hi my son is 12years old and 4 days ago he was on his bike in the house just trying it... not riding the bike just stoped on top of the bike cause it was a new bike he was excited. and then he fell and hit his back on the back of our heater in the apartment the old heaters built in the wall , its now four daqys whenever he is riding his bike for more than 10 min he has to stop in pain what can it be please help..... i am going to take him to the er in the morning?
Hi. Thank you for posting your question. Pain after injury to the back could be a due to a few reasons. It could be a muscular pain due to injury to the muscle fibers or simply muscle pull. In this case there shouldn't be any devastating consequences and the pain should be relieved by hot fomentation and painkillers. Here your child should not have difficulty in walking and generally your child should be well. This seems most likely in your case. However, pain could also be due to bony injury to the spine or spinal nerves. In this case, the pain would be much more and would be debilitating enough to prevent your child from moving about normally. Here an E.R. visit is mandatory. Also since you mentioned that your child is able to follow his normal routine, climb a bicycle etc. and the pain starts only after some time, this most likely seems to be a muscular pain. Giving him painkillers with some local relief sprays and hot fomentation should suffice.