leg pain with asd

[louxx]

my 16year old son has always suffered with leg pain, its getting worse for him at the moment and he cant walk very far with out feeling like passing out with his leg pains. Does anyone know if this could be related to ASD?? i would appreciate any advice please

[kazemporium]

Although i cant give you any advice i am interested in what you are saying. My son complains about his legs aching when he walks. i mentioned it to his paed. She checked him out and said his legs seemed fine and that they were hyperflexed of something like that. I asked her why he complained and she said he was just being lazy and didn't want to walk

What symptoms did your son have when he was younger ?

Karen

[louxx]

Although i cant give you any advice i am interested in what you are saying. My son complains about his legs aching when he walks. i mentioned it to his paed. She checked him out and said his legs seemed fine and that they were hyperflexed of something like that. I asked her why he complained and she said he was just being lazy and didn't want to walk

What symptoms did your son have when he was younger ?

Karen

 

well reece has always had aching legs and also complained when walking or even when he was in bed. It just seems to have got worse and he cant walk a few steps without terrible pain

[oxgirl]

well reece has always had aching legs and also complained when walking or even when he was in bed. It just seems to have got worse and he cant walk a few steps without terrible pain

 

 

Lou, whereabouts in the leg does he complain of the pain? My lad has always complained of leg pains too, some periods are worse than others. We've never really gotten to the bottom of the pains either. His joints are very floppy and his gait is very awkward. He gets pains in the knees quite often, which I feel are due to his leg twisting whilst he walks, but at other times he's just complained of aches and pains which we can't really explain.

 

Is it worse when he's wearing shoes? I only ask, because Jay's feet are extremely narrow and it's usually impossible to get shoes that actually stay on him without flopping and making him walk awkwardly, and the pains are always worse when he has a pair of shoes that aren't fitting him that great. For the last few months we've been lucky and found some trainers that fit and support him well and he's walking quite well in them (and has even been known to run!) and, consequently, he hasn't complained of knee pains for quite a while.

 

Good luck with this, it's a very big problem, isn't it. <'>

 

~ Mel ~

[darky]

Ive just had my two seen by a physio for leg pain. she said my son has something called "severs" which is basicaly to do with growing pains. Its where the bones grow faster than the ligaments. fairly comon. my daughters pain is just related to her joint hypermobility and low tone. she tires easily.

[JsMum]

Growing up sure does hurt doesnt it, and thats what most replies are said by the docs especially when its growing boys.

 

I know that Dhydration can cause muscle pain, as well as low amounts of potassium, sodium and magnesium in the blood, so it may be a good idea to have a multi vitamin spercific in these and increase fruit such as bananas as bananas have really good levels of potasium and mags in them.

 

Some medication can cause pain the legs especially duretics because it takes away fluid.

 

If your generally worried especially with his age, I would take him to the GP for a physical and look at a blood count to check calcium and iron.

 

If he is going to the toilet a lot and drinking lots this may need to be checked out also as this could be early signs of diebetes.

 

I would book him with the doc, look at a more suitable excersice programme too ensure some form of exercise so something like swimming that elivates the body and helps with aching muscles.

 

JsMum

[lisa35]

my son is hypermobile, very flat feet, insoles dont seem to make huge difference, but, his pain is better with them

Dont let anyone fob u off,i used to think my was just lazy, it s not, its painful for them

he also twists ankle/wrists very easily, and seem to have v low pain threshold!

Lisa

[lynda4]

My ds2 complained of leg pain for some time so I took him to the docs a few years ago and he found that he has hypermobile joints - 'loose' joints, whatever ligaments are meant to hold them in place aren't as elastic as they should be. It means they aren't holding his joints in the position they should be in and that can cause aches and pains. We knew he had dyspraxia and thought that was why his handwriting isn't good but it turned out he also has very hypermobile joints in his fingers, with slight hypermobility in his knees and ankles - also flat feet. He had to see a few people, including a genetic councellor at the end, as there are more serious genetic conditions that can be related to hypermobility (double-jointedness) but his tests came back ok, he would have had to be a lot more affected and in more joints. Our doctor tends to err on the side of caution, I don't think most other docs would have done so many tests.

 

He was sent to a foot specialist (what do you call them nowadays??? pedomotrist?) where we found he had flat feet we hadn't known about and tight muscles in the back of his calfs! He now wears special insoles in his shoes, which balance his posture, to avoid his joints higher up being thrown out of place, that could lead to hip and back problems in later life. Then a physiotherapist to check out his knee, ankle and finger joints. She gave him a sheet of exercises he should do to strengthen the muscles round the joints, which would help to hold them in place. Otherwise, she said he might get arthritis when he's older due to having more movement, so more wear and tear on the joints.

 

I felt really bad as he'd moaned about his aching legs from time to time but he's such a hypochondriac I hadn't paid too much attention. Also my sister had had the growing pains type of aches in her teens and it was just the muscles growing out of synch with the bones, like someone above said. He'd gone months at a time without mentioning any aches so I didn't think it could be anything important and only took him to the doc to put his mind at ease.

 

Talking to friends who have children on the spectrum though, I found that flat feet are quite common amongst our kids, so maybe the hypermobility is too and that could be at the bottom of someone's aches?

[louxx]

thankyou all for the advice its much appreciated

[Ian Jordan]

Leg pain is often a secondary symptom of a sensory integration problem e.g. we treat leg pain very successfully with immediate effect using visual techniques. Often pains that respond are associated with balance instabilty and lower back pain. Funny how "growing pains " can stop immediately.