Growing pains in children are usually pain around the knee or the front of the calf. Growing pains in children are a normal physiological phenomenon during the growth and development stage of children, usually pain in the knee, calf and its peripheral parts, sometimes low back pain, heel pain. The pain is intermittent and is muscular, with no discomfort in the bones and no symptoms of redness, swelling, heat or restricted movement. Children often wake up at night with pain that occurs at rest and is relieved by activity. Some children may have it for several years, while others may only have it a few times, and growing pains tend to recur. When growing pains occur, they can be relieved by hot compresses and massage, or left untreated.