What Are Growing Pains??

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In this video, Justin from the Institute of Human Anatomy, explains the possible explanations for growing pains, and discusses where the symptoms would be felt.
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[@theanatomylab]

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[@campkira]

living is pain... your body just try to adjusting it...

[@antoniaconstantinescu922]

I can add a point to the fatigue theory, i had a very growing pain-like sensation in my arm not too long ago after wiping something for a few hours (constant back and forth motions). It was really weird feeling the growing pain in my arm which i don t think i ve ever felt but as children i think we use our legs more than our arms so that makes sense

[@blazednative5419]

@@campkira pop

[@meghany4432]

me the entire video: *omg that’s a leg, like a real one, i have that inside me, he just straight up has a leg*

[@courtnrysalamone7677]

Lol me

[@wafflesthearttoad6916]

Meghan Y 69 likes

[@janesookraj4626]

Yea especially when he grabbed the long muscle scared me and I realized that wad a human we got that and holy balld

[@eskhatos]

Bruh mood

[@Maykay1312]

Ye i have the same fealing when u go and take blood samples and ur realy scared of forein objects going trough ur skin into ur vein so ye i cant stand looking at it just uhh 🤮

[@nopenottelling447]

Can you do a video on headache please???

[@theanatomylab]

We've had a lot of requests for HAs. We will definitely put something together. Stay tuned!

[@uselesschannel5263]

Plz.. Migraine problems.

[@CryptP]

@@uselesschannel5263 Migraines aren't massively well understood, but we do know they're associated w vasodilation in the brain. Being able to stop them isn't rlly on the table, get yourself a shitload of painkillers and try and get to sleep. Besides that, try a coffee. If you have caffeine addiction, the rebound can trigger a migraine. But taking caffeine w painkillers to treat a migraine both helps out the painkillers, and causes vasoconstriction which helps the migraine out. Beside that, migraine triggers are different for everyone. For me it's usually sugar, but everyone gets it differently. Try and work out any patterns that could be affecting the onset of your migraines. GL fam

[@raeturner8711]

@@theanatomylab yes i get them all the time. And i also have this other issue if you can try fig out what it is. Get back to me on this then ill ask.

[@eduardocruz54]

Please

[@brisofi9174]

i've learned more here than i have in bio this year

[@zzaacchh]

sad

[@appletherapy3492]

Yeah. School isn’t effecient, but if it was. It would be a heavy burden to carry for students.

[@mrsworldwide8851]

Take anatomy and physiology! Even my AP Biology class does not go over the human anatomy as much.

[@brisofi9174]

ms janinecastillo thanks so much but i’m in bio honors so i still need chem and physics but i’ll make sure to take those and how is the ap capstone program i’m going into ninth grade and just got accepted into it

[@andreijianu679]

@@appletherapy3492 nah dude this is med school level stuff school is not to blame

[@lushfanatic8028]

I used to get these so bad that I would literally cry.🤦‍♀️

[@Naitrio]

yeah me too :/

[@ellaoconnell4587]

i still do:/

[@cd4536]

My mom said at 2 years old I started waking up screaming in pain. My pediatrician told her to take me to a sports medicine specialist. They told her it was growing pains. My growing pains spread and turned into fibromyalgia and possibly Ehlers Danlos syndrome. I have talked to other with fibromyalgia and many also experiences severe growing pains.

[@lightningchegg4823]

I agree

[@maddiemiettinen8643]

Lush Fanatic I’m young so I still get them

[@dianapadilla5168]

Can you show the muscles that are cut during a c-section? Or the effects of multiple c-sections on the muscles? Thank you!

[@MadisonSpearslol]

Diana B. Ramirez they showed this in the period cramps video

[@georgechristou8193]

Your belly

[@chickenonuggeto3680]

Madie S they didn’t show it, they just talked about period cramps, that’s why it was called a “period cramps” video, not a “c-section video” :/

[@louiewatson9389]

Scar tissue and weakened muscles.

[@raeturner8711]

Gross!! Lol

[@hannahrobbins2117]

A few of my doctors said growing pains aren't real at all, which frustrated me beyond belief when my legs, feet, or hands ached so badly I was crying.

[@theanatomylab]

That would be really frustrating. Not all doctors will agree, however there is enough people who experience the pain that I think we have to take the symptoms seriously. I think it is is just frustrating for both patient and clinician that there isn't a specific known cause/mechanism.

[@lsfshae]

Institute of Human Anatomy is it possible that the pain is from muscles being stretched so far by growing bones that they tear a little and have to be repaired? I know when muscles are used rigorously in workouts or in things not normally done, the muscles get sore when being repaired.

[@cd4536]

Yeah mine started when I was 2. My mom said I would wake up screaming at two years old. I dunno if it can all be in your head at 2 years old.

[@gregorymalchuk272]

I'm really amazed at the level of gaslighting and lack of belief in reported patient symptoms present in the medical field. My mother's doctor insisted she had a rash when in fact she had squamous cell carcinoma eating her face off.

[@cd4536]

@@gregorymalchuk272 That's terrible. Sadly healthcare is a business. Patients have to be prepared to research, seek second opinions, be skeptical and report poor service. In my opinion this is why we need universal healthcare. Everyone gets the same care because the doctors get paid the same amount for each patient. Not you get what you pay for. I hope your mother made a full recovery.

[@bobbie-ann4871]

Can you do a day in the life of an anatomy. Like show us what you do during the day in the lab?

[@theanatomylab]

Great idea!! We can definitely do something like that

[@trueblue7779]

This would be an awesome video!!

[@Who-wm7qg]

I'm 16 and still experience growing pains from time to time. Edit: Also can you please do a video on headaches and migraines?

[@CrushersCharisma]

I still get growing pains as a 29yo female. They are much milder than when I was a kid, but they're the same bone pains I had back then.

[@AkiH203]

@@CrushersCharisma I'm 26 and I still get them, too. But I've always had them mostly in the joints spreading to the bones. It honestly sometimes worries me, because I obviously don't grow anymore...

[@jeanlafrance8746]

Well, you're still growing at 16. They'll go away eventually

[@blurthecolors885]

@@jeanlafrance8746 most people are actually done growing by age 15 or 16.

[@meghannoconnor8346]

I’m 19 and I still have growing pains too,all be it milder but it’s still there 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@lilpd6207]

It’s crazy how he just pulls out Random muscles like it’s nothing

[@asideofaioli4630]

I usually miss eating meat, but watching this makes me glad I'm an accidental vegetarian.

[@redpandajet478]

@@asideofaioli4630 can’t relate it may be nasty if you think about what it will do but it’s worth it

[@redpandajet478]

@@asideofaioli4630 but isn’t this a human body?

[@asideofaioli4630]

@@redpandajet478 muscle is muscle. When you eat an animal, you're eating it's muscle. That's what a chicken or cow would look like if you put it through the same preservation process. Knowing that what we eat off of an animal is the same things our human bodies are made of just puts a diff perspective on the idea of eating dead flesh 🤷 Don't get me wrong, I usually miss meat. so I'm not judging those who eat meat. Tbh, I didn't intend on becoming a vegetarian, I just saw something on a movie that made me mentally unable to put it in my mouth anymore & I've still not been able to now 2 yrs later :/

[@redpandajet478]

@@asideofaioli4630 does pizza count

[@lorraine6445]

Can you do a video on vertigo and how the bones in the ear can cause it please?

[@lauragadille3384]

Vertigo has to do with the water in the ears

[@catbehaviourchannel]

@@lauragadille3384 I have vertigo, and it's crystals in your inner ear moving around. Nothing to do with outer ears. (just in case, it's also nothing to do with fear of heights!)

[@Jumpboy5100]

@@catbehaviourchannel not crystals, cristae ampullares, saccule, and uteicles are the sensory epithelia in your ears that sense rotation and acceleration.

[@Jazzo020]

I know a person could live without their stomach, what are some reasons the stomach might need to be removed? Once they are removed would that person still feel hunger? What is happening to the stomach when you feel hunger? And finally how would a person completely digest food without a stomach?

[@catpoke9557]

I know that some reasons for removing the stomach can be chemical burns, like if you consume bleach. This can burn your stomach and cause a need for it to be removed.

[@emmerseng7817]

Well I have my small intestine out I had really bad stomach problems when I was younger and I was in the ICU and had multiple blockages the I wouldn’t eat and feeding tubes and now I have a illinostmy bag idk how to spell it and doing much better I chose my make a wish to be at Atlantis

[@firefly01cali91]

My grandpa had his stomach removed due to stomach cancer. They were able to leave a little piece of it.

[@Uhlbelk]

As mentioned by others, cancer is probably the most common reason to have the entire stomach removed, but typically for any reason doctors try to only remove as little as possible. For instance in weight loss surgery, they remove all but a little bit that they turn into a tiny change purse sized stomach. They do this precisely to maintain some of the function including causing hunger. Hunger is not just one process, it is many processes that the brain has learned to interpret as hunger. One of the biggest problems people in western countries have with food is we train our brains to interpret thirst, as hunger. This causes us to eat when we are thirsty. One process that we interpret as hunger is when our stomach is "growling". This is caused by a multiple forms of stimulation that our body uses to anticipate a meal. Smell, taste, and actual protein and fat in our stomach releases hormones that tell the intestines that food is on the way. This causes the muscular contraction of the intestines and release of enzymes to break down food. If your stomach is empty when this happens gas in the intestines, and swallowed air in the stomach make that growling sound as the intestines move around more. There is also a hormone balance based on blood sugar levels, and insulin, and body fat that try and interpret your body's energy stores. When your blood sugar is low, when fat cells are dumping fats back into your bloodstream to be used as energy your body releases hormones that tell your brain you are in a low energy state and that you are hungry. Most digestion happens in your intestines. The stomach does 2 things primarily, it uses acid and muscles to mix the food to break it into smaller pieces, there is an enzyme called pepsin that works in the stomach as well to break down proteins, and the stomach stores the food and releases it into the intestines in small measured amounts. So if you lose your stomach you have to replace this process, which means food and proteins need to broken down ahead of time often using small simple proteins/amino acids. And you have to slow the imput of food down since you can't store it.

[@asideofaioli4630]

@@emmerseng7817 I'm sorry you had to go through that. If you don't mind me asking, How does your body absorb water and nutrients? Does your stomach connect to your large intestine now? It's very interesting how the human body can cope in the midst of functional changes.

[@JJ-rp6fy]

A video on how cracking my knuckles wont give me arthritis so I can show my mum so she stops telling me about how that one person she knew did it and got arthritis

[@bridgettep1486]

Look up a Dr. Donald Unga crack his knuckle of one hand and not the other for 60years . He didn't get arthritis in either hand. Look it up if you wanna. 😉

[@sabrynhohlstein1485]

For why some people might not get arthritis from it could be due to genetics too. Depending on if arthritis runs in your family. Idk though. But ive been cracking my knuckles for 8-9yrs and have yet to get arthritis 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@dekuuchiha9990]

It's just air bubbles popping if I remember correctly

[@asideofaioli4630]

There's a few good videos on this on yt. I watched them for the same reasons you want a video about it.

[@GirlyBlonde25]

i’m 19 years old and STILL have these pains in my leg. sometimes i wake up crying bc it hurts so bad so i don’t believe it’s psychological. but i’m pretty sure my flat feet may have something to do with it maybe since you said that 🧐🧐

[@FairylightsEllie]

Caitlynn Sharp me too! It’s always on one leg though (usually my right) and it sometimes goes to the front of my leg as well, it’s so weird bc I’ve had it since I was so young lol

[@birgittestough2088]

Try massaging your lower back I had terrible pain in my legs and is was actually caused by scar tissue on my spine all good now!

[@m.c.6933]

Hey! Read my comment! I mentioned Restless Leg Syndrome because the symptoms seem pretty accurate.

[@campkira]

your body try to adjust to change... just because teenager coming a end don't mean your body stop changing...

[@syanerg1866]

I'm sorry to say that but its osteochondrosis you should see a doctor

[@AviatrixBexx]

Just as a point of interest, my brother was told he had 'growing pains' when he was young. He saw several doctors over a period of years and was always brushed off despite being in severe pain. He was a accused on different occasions as faking it, being uncooperative etc. It wasn't until years later (in his early teens iirc) that a nurse said "that sounds like CFS" - parents brought it up with his doctor, leading to a 'huh, there's a thought' response. Some time later he was officially diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome. I can't help but wonder how often this happens.

[@katiefoster2463]

Oh wow, doctors said my pain as child n all through life have been growing pains that I’d grow out of them. I never have, but I never believed it was growing pains.

[@83shaunam]

I had "growing pains" that was actually fibromyalgia. Started having pain around 6 or 7, it got worse in high school, then I got a diagnosis sometime after high school.

[@SoCalRegisteredNurse]

It can also be sciatica, piriformis syndrome, or SI joint pain. Generally chronic fatigue pain is felt all over the body, not typically in a certain area. Did your bro have an MRI of the hips and low back?

[@devilsdad249]

@@83shaunam can u say where it occurs and what is i cant understand the vedio plz can u explain

[@priteshbhatt9940]

@@SoCalRegisteredNurse hi my 9 year old daughter is suffering from this pain. Her pain start in her right leg and later she is also complaining of Lower back pain. Doctor suggest to take vitamin b12 and d3 supplements

[@dawgpoundhighlights9857]

Can you do like how your foot falls asleep or like how the muscles move when you run

[@Natalia-09]

Can you talk about shin splints? I’ve had really bad shin splints for a few years and I would like to know more about them

[@evelynarredondo7343]

Natalia straw berries Hi! I’m no doctor but I have taken years of health classes and was actually a human dissection student at one point! But shin splints, actually called Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome (MTSS), is where you overuse the muscles along your shin bone aka the tibia. This can be caused by quite a few reasons but most commonly found in people who have flat feet, have high arches, or simply overpronate (they step using the outsides of their foot first then rolling their foot in). In some cases, people have shin splints due to their calf muscles (the muscles on your lower leg) are too tense and don’t allow your foot to fully point down when walking, running, etc. As you can see, if you have bad foot mechanics or simply born with flat feet or bad arches, this causes problems when doing activities such as running. It’s important for people with flat feet and bad arches to find the right foot support for them. P.s i was also an athletic training student. To make the pain slowly go away try stretching your muscles frequently. Simply by pointing your toe down as much as you can and repeating. And/or take a cube of ice (preferably a large one) and scrape along that muscle. It will be PAINFUL but after a while you’ll go numb and feel a lot better afterwards!

[@Uhlbelk]

When you run (especially down hill) your muscle in the front of your leg (tibialis anterior) acts as a shock absorber for your foot. It holds the front of your foot up, so when you step, the foot doesn't slap into the ground, but rocks onto the toes. As you can imagine, going downhill the distance your toes have to be gently lowered is much greater than on a flat surface or going uphill. BUT going uphill that muscle has to pull your toes up higher to make sure they don't hit the ground first. You can feel your anterior leg muscle as you flex your foot toward your head and as you press your heel down onto a surface. This muscle is attached to your foot obviously, and it follows the shin bone along the outside and up to your outer knee bone. The muscle is attached with tendons at the ends, but the muscle has a tough sheath of tissue around it that holds it in place to that shin bone. Bones have a very sensitive covering called the periosteum, this muscular attachment to the shinbone connects to the periosteum from the outer knee about 2/3s of the way to your foot. When you run and your body is not used to the full range of motion and strength of flex that muscle can exert it causes tears between the muscle and tendon and in the case of this particular muscle, that attachment it has to the shinbone causing a lot of pain from the damage to that periosteum.

[@Jewellab0113]

Is it weird that I kinda want to see the cadavers faces.. I just think it would be interesting

[@gmfreeek8351]

Jewellab0113 Me too! I want to see it all! Utterly fascinating. I wonder if there are privacy concerns? You wouldn’t want to see your dead relatives face pop up in your KZbin feed!

[@akashajennings606]

It was a very interesting/weird but fascinating experience also kind of eerie to see in person when I took my anatomy lab class last semester especially starts to get a little eerie if you stare at them for too long lol (at least for me😅)but yeah for privacy reasons and out of respect for the deceased and their families you’re not allowed to take any sort of video or pictures of cadavers

[@Jewellab0113]

Ya I had a feeling that was at least one of the reasons why their face was covered, I guess I'm gonna have to wait till I take an Anatomy class to see one for myself 😅

[@RustyTrooper]

Over on there TikTok he said that they don’t show them for privacy reasons and also out of respect

[@daniel2238]

I visited a real bodies exhibition, which was utterly fascinating. Though the bodies were removed of most of their skin, parts were left intact such as the eyebrows, and most of the “private” areas. I do have photos of some of the specimens

[@kirstyx0x387]

My daughter gets these and i was told to wrap a blanket tightly around her legs amd this seems to help ease the pains. A dr told me if you keep your laces tight aswell this helps!

[@hannahrobbins2117]

We never heard of the blanket trick, but my mom would give a massage to the parts that hurt. I was especially grateful when it was my feet that hurt.

[@TheLydiaM]

Kirsty x0x Magnesium really helps.

[@angelastephens6315]

My daughter gets them too. I massage her legs with lavender oil and give her a chewable Motrin and it helps her sleep.

[@gingerhunny]

Lay flat on back and elevate legs vertically perhaps against a wall.

[@campkira]

that just mean the weather is cool....

[@korikuulei]

"It's all in your head" Haha... No, I remember having growing up pains so bad, sometimes I could barely move, and I'm freaking short!

[@vxngeturtle5709]

Wow U started KZbin before PewDeePie

[@coffeeman882]

@@vxngeturtle5709 shit you're right.

[@sushi4473]

@@vxngeturtle5709 holy crap 0-o

[@sherman1280]

I suffered from growing pains in my knees when I was a kid. They were SO painful, and nothing helped. Fast forward 30 years later, it turns out that the bones in my feet don't sit the way they should, and they just kinda jam around into eachother. The podiatrist said that's probably what was causing all my knee pain as a kid, and all my other lower extremity pain as an adult.

[@campkira]

yeah... our body is not very realiable sometime you need to see where is the problem or it will get worse when older...

[@50Steaks68]

In fairness, the foot in most people is a "design disaster" already

[@lesesazaponeh3049]

Knee grow pain

[@cornbread324m]

I sure wish doctors would move away from saying things are all in your head, especially when they’re trying to save face because they can’t figure out the root issue. Pride should never come before practice.

[@helmaschine1885]

That's what they told me as a child when i described seeing static. A few years ago, it was officially recognised as a neurological condition called visual snow. Having doctors tell me I was just imagining or seeing things that weren't there made me suicidal at 11.

[@andrecarpy6890]

cornbread324m but some things ARE in your head that a person has no control over

[@Uhlbelk]

Eyes and brain are literally in your head. "The phenomenon of visual snow, which appears like static in the visual field, appears to be a true neurological symptom that is related to dysfunction in the visual association cortex". It is literally all in your head. What a doctor can tell you is that nothing is wrong with your eyes. They cannot say what the inside of your brain is doing with those signals.

[@Zak-ob5ze]

Grow up

[@asideofaioli4630]

@@Zak-ob5ze Go away

[@saragandolfomalek2109]

Charlie horse, understanding what the muscle does and why it’s so painful!

[@littlejmd07]

I have them from time to time they occur from lack of sufficient levels of potassium so if you’re not someone who’s doing sports or working out all the time have your potassium levels checked by your doctor also Gatorade help to replenish you potassium and other electrolytes you may have low levels of

[@BlueAlien24]

Could y'all possibly do migraines ? Just curious as to why there worse then HA's

[@petezplays6257]

Don't eat a lot of pork don't got to sleep staring a a tv just turn of ur side and stare at a wall don't play to much games

[@casasy6692]

I had “growing pains” in my ankles and back as a child. After scans they shrugged it off as growing pains. I still get pain I’m 23. I don’t know what it’s like not to have pain I’ve lived with it all my life so sort of use to it.

[@Jay-uo1sn]

I don't know what the heck i have but i have this bad pain in front of my left calf with both arms aching

[@MorganMagpie]

Me too, 32 and. My pain just tends to get worse rather than better.

[@angelicagalindo3939]

This may be arthritis

[@tjsantana1261]

Did u still grow at 23

[@maggiebellekenyon]

i’ve had it in my ankles since i was about six and i remember trying to walk down the stairs to see my parents and i just collapsed from the pain😕

[@l.s.s.8-8-16]

My 7-yr-old daughter complains a lot about pain behind the knee when I'm putting her to bed. I rub it for a few minutes, but I thought it was REALLY just a way to keep me in the room (especially because it's usually behind one knee one night, and the other knee the next). Now, I realize that it hurts EXACTLY where Justin says it would; I'm going to take it more seriously now.

[@xxsxcidexx3807]

My doctor always gave me a cream and it work I being getting them since I was 7 I would cry

[@thecollector9147]

I just realized the pain i used to get where growing pains I never clicked for me because I wasn’t getting any taller

[@kasie680]

I suffered so bad from growing pains, mostly in my lower legs, as soon as someone mentions it! Oh the pain was horrible 😢 Our doctor theorised that the bones were growing faster than the muscles, causing the pain because of the stretching, he prescribed leg massage and paracetamol, the pressure of the leg massage from the ankle to the back of the knee helped so much until eased, I can still remember feeling my mum rub my leg muscles until I fell asleep 😢

[@alexiamacri9939]

I've had growing pains ever since I could remember!! I'm 16 and still get them

[@zombieblaster5754]

I'm 6'3 so I've experience growing pains several times in my shins. I dont think I've ever had them anywhere else

[@Mars_536]

I've only ever had them in the area near my ankles

[@83jbbentley]

-grew so fast my freshman year I got horizontal stretch marks on my lower back. My knees constantly hurt so bad.

[@wolfbird6613]

My growing pains would only hurt at the bones of my calves, in the frontal part not on the back...

[@lisaandfam4009]

I had horrible " growing pains " when I was younger. Normally it was after a day of a lot of walking or physical activity and it would always strike at night. I'd be up for hours and my Mom would have to rub my legs until I fell asleep because it hurt so bad. Nothing ever helped the pain.

[@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy]

I totally remember growing pains. And while I do believe they could be related to the reasons he mentioned, it was also a different kind of pain that I have not experienced since I was a child. Even after pushing my body to its limits in adulthood, I would not experience the same type of pain that would almost leave me in tears as a child. There’s definitely something going on.

[@Ted_RBLXoff]

"They are active and running about" me: *being 13 getting "growing pain" but sitting down for most of my day*

[@puppykins1382]

Could you do a video on RLS (Restless Leg/Limb Syndrome) and also a video on PCL tears and why they're so darn painful

[@jodieweiss8774]

Definitely would like to see a video on Restless Leg Syndrome.

[@tyandsamson5000]

Am I the only one in my bed laying in pain

[@cornbread324m]

Oh yeah, I still the same growing pains that I’ve had since I was a little kid. I’m 47 now. #ehlers-danlos-syndrome

[@jay-tv4mg]

I have one question when a person is dreaming and they die in their sleep while dreaming will they still be dreaming

[@dr.haroldweinstein5157]

Blazz -_- how the hell is he going to answer that?!

[@redpractition]

probably not since they're dead

[@gameseeker6307]

What have you done

[@AndrooUK]

Derp.

[@raquelsanchez8208]

I always felt like growing pains were alot like how you feel after a good intense workout. The muscles and the bones ache from the proteins repairing and building muscles, and in the instance of growing, calcium for bones.

[@lsfshae]

I was thinking along the lines of the bones are growing longer which means the muscles are being stretched and possibly torn a bit, causing the need for repair which would cause that sort of achy pain like after a workout. 🙂

[@MorganMagpie]

At least for me it was very different. After work out or Taekwondo, that pain has a fuzzy warmth to it. The best way I can describe growing pains, at least what I was told as as a kid, I try to seperate from joint pain I have for Ehlers Danlos. But if you injure your leg and then stop exercising while it heals, that cramp that feels like your muscles are pulling in. That's more what it feels like. But it tends to be individual. My family is pretty known for having growing pains in the back lol.

[@sandrataylor2323]

I've had the so called "growing pains" since I was around 8 or 9 and have continued having them throughout my adult life. I am now 64. Mine feels like deep bone pain and are always located in the large bones of my body such as the upper arm and lower arm, femur and tibia. The pain is an intense stabbing pain that makes me stop whatever I am doing. Sometimes, it happens when I'm not doing anything. The Doctors told my parents when I was a child that I would "grow" out of it but that was just not true. I feel for the people that have this type of pain as it is no joke.

[@Tommy-vo1qq]

I feel it in my hips now a days. And Im 46. ....Im thinking it from to much walking as an adult and to much running as a kid.

[@tubayuksel7293]

Hi Mrs sandra. 3 weeks ago my 8 years old son had severe leg pain on right. We went hospital and checked up everything. Blood test , Mr and etc...Doctors find nothing. Pain was gone by itself. But today , pain have started again on left leg. What is your advise for me? Best wishes.

[@TheAdventurousHermits]

While growing up I had the worst leg pain ever and didn't hear about anyone else dealing with these growing pains. Then wondered why I'm still having these growing pains at 20. Now at 29 finally realizing I have EDS it all makes sense.

[@stacieclark-benson688]

I also suffered with 'growing pains', even as an adult. I was finally diagnosed with EDS as well when I was in my early 40's.

[@Yupppi]

I got some pains in adult life, at ~30 years old, that brought a strong memory of growing pains. I had finally started lifting heavier, with a barbell, after a period of getting in better physical shape. As I got stronger, my left leg that was a bit off, some joint angles and such, started aching occasionally. It was exactly as you described, but only on left leg. Throbbing pain in quad at night. I thought it was the muscles starting to balance out (some calf, quad, hamstring, glute and hip balancing muscle weaknesses/imbalances) and bones changing joint angles for the muscles growing. I don't know if that's the case, but it made sense to me for what I had going on before, what I was doing and what I was feeling. So I wondered if growing pains a as a kid can be joint angles changing due to bones and muscles growing. Things stretching etc. I also had a decently intense period of training - lowered load but increased volume, and I was experiencing a lot of effects from that as a result, mainly great growth in leg muscles, but also improving ankle mobility, foot shape (from curled together to flatter) and balancing skills on single leg that were almost non-existent and revealed great weakness/controll issues in stability. At least I've understood that it's common for people who have variety in body measures and strengths to have the joint angles change due to training and "fixing" things. Knee being one of the most common parts that has issues with people who lift for various balance/control/strength reasons. And muscle attachment angles change due to muscle growth, which ironically causes a less advantageous position, but since the grown muscle is stronger, it's a net positive (size demands space of course). Of course I don't think I solved growing pains on scientifical level and that my thought is a satisfying explanation, just a small part of it, perhaps more of a shower thought.

[@sabrinathewitch6396]

The human body is just fascinating

[@skellious4729]

Thnx for telling me Why cause ive ben having them for the past 6 years straight everyday

[@lizanderson2196]

I’m nearly 24 and I still have “growing pains” regularly. So that’s fun.

[@campkira]

it happen...

[@saraths172]

Did you grow?

[@danteferraro23]

you stop growing at 25

[@fahad3685]

@@danteferraro23 hello i'm 23yrs old and my height is 184cm it's 6ft but i have the growth pain so hard and i can't sleep at night i feel it in my both knees , so the question is are i am still growing taller? My brother is 190cm and my father is 187cm and my uncle is 215cm all of my family are tall from 180cm and above so can i growing taller to be 190cm or 195cm ?

[@catbehaviourchannel]

Do the cadaver joints flex at all, or are they all rigid?

[@theanatomylab]

The joint are pretty rigid in the beginning, but as you remove more and more tissue, such as the skin and fascia, the joints become more mobile.

[@Valentino016]

I've been having facial and leg pain and my height has been changing rapidly. I've been sleeping good these days which was rlly odd for me because I normally stay up until 4am and my body has been growing none stop and it rlly hurts :/

[@DizzyLuv0]

Bruh same, it's crazy to know that people on the internet are going through the same shit you're going through

[@monas.6839]

I was diagnosed with Osgood Schlatter’s disease when I was 13 and had to wear custom braces on my knees well into my 20s. It was extremely painful. Fast forward to now, I’m 46 and my knees have hurt me my entire life, progressively getting worse over the years. I’ve always wondered if Osgood Schlatter’s had a lasting effect on my knees.

[@maddy5784]

i’m 14 and i’ve had these all of my life. they’re so bad right now that i’m sobbing. came here for answers, found out it’s all in my head, didn’t stop my sobbing let me tell you that

[@Velcro1997]

I had terrible growing pains until I was about 19. I believe they started around age 8, when puberty started. I’d be in tears nearly each night. I was lucky at the time to have a doctor that believed growing pains were a thing; a lot of doctors still don’t. I can say for certain it wasn’t psychological. It also wasn’t overuse of the body. I think most people that suffered from growing pains would tell you the same thing.

[@sonja5878]

i always felt growing pains in my lower calves and ankles 🤔 maybe im just special

[@carvedgirl]

i’ve been recently experiencing this, my hands, feet, thighs and sometimes my calf’s will start to hurt. it’s been happening for about 3 days now, just last night i went to the hospital because of an infection i had. i let them know about the pain i feel and they did some blood work and sure enough everything came back okay. i’m just wondering if it actually is growing pain or something else.

[@MrCT69]

I could use some help understanding the lymphatic system in the lower extremities

[@theanatomylab]

We will try to put something together for lymphatic drainage. Thanks for watching!

[@MrCT69]

@@theanatomylab Thank you, I'm looking forward to it.

[@m.c.6933]

Hi! Why are we not bringing up RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME? I’ve had dull, achy pain in my legs that comes on occasionally from the time I was a child to just last night, and I’m almost 22 now. I’d describe the pain as a major, radiating toothache inside my leg (knee area). I don’t think I have much growing left to do.... for it to “still” be considered “growing pains”, so please consider looking into RLS. Btw, with the pain I have, an ice/cold compress would make me SCREAM. I “scrape” my legs into the bed as I’m waking up in the middle of the night with this pain to create warmth and I will moan for hours and lose sleep unless I have a heating pad and/or ibuprofen. I think I get it more in the knee area now... from the top of the knee/lower quad to the top of my shin? It’s a radiating pain. Sometimes, it will radiate to my ankles but that probably happened more when I was a child.

[@chuushearts]

YES THANK YOU! I BELIVE THIS TO. IT GOES AWAY TEMPORARILY WHEN I MOVE MY LEGS AND THEN IT COMES BACK.

[@eureka5701]

I've started lifting and arm wrestling lately and i've been feeling the same dull aching pulsating pain that i used to feel as a kid except in my arms. This topic is absolutely fascinating, I wonder if bone density increasing could have something to do with it? I'm roughly 4-5months into Armwrestling training and the weird stresses of it are known to cause a lot of adaptations in the arm tendons and perhaps even in the bone. If it is somehow linked to bone density i find it absolutely INSANE that i could potentially be 'feeling' my bone density increase. My growing pains were never TOO painful, they were dull, and i even kind of liked them weirdly enough. Going back to this video i just wish there was more on this topic and we knew more. thank you for the wonderful content!

[@debchambers8563]

I watched a video with a neurologist who said it’s caused by a vitamin D deficiency. I had horrible leg pains as a child. According to her, it is also associated with bed-wetting. Fortunately I grew out of the bed-wetting. Still have leg pains.

[@marlinmarlin9846]

Like I’ve said before, I’d like to see more in depth of endometriosis and why it may hurt more than regular period cramps.

[@bannappleblonde]

Yes! I wish that video went more in depth on that topic

[@scripz9599]

I feel like cutting my feet off they hurt way way to bad

[@annazaman9657]

Both my sons had growing pains. One had them in his knees and calves. The other hand them in his feet

[@PrayingBeyond]

I suffered with these to the point when i got outta bed in the morning i hat to walk on my tip toes😅 when my calves and legs warmed up i can lower my feet on the ground and walk regular! My sibs u to be like, "why the heck u walking on yo toes?" That crap hurts REAL BAD! I was one of the shortest in my family until 9th grade! Im a 6'3" man now😃

[@skylardeklerk1316]

Wow, I love watching your videos as they are so fascinating and a great teaching tool. I am a student in high school and take dance as a subject and we learn the skeletal structure, types of joints and locations, diffent tissue and muscles. So far we have done the leg muscles (anterior and posterior) and touched on other groups. I quite enjoy when you guys show the muscle and name and it's great to see what it actually looks like. Thanks for making these videos and tiktoks!!!

[@daliasasscrusties6708]

Who else is in horrible pain and can’t sleep and it’s 5 in the morning? HELP ME I NEED HELP IMA BOUTA CHOP OFF MY LEGS THID DHIT HURTS HELP!

[@alexshearer2621]

I’m at this video because I’m currently having an intense growing pain. When you said “it could be in your head” I really tried to sit there and think my growing pain away 😂 (I’m 23 by the way and still get frequent growing pains but unfortunately have not grown past 5’4” in 6 years so I can concur it is not pain due to growing)

[@theanatomylab]

Yeesh!

[@somerwardle9003]

Honestly I try to think my pain away all the time and most of the time it works lol

[@Jay-uo1sn]

Im getting the same thing. My pain is in front of the left calf with whole left arm aching and right shoulder aching. It hurts so bad

[@katherinesavage8059]

I'm 22 and experiencing the exact same thing.. so weird. I get them every once in a while.

[@samcrawley3839]

I have suffered with “growing pains” since I can remember, I am 41yrs old now and I am still overwhelmed by the pain in my knees but I am not growing lmfao xxx

[@EditSMU]

Can you do more videos on the female reproductive organs and pregnancy please? Like how a pregnancy alters the body both during and after? If there are signs you can see to determine if a body has given birth and what those signs are. Im pregnant with my first child right now and these real videos really help my understanding of what hurts and why. Thanks!

[@theanatomylab]

Great idea! We'll have a video about pregnancy out very soon!

[@EditSMU]

@@theanatomylab Any updates on when this video might be up?

[@mikas6137]

I get like really bad throbbing pain in my ankles I always thought it was growing pains and sometimes the pain goes all the way up to my knee and rarely in my thigh aslo I have had growing pains since 6 am to 7PM like what and I was just laying down and I've had so many before always in my ankles wow and they really hurt but i put a heating pad on and it usually goes away in a couple minutes

[@Teo_sleepy22]

*"Me watching this while having grow pain .-."*

[@zagalaalaisa7431]

same :((

[@bekah7145]

My daughters knees and ankles always hurt when she walks, but she said it’s bone pain not muscle, doctors seem to think it’s growing pains.. but can only your bones hurt during growing pains??

[@anitacoffey843]

Leg cramps video please

[@RUBYALOPEZ]

Anita Coffey i was just about to comment that YESSSS

[@elijahpowell4478]

had an 8 inch growth spurt. 5’9 to 6’5 and a half im telling you if you don’t stretch or eat ‘because i didn’t’ the pains are horrible man they suck

[@mechanicrabbit7870]

now i think eating human would taste like chicken

[@ronnyo283]

Pork is the meat closest to human

[@casandraolund9006]

Welllll let me tell you growing pains are not in your head. I got a nasty case of them the summer before I turned 14 when I grew 5 inches in just over 3 months. I thought my legs were going to ache right off. I’m an old bat now and I still remember that summer

[@samanthaioannou5309]

I have bad leg pains in the knee cap and shin and everyone tells me it’s growing pains but I’m 15 and done growing

[@Toefurkey]

You might have osgood schlatters disease

[@Toefurkey]

Or possibly something like patellar tendinitis. Look into those types of things and maybe you’ll have some answers :)

[@vickyymusic2038]

You're not done growing lol

[@blaze.eliana]

@@vickyymusic2038 Typically, females are done growing around the ages of 14, 15, or 16, or a couple of years after they get their period. They develope much faster than men. It's very possible that she's done growing :) *Edit: By done growing I mean reach their tallest height. Obviously, there are other ways in which a woman grows (breasts, ears, weight, etc.), but most growing pains are associated with height.

[@ladypsycho9909]

Hey maybe check your Vitamin D, my "growing pain" was a caused by it. Its easy to supplement.

[@carolvedder3555]

Very bad to say "its in your head". Jf you or anyone else doesn't know then how do you know its all in their head? I worked in the medical profession for most of my life. I learned to say about many conditions without cause; " Lots of things cannot be explained and we may never know. The best we can do for now is rule out other things."

[@yvannawarneke]

Omggg i needed this

[@BMarie774]

When I was young my doctor told me that growing pains were like callused feet versus un-callused hands. Children supposedly get them because their muscles are more tender and sensitive. He compared it like a person with callused feet being able to run over rocks with no issue while someone with un-callused feet would be in extremely bad pain. I guess his idea was that children’s muscles were like un-callused feet in the sense of being “weaker”, more tender, and the growing pains were the result of that? He explained it by co paring them to the for,action of calluses and said it was just the muscles getting stronger and more resilient. Even at thirteen this sounded like a cop out answer and didn’t truly satisfy me in answering the question.

[@raphaellavictoria01]

I remember getting those in my knees, as a child, until about age 10. Sometimes it was absolutely awful, other times it was bearable. Definitely at night, always at night, no sleeping with that. It's a high intensity, aching pain that makes you want to writhe and roll around.

[@josht.9360]

I’m 14 and i get them occasionally they hurt so bad i wanna cry. When i was younger they were so much worse

[@mr.irrelevant8826]

As a kid i was measured to be 5.8 now im 16 and 6,1 and still have growing pains they’re so bad i gotta wear supports

[@Demonseed764]

Fam i am 18 not a child i just started getting theses whats going on i never had growing pains as a child only when i turnt 17🤣🤣😂

[@littlejmd07]

I have had growing pains for me it was a lot of bone and muscle pain from me being oh hgh Human Growth Hormones and it was something I wondered if normal ppl felt pain in there teen years from there bones growing

[@thisisawesome4532]

Oh fun. I remember they would happen at night and it sucked. X'( I don't think it's something that is just in your head at all since I had no idea what it was and never heard of growing pains until a few years ago. I was a tough kid and didn't complain when things hurt so my mom didn't know either.

[@eat4427]

Anyones else legs hurt before going to bed? I'm 15 years old and I still get these even without activity during the day I still get them

[@valsblackcatsrule8740]

I truly believe in growing pains. When my daughter was about 3, she complained about her arms and legs hurt at bedtime for about 2 months. She grew so quickly it couldn't have been anything else. Since the pain wasn't every night, it was easily cured by a dram of Motrin. She also grew 8-10 inches in about 3 months! She had always been in the top 90 per cent for height until she was about 10 years old.

[@Sammm1473]

Everyone talking about used to having these as a kid . Mf I was like 17when I stopped getting those

[@highhopessince922]

I still experience the same exact "growing pains" as i did when i was a kid and Im 27 lol. I think it has something to do with getting fibromyalgia at 15. It happens really randomly too so it's hard for me to determine possible causes.

[@elizabethweeaks8364]

I have them so bad and my sister and my dad I use pickle juice and heat pack and they always happen at night and also it happen to my arm that not as bad but it still hurts

[@madprbros4425]

I didn't get any grow pains in my life WTF

[@thereselloyd763]

I really do think that growing pains are caused by the hips. I’m 18 and I still get growing pains. I have noticed that if I adjust my posture while laying down to support my hips, the pain becomes less intense. Also I have realized that the most intense growing pains comes after I have been waking around all day (like going to an amusement park kind of walking around all day) so physical activity is probably the main cause

[@codename495]

Therese Lloyd If you know when they are likely to happen and what posture change causes them it’s not growing pains. At 18 you’re not growing and likely you have some issue with your feet or posture causing your hip pain. Perhaps wear a more supportive shoe when you are going to be on your feet all day.

[@oneshottwo]

@@codename495you can continue to grow up until your 20’s/when the growth plates harden. You can’t write off growth.

[@shock77772]

Speaking of legs, A video about restless leg syndrome would be great too !!! I always have that

[@yllijashari4679]

I have growing pains only on my knee sometimes only 1 hurts sometimes both and yes only at night happens the pain is really bad

[@Ostrane]

Can you make a vidéo on tinnitus please could be really interessing ! Thanks for your awsome work !

[@ethan7520]

hi, im really interested in learning about the male body and its reproductive organs and such

[@theanatomylab]

We hope to have a video out soon that'll discuss the male anatomy

[@maximilianspangler4689]

What happens to all the surrounding muscles when you rupture your Achilles’ tendon?

[@chunkytiddies569]

can u do a video about tendinitis in the knee? Me and my teammate from gymnastics both have it rn and i’m curious what causes it

[@cosmik7226]

Hello guys and I’m 12 years old and this is not gross enough. Yes i want more gross

[@catherinelinton3444]

If you have any cadavers that have evidence of different birth defects or diseases, I think it would be really cool to see a video about that. Also, a look at birth marks, specifically port wine stain birth marks would be amazing to see!

[@theanatomylab]

Thanks!

[@Aidinz-animations]

whos leg is that im having a really bad growing pain so i was searching and i found this thats

[@kylieclure5979]

This may sound dumb. But could u do a video, on why we get shivers ?

[@theanatomylab]

Not dumb at all! I'll see if we can get a video out soon

[@AnCanadian]

Growing pains are simple they are expansion of the bones in the human body