Editing Growing pains (section)

==Treatment==
Parents and children can be substantially reassured by explaining the benign and self-limiting nature of the pains.<ref name="Lehman 2017" /><ref name="Goodyear_2006" /> Local massage, hot baths, hot water bottles or heating pads, topical [[Liniment|heat rubs]] and analgesic drugs such as [[paracetamol]] (acetaminophen) are often used during pain episodes.<ref name="Lehman 2017" /><ref name="Uziel_2007" />  Twice-daily stretching of the [[Quadriceps femoris muscle|quadriceps]], [[hamstring]]s, and [[gastrosoleus]] muscles can make the leg pains resolve more quickly when it appears.<ref name="Mohanta 2014" />