What causes growing pains?

Moment of Um

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

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🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever felt a little twinge or ache in your body, but you’re not sure where it came from? It might have been a growing pain! Just like a plant stretches toward the sun, your body might stretch too as you grow bigger. We asked medical researcher Kira Bacal about the science behind these pains.

Got a question that’s growing in your mind? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact – it won’t be a pain to help find the answer!

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0:00.0	From the brains behind brains on, this is the moment of um. Moment of on
0:15.0	on Von comes to you from 8.m. studios. I'm Anna Wegal and this is a true story.
0:20.0	True story.
0:22.0	Um... True story. I have a vivid memory of being about seven or eight years old and sitting in my family's living room
0:30.0	right in our most comfortable armchair watching TV when all of the sudden
0:35.2	I felt the shooting pain in my leg. It wasn't terrible, but it was so surprising and
0:41.7	random. I yelled to my mom,
0:43.7	mom growing pains and she said no honey it's not good for you. I was like what? What did she mean?
0:51.9	So I said what do you mean, mom?
0:54.2	And then she said, it's not appropriate for children.
0:57.5	What?
0:58.6	Turns out, she thought I was talking about the TV sitcom
1:01.2	Growing Paints that aired from 1985 to 1992.
1:04.4	She thought I wanted to watch it.
1:06.1	Show me that smile.
1:08.1	Show me that smile.
1:10.3	Don't waste another minute on you crying. We cleared up that misunderstanding, but even now, after all these years, I still don't understand exactly what caused that weird random pain in my leg.
1:22.0	True story.
1:24.0	And you know what?
1:25.0	Lots of our friends have contacted us asking this question too.
1:28.0	Let's take a listen.
1:30.0	Hello, my name is Lily from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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