Re: 13 yr old daughter in pain for few months
Originally Posted by
BrokenGirl
Hi all, just looking for a bit of advice. My daughter (13) told me a few days ago that she's been having pain for the past 2 months or so. The best way I can describe it is it's in her bum cheeks, left and right. It's kind of like the bone in there. It gets worse when she sits down and she said it was extremely uncomfortable in school as they have hard seats there.
It got very uncomfortable yesterday, even when she was standing. She gets relief from it if she lies down on heat.
I'm not sure what this could be and I'm trying to stay calm. Could it be a growing issue, she is very thin even though she eats a lot. Or possibly dehydration as she doesn't drink much and I'm trying to get her to change that now?
I know I can't get a diagnosis here but wondering if anyone has any thoughts, or if it happened to anyone here what caused it.
I think I'll have to ring the doctor about it at this stage but I can't do it until the end of the week as we're going away today for a few days.
I'd say that it sounds like a musculoskeletal issue given that your daughter is sitting down a lot on hard chairs and doesn't have much 'natural cushioning' on her bottom. It's a good sign that the discomfort is eased when lying down. She could also have injured herself during sports but hasn't made the connection?
On a practical level - give her a cushion to use at school. Use a proper orthopaedic type one.
I'd definitely run this past your GP. Lots of minor (and more likely) causes for this than what will be in your mind but pain is pain and needs sorting out, so they need to understand what the issue is to treat it effectively.
If it helps you, I had a problem which lasted for 6 months. Pain in my bottom. I couldn't walk without a stick at one point and the only time I got any kind of relief was when I was lying down. It turned out to be inflammation due to the time I spend sitting because I have fibromyalgia.. I was given exercises and with those and heat treatment - it went away, but I still use the ortho cushion..
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