Information about benign limb pains
Royal Hospital for Children for Patients, Carers & Visitors
Warning
Aches and pains in limbs are common in growing children. As many as one in three children complain of pains in their legs at some point during childhood.
Benign means that they are not caused by anything serious, and idiopathic means that we do not know the exact cause of these limb pains which typically occur at night (nocturnal).
