do growth spurts occur?

Growth spurts usually affect children from 3 to 6 years, then 8 to 14 years. These are the two age groups where children grow up the most.

They are characterized by pain in the calves, the thighs and the back of the knees principally.

To recognize a growth spurt, know that:

- they manifest themselves especially at night, because growth hormone is secreted during sleep,

- they affect front parts both legs, either simultaneously or alternately,

- the crises last a few minutes or even an hour and resolve on their own.

First of all: allay anxieties

Medically, there is few solutions. Growth spurts usually go away just as they came. It is not reassuring for a child.

It's important to calm your anxieties, because they cause nervous tension which can lead to severe pain. Explain to her that her body is growing and that everyone has this pain one day or another. will reassure.

Then, in a quiet place, take the time to gently massage painful areas or relieve it with hot water bottle while he is resting.

You can finally, if you wish, give it homeopathy, which will give him the impression of having a treatment and will relieve him somewhat without danger (Arnica montana 9 CH: 5 granules 2 times a day, at less than 2 € tube).

Camphor and clay will be our allies

Two natural solutions are available to us, according to our preferences. We will choose one, or we will alternate the two. To apply 2-3 times per day.

- The camphor massages : it is about massaging the painful areas by applying alcohol or camphor oil. Your child will feel a gentle warmth, then a soothing feeling. But beware, this remedy cannot be applied to children under 6 years old.

- The green clay poultices : clay has miraculous virtues, I often tell you about it. Its relaxing and anti-inflammatory benefits will effectively relieve your child. For the clay poultice recipe, follow this link.

Watch out for sports activities

Pains due to growth spurts are more common in children very active. This observation highlighted the small dangers of sport practiced too often or at too high a level.

In fact, especially during puberty, as muscle mass increases, certain muscles have a increased power. But they are placed on bones which have not finished their growth.

If the sporting activity is intense, very frequent, the muscles will press too hard on the bones that are still too cartilaginous. Rest will therefore be required, with decrease Where full stop physical activity for a few weeks or even months.

Calcium and vitamin D

Of course, last very important tip, it is advisable to help bones from your child to develop at the same time as his muscles. It is therefore necessary to make it consume a lot of calcium, which you will find in dairy products, or even spinach, lentils, chickpeas, anchovies, sardines, salmon ...

Also bet on vitamin D, which it, will fix calcium naturally on the bones. You will find it in the same fish, but also in eggs, butter, calf's liver, and ... the sun!

Your turn...

Do you know these growth spurts problems with your children? How do you appease them? Give us your tips and experiences in the comments, which are yours.

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