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• Steps
• Tips
• Warnings
• What do you need

Your baby's legs are growing very quickly. He or she may come up to you and complain about leg pain. When you find out that your child's leg hurts, you should know how to treat leg pain in children. Follow medical advice to relieve your child's leg pain.

Steps

1. 1 Find out what type of pain your child has.
   • Ask if the child has twisted his leg. Try to find out exactly when the leg started to hurt and in what condition it is now.
   • Check your child's shoes the last time they wore them. The shoes that the child grew out of can hurt the child.
   • Check if the shoes are tight. Tight shoes can cause pain in your toes.
   • Ask when your child started to feel pain. Walking on a hard and uneven footbed can cause minor injuries. Stress fractures, osteoarthritis, or plantar fasciitis can develop if a child constantly walks on an uneven insole.
2. 2 Take your child to the doctor if the pain becomes such that he or she cannot go about his business.
   • Answer the doctor's questions. If your child is old enough to answer the questions, let him speak.
   • The child must pass the tests prescribed by the doctor. These can include X-rays, bone scans, or MRIs. The doctor can diagnose if the injury is caused by a malformation.
3. 3 Follow the doctor's instructions to heal your child's leg.
   • Leave the baby's leg until the inflammation or swelling begins to subside.
   • Place an ice pack on your child's leg. Make sure you don't leave ice on your foot for more than 20 minutes.
   • Wrap a compress around your leg if prescribed by your doctor.
   • Lift your child's leg, make sure it is higher than his heart.
   • Give your child a pain reliever, such as acetaminophen, or a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, such as ibuprofen.
   • Encourage the child to be active to keep the leg in shape. Cycling is a good choice.
4. 4 Throw away your child's shoes that they've outgrown.
   • Measure your child's foot to buy the correct size for new shoes.
   • Buy orthopedic shoes if the doctor prescribed one because the child has a leg pain because of this. Make sure your child uses all orthopedic aids when putting on their shoes.

Tips

• Buy suitable socks when buying shoes for your child. Socks that are too short can be painful, as can shoes that are too small.

Warnings

• Do not give your child more pain reliever than the doctor prescribed.

What do you need

• ice pack
• compress
• pain pills