Walrus Whisperer
Hope in chains...
I did.
Do any of you have any health problems now?
Do any of you have any health problems now?
Did You Have "Growing Pains" when you were a kid?
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fruit loop
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I've always had a big problem with leg cramps, which everyone around me called "growing pains", if that's what you mean.
Eat bananas, pop some ibuprofen before bed, do some stretches, and sleep in socks are the advice I got. Doing all of the above seems to help
Eat bananas, pop some ibuprofen before bed, do some stretches, and sleep in socks are the advice I got. Doing all of the above seems to help
Walrus Whisperer
Hope in chains...
Growing pains aren't leg cramps, FL. Growing pains are VERY hard Ache type feeling, the reasearch says it typically is in the front of the thighs, the calves and the shin-It feel a LOT like shin splints, if you've ever had that.
At this time I can't decide if the pain I am having is from the collapsed hip or from the back. Recent MRI said narrowing of nerve channel in back and the hip no longer has a femoral neck from recent xrays. I told the docter I wanted to wait on either of those until I was mostly thru with the new denture-I am two weeks out from the oral surgery and theres still quite a bit of pain but not too bad right now. And whatever this is is flaring so bad today that I can't even sit for long. The pain is what I remember as growing pains when I was gowing up, except for it being the whole blasted leg. and very hard ache from the middle of the rear all the way down the leg to the ankle and sometimes into the toes. I am also having foot drop in that foot at times when I walk-I KNOW thats the back.
The pain has reached astounding porportions yesterday and today. It mostly seems in the middle of the whole leg, although sometimes its the front alone, Comes and goes in harder waves but a background of it is always there...... This is the longest its ever done this.
OY!
At this time I can't decide if the pain I am having is from the collapsed hip or from the back. Recent MRI said narrowing of nerve channel in back and the hip no longer has a femoral neck from recent xrays. I told the docter I wanted to wait on either of those until I was mostly thru with the new denture-I am two weeks out from the oral surgery and theres still quite a bit of pain but not too bad right now. And whatever this is is flaring so bad today that I can't even sit for long. The pain is what I remember as growing pains when I was gowing up, except for it being the whole blasted leg. and very hard ache from the middle of the rear all the way down the leg to the ankle and sometimes into the toes. I am also having foot drop in that foot at times when I walk-I KNOW thats the back.
The pain has reached astounding porportions yesterday and today. It mostly seems in the middle of the whole leg, although sometimes its the front alone, Comes and goes in harder waves but a background of it is always there...... This is the longest its ever done this.
OY!
FlyLadyFan
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Yes, I remember having them, mostly in my ribs, sternum, and legs. My family is structurally large framed, i.e. tall and large boned as opposed to tall and thin framed.
No health problems I'd relate to that though. I'm now in my 40s.
FLF
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No health problems I'd relate to that though. I'm now in my 40s.
FLF
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Warandra
Membership Revoked
Growing Pains loved that show
I know smart a$$
It's allowed. You're still celebrating your Black Belt achievement.
That's how my mom describes the pain in her legs - very hard pain in the front of her thighs. Mayo says it's probably from lipitor and zocor (statin drugs), altho they wouldn't put it in writing.
She's lost her muscles, and can barely walk.
Hope you're not on statins!
Blessings, mamaklip
She's lost her muscles, and can barely walk.
Hope you're not on statins!
Blessings, mamaklip
NBCsurvivor
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Yes, I had growing pains as a child and yes, I still have something similar to them now but in my bones below the knees mostly. Very deep in the bones. Strong.
As for the pain that comes with taking statins.. if you are taking them, you should be also taking coQ10. The statins block your body from making this enzyme and if you don't have enough of it in your system, your muscles suffer. The cramping is extreme and your muscles can be destroyed. Replace it in your system if you are taking statins. My doctor says to take 150 to 200 mgs a day with my statins. Since I have done this, I have not had the intense cramping I had before.
I still have the bone aching though that I have always called 'growing pains'. I've never had any broken bones but do have arthritis and have bad knees... probably from my weight... I'm trying to lose weight but it came on gradually and has to go off gradually.
As for the pain that comes with taking statins.. if you are taking them, you should be also taking coQ10. The statins block your body from making this enzyme and if you don't have enough of it in your system, your muscles suffer. The cramping is extreme and your muscles can be destroyed. Replace it in your system if you are taking statins. My doctor says to take 150 to 200 mgs a day with my statins. Since I have done this, I have not had the intense cramping I had before.
I still have the bone aching though that I have always called 'growing pains'. I've never had any broken bones but do have arthritis and have bad knees... probably from my weight... I'm trying to lose weight but it came on gradually and has to go off gradually.
I Laid in bed for days crying, legs hurt so bad.
Eventually grew into a 'Tall' female, for my generation.
all of 5'7"
Decades later, my son had a buddy with what we all thought was growing pains. John would have been over 6' tall.
Poor kid died at 16. Was femoral bone tumors, not growing pains.
Eventually grew into a 'Tall' female, for my generation.
all of 5'7"
Decades later, my son had a buddy with what we all thought was growing pains. John would have been over 6' tall.
Poor kid died at 16. Was femoral bone tumors, not growing pains.
Hansa44
Justine Case
I had unbelievably painful leg cramps. In mostly my lower legs, feet, toes, ankles, shins and even on the inside of my thigh once. EVERY DAY and mostly at night. If I tried to stretch, this would almost always trigger it. I'd wake in the middle of the night and have to get up, cause they are almost impossible to work out just laying there and waiting.
Had heard it might be due to potassium deficiency and B Vitamins. I was told to get "NO SALT" at the supermarket and take about a quarter to half a teaspoon in warm water everyday. I did.
No more leg cramps. NO SALT is almost pure potassium and is what many people use to replace tablesalt on their food. I like reg. salt so take the NS separate in warm water, plus B complex.
I also eat lots of bananas now. Broccoli and potatos are also high in potassium.
The potassium also stopped the heart palpitations I would get. Drink plenty of water.
Had heard it might be due to potassium deficiency and B Vitamins. I was told to get "NO SALT" at the supermarket and take about a quarter to half a teaspoon in warm water everyday. I did.
No more leg cramps. NO SALT is almost pure potassium and is what many people use to replace tablesalt on their food. I like reg. salt so take the NS separate in warm water, plus B complex.
I also eat lots of bananas now. Broccoli and potatos are also high in potassium.
The potassium also stopped the heart palpitations I would get. Drink plenty of water.
NBCsurvivor
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Never had that,
BUT waking up in the morning with one of those charliehorses!!!!
OuuWWWcccccHHH!!!!!!
I'd rather take a bayonet to the gut.
Hansa44
Justine Case
Could be the same problem. Lack of potassium. Yours just hasn't developed as far as mine did. Yet.
I started with charlie horses, but really advanced.
Warandra
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Love your new Avatar.
Can one just add potassium to the diet and not completely omit salt, altogether and still get good results? Just curious, since my cramps are only every once in awhile.
Warandra
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Besides Milk Thistle, is anything else really good for a messed up liver. (Took too much Ibuprofen for my Plantar faciitis over a period of about 8 months, not because of alcohol.)
No, I never had growing pains but then I'm only 5'2 so I guess I never grew. 
I did have this horrible deep pain in my right thigh running from the inside of my knee across to the outside of my hip a couple of years ago. It would just throb with my heart beat. I could only sleep flat on my back and I'm a side sleeper. If I rolled on my side during the night, the pain would wake me up and take at least an hour to be tolerable again. The doctors never could give it a name but I went to physical therapy for 3 months and finally got rid of it with ultra sound, massage and exercises.
Don't even get me started on statins.
I did have this horrible deep pain in my right thigh running from the inside of my knee across to the outside of my hip a couple of years ago. It would just throb with my heart beat. I could only sleep flat on my back and I'm a side sleeper. If I rolled on my side during the night, the pain would wake me up and take at least an hour to be tolerable again. The doctors never could give it a name but I went to physical therapy for 3 months and finally got rid of it with ultra sound, massage and exercises. Don't even get me started on statins.
annieosage
Veteran Member
I never did but my oldest DD had them really bad. She was actually diagnosed with Osgood Schlatters disease.
Osgood Schlatter Disease is the inflammation of the patellar tendon where the knee meets the top of the tibia (shinbone). The condition is caused by stress on the tendon that attaches the muscle at the front of the thigh to the tibia. It is probably caused by the powerful quadriceps muscle pulling on the attachment point of the patellar tendon during running activities such as soccer, basketball, track and other sports and in gymnastics and ballet.
The symptoms associated with Osgood Schlatter Disease is swelling and tenderness in the knee joint. It is most common in active children aged 10-15. It is the most common source of knee pain in children. Both males and females are equally vulnerable now, but at one time, the condition was found mainly in boys. It is always characterized by activity-related pain that is located a few inches below the knee cap. Sports that require a lot of running, jumping kneeling and squatting are particularly associated with Osgood Schlatter Disease.
The three main factors of the disease are:
1. The child is between 10 and 15 years old
2. The child is involved in youth sports
3. The child is in a ‘growth spurt’
She was active in sports and as in a growth spurt. However it didn't last long and she only ended up being 5'2 (if she stretches real hard LOL) I remember her waking up in so much pain though. We usually treated it with ice and ibuprofen.
Osgood Schlatter Disease is the inflammation of the patellar tendon where the knee meets the top of the tibia (shinbone). The condition is caused by stress on the tendon that attaches the muscle at the front of the thigh to the tibia. It is probably caused by the powerful quadriceps muscle pulling on the attachment point of the patellar tendon during running activities such as soccer, basketball, track and other sports and in gymnastics and ballet.
The symptoms associated with Osgood Schlatter Disease is swelling and tenderness in the knee joint. It is most common in active children aged 10-15. It is the most common source of knee pain in children. Both males and females are equally vulnerable now, but at one time, the condition was found mainly in boys. It is always characterized by activity-related pain that is located a few inches below the knee cap. Sports that require a lot of running, jumping kneeling and squatting are particularly associated with Osgood Schlatter Disease.
The three main factors of the disease are:
1. The child is between 10 and 15 years old
2. The child is involved in youth sports
3. The child is in a ‘growth spurt’
She was active in sports and as in a growth spurt. However it didn't last long and she only ended up being 5'2 (if she stretches real hard LOL) I remember her waking up in so much pain though. We usually treated it with ice and ibuprofen.
Tweakette
Irrelevant
I get incensed when I hear docs chalking up things they are too lazy to investigate as "growing pains". Growing isn't supposed to hurt that bad for that long!!
My sister had no less than 8 docs tell her it was "growing pains" when her knees hurt so bad she couldn't walk, at around age 11.
Finally my parents found a 9th doc who actually knew what he was talking about and it turns out she had a rare knee condition in both knees called "Plica Suprapatelaris", where a membrane inside the knee that is supposed to dissolve when you're a baby instead doesn't and then calcifies, causing horrific knee pain and damage and eventual crippling.
If this hadn't been discovered she would have likely ended up in a wheelchair or with dual knee replacements in her late teens.
She had surgery on both knees 6 months apart at about age 12 and is doing well now at age 40, though her knees will always be more fragile.
She's 5'11" too - an inch taller than me (we're a family of amazons, my mother is shortest at 5'9").
Tweak
My sister had no less than 8 docs tell her it was "growing pains" when her knees hurt so bad she couldn't walk, at around age 11.
Finally my parents found a 9th doc who actually knew what he was talking about and it turns out she had a rare knee condition in both knees called "Plica Suprapatelaris", where a membrane inside the knee that is supposed to dissolve when you're a baby instead doesn't and then calcifies, causing horrific knee pain and damage and eventual crippling.
If this hadn't been discovered she would have likely ended up in a wheelchair or with dual knee replacements in her late teens.
She had surgery on both knees 6 months apart at about age 12 and is doing well now at age 40, though her knees will always be more fragile.
She's 5'11" too - an inch taller than me (we're a family of amazons, my mother is shortest at 5'9").
Tweak
Laurane
Canadian Loonie
My DH grew almost 12 inches in one year also.....
his last year of high school.......so did our son, and neither of them had any kind of pain at that time.
I find that any type of pain I get from exercise or stiffness from doing yard work, I can generally relate to having forgotten to take my TRACE minerals that day or two. These 72 trace minerals are found in pure sea salt and we use nothing but that......none of the chemical salt for table use at all. My DH even sprinkles some in his hand and licks it when he feels like some.
We have no health issues at all, except for my husband's emphysema which was caused by working in a place where the trucks were left running all winter and the doors shut - that and smoking too.
Just don't get pains - and we credit the minerals and all the WATER we drink - I know when I don't get enough H2O as I start getting plugged up in the head, so the sinuses are not cleaning out.
What has this to do with growing pains? - just about everything, as all the parts of the body need water and minerals and enzymes to develop, so if you aren't getting enough of these while growing, maybe this is the cause of the pains. And now as we get older, with enzymes being depleted, not enough minerals and Trace minerals (bananas are great but only for one mineral), and not enough water to flush out the toxins we accumulate, our bodies are breaking down and not rebuilding.
We don't go to doctors except for stitches as we work with a naturopath
who has taught us how to "listen" to our body and he teaches us about rebuilding health and nutrition, something docs don't seem to know about.
his last year of high school.......so did our son, and neither of them had any kind of pain at that time.
I find that any type of pain I get from exercise or stiffness from doing yard work, I can generally relate to having forgotten to take my TRACE minerals that day or two. These 72 trace minerals are found in pure sea salt and we use nothing but that......none of the chemical salt for table use at all. My DH even sprinkles some in his hand and licks it when he feels like some.
We have no health issues at all, except for my husband's emphysema which was caused by working in a place where the trucks were left running all winter and the doors shut - that and smoking too.
Just don't get pains - and we credit the minerals and all the WATER we drink - I know when I don't get enough H2O as I start getting plugged up in the head, so the sinuses are not cleaning out.
What has this to do with growing pains? - just about everything, as all the parts of the body need water and minerals and enzymes to develop, so if you aren't getting enough of these while growing, maybe this is the cause of the pains. And now as we get older, with enzymes being depleted, not enough minerals and Trace minerals (bananas are great but only for one mineral), and not enough water to flush out the toxins we accumulate, our bodies are breaking down and not rebuilding.
We don't go to doctors except for stitches
as we work with a naturopathwho has taught us how to "listen" to our body and he teaches us about rebuilding health and nutrition, something docs don't seem to know about.
The Freeholder
Inactive
I did, but they were unusual--in my knees. DS has had the same, but less frequently.
Hansa44
Justine Case
Thanks (altho' I've actually had this avatar for a few years now
)That's what I did. Just added the potassium. And continue to use sea salt. The potassium is simply a vitamin deficiency. You can buy pills, but the strongest over the counter you can get is 99mg.
A lady I took care of had a doctors prescription for straight potassium and they were around 600mg, PLUS she was suppose to take 2 a day. Her prescription costs $25.00 for 100 capsules. I got the same thing with "NO SALT" for a few dollars.
fruit loop
Inactive
It isn't necessary to take potassium supplements. Just eat some bananas every day.
Hansa44
Justine Case
I do, plus broccoli and an occasional potato which is hard for me to digest.
Potassium supplements have proven to be vital for me and they were the only thing that alleviated the horrific cramping in my feet and legs.
(and who wants to eat "enough " bananas every day
)
Laurane
Canadian Loonie
Hansa.....
just for a change you might try dried apricots or raisins - 3.5 oz of apricots are 1380mg and raisins 1080 mg compared with 400 mg of banana. You might have to eat more of the mixed fruit but it would be a change.
Broccoli is not even on the list of high Pot. foods and baked potato is only 600mg, so there are other good alternatives if you have trouble digesting potato. I find I have to take CalMag rather than potassium and do so as a supplement as I sweat so much while playing.
Here is a list that might be helpful
http://www.weightlossforall.com/potassium-rich-food.htm
just for a change you might try dried apricots or raisins - 3.5 oz of apricots are 1380mg and raisins 1080 mg compared with 400 mg of banana. You might have to eat more of the mixed fruit but it would be a change.
Broccoli is not even on the list of high Pot. foods and baked potato is only 600mg, so there are other good alternatives if you have trouble digesting potato. I find I have to take CalMag rather than potassium and do so as a supplement as I sweat so much while playing.
Here is a list that might be helpful
http://www.weightlossforall.com/potassium-rich-food.htm
Amberglass
Inactive
My knees hurt terribly when I was a teen, especially at night. I had to sleep on my side with a heating pad between my knees. I used to rub A535 on them as well.
It was brutal.
It was brutal.
optimistic pessimist
Inactive
Yup. Used to cry myself to sleep the pain was so bad. When I hit college and discovered the pain hadn't stopped, I went to the doctor and was diagnosed with Lupus per my labwork. Doctor seemed to think I had had lupus for a very long time.
BlueNewton
Membership Revoked
I had them bad. Knees and legs above the knees.
I had terrible shin splints a few years later.
I now have knees that hurt, are not aligned well, and make a heck of a lot of noise. I also have some back and hip trouble. But who is paying attention!!
I had terrible shin splints a few years later.
I now have knees that hurt, are not aligned well, and make a heck of a lot of noise. I also have some back and hip trouble. But who is paying attention!!
I and my daughters experienced "growing pains" as long bone pain in our legs and arms. When the pain starts, I make sure the kids increase their intake of cultured dairy, cruciferous veggies and get more sleep.
These pains usually signal an oncoming growth spurt. We all went from short and chubby to tall and lean. I watched my middle DD go from size 14 jeans cut off at the knees to a tall size 4 without gaining any weight, and carrying a 50lb. feed sack on each shoulder. It happened in a matter of months.
Joint pain is not a growing pain.
None of us have further health problems related to long bone pain. I have osteoarthritis related to all the stupid fun I had while young. I was very into extreme sports and I am paying the price.
These pains usually signal an oncoming growth spurt. We all went from short and chubby to tall and lean. I watched my middle DD go from size 14 jeans cut off at the knees to a tall size 4 without gaining any weight, and carrying a 50lb. feed sack on each shoulder. It happened in a matter of months.
Joint pain is not a growing pain.
None of us have further health problems related to long bone pain. I have osteoarthritis related to all the stupid fun I had while young. I was very into extreme sports and I am paying the price.
Just Plain Mom
Rockin' the Ozarks
Yeah, I had "growing pains". Very painful, above the knee. The doctor told my mother it was due to "inability to absorb calcium". At first, I had to take calcium tablets (horrible chalky things) but they didn't help. Hot shower, Ben gay rubbed in, wrapped in a towel and I could finally sleep. My parents then went through a rough time financially and started turning off the hot water heater at night, and they'd lock their door, and I was on my own. *sigh*
And, yes, I'm short enough that when my first kid *started* his growth spurt, the first "consolation" was that he got to call me "Shorty".
I still have them occasionally as an adult. I noticed something back when that now-6' tall kidlet was little (before he started growing). We were diagnosed (finally) as being chemically/environmentally sensitive, and ended up spending a lot of time at home. The days we'd have to go out, I'd wake up in the middle of the night with these pains--and I could promise you he'd do the same. Our doctor told us it was probably exposure to a pesticide/herbicide of some sort. The pains stopped for the most part as we detoxed and moved to a cleaner area. My middle child (now 6'2" and still going) never had those pains, and neither did my petite daughter.
(And, to answer your question, I have all sorts of problems now. And am, for the first time, taking a statin drug--as is Husband. We also take milk thistle, and our liver tests are OK.)
And, yes, I'm short enough that when my first kid *started* his growth spurt, the first "consolation" was that he got to call me "Shorty".
I still have them occasionally as an adult. I noticed something back when that now-6' tall kidlet was little (before he started growing). We were diagnosed (finally) as being chemically/environmentally sensitive, and ended up spending a lot of time at home. The days we'd have to go out, I'd wake up in the middle of the night with these pains--and I could promise you he'd do the same. Our doctor told us it was probably exposure to a pesticide/herbicide of some sort. The pains stopped for the most part as we detoxed and moved to a cleaner area. My middle child (now 6'2" and still going) never had those pains, and neither did my petite daughter.
(And, to answer your question, I have all sorts of problems now. And am, for the first time, taking a statin drug--as is Husband. We also take milk thistle, and our liver tests are OK.)
timbo
Deceased
The three months between my 6th and 7th grade I grew 6 inches. June I was 5'6" and in September I was 6' even.
I ached all the time. I seem to cry a lot and also went through some mental depression. Lot of charlie horsi too.
I still have the stretch marks (really scars) on my lower back from this and that was over 50 years ago! They are still bumps on my back, not just lines.
Today I have quite a bit of pain in my spine but I am able to get relief going to my chiropractor.
Lately I have been back on chondrotin and glucosomine (sps) and taking OTC potassium for charlie horsi in the back of my thighs. Those I hate more than most bad things in the world.
As much as I hate to say it, I was glad to hear that others had tremendous growth spurts as well. This way I do not feel like the Lone Ranger.
I ached all the time. I seem to cry a lot and also went through some mental depression. Lot of charlie horsi too.
I still have the stretch marks (really scars) on my lower back from this and that was over 50 years ago! They are still bumps on my back, not just lines.
Today I have quite a bit of pain in my spine but I am able to get relief going to my chiropractor.
Lately I have been back on chondrotin and glucosomine (sps) and taking OTC potassium for charlie horsi in the back of my thighs. Those I hate more than most bad things in the world.
As much as I hate to say it, I was glad to hear that others had tremendous growth spurts as well. This way I do not feel like the Lone Ranger.
ARMY RANGER
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I was diagnosed with this about 10 years ago and remember when I was about 15 I had severe growing pains and the same symptoms of Osgood Schlatter disease.At the time I did not go to the doc and thought I just had "water on the Knee"from playing so many sports.I have 6 brothers and my Mom told me I was the only one that had growing pains.I also am the tallest in the family.Being 6'1" I tower over a couple of my brothers who are only 5'4".The only one close to my height is my youngest brother at 5'10".Funny thing both of my daughters have had growing pains, the 21 year old being 5'6" and my 16 year old at 5'8" and still growing.I was told by the pediatrician that Osgood Schlatter disease is hereditery.
brandyh29
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Growing Pains loved that show
I know smart a$$
LOL I thought this was a thread about that show! I didn't know it was an actual medical condition. Where's Dr. Seaver??