Symptoms and Treatments for Rickets

4. Muscle weakness

Muscles are also connected to our skeleton. It makes sense, as a softness of the bones makes you walk and move less. This, in turn, makes the muscles atrophy and weakens them severely. As rickets continues to be active in your child's organism, the muscles will get weaker and weaker. This requires immediate action.

A good treatment for muscle weakness is intense physical therapy. Even though the vitamin D levels may return to normal, the muscles need a substantial shock. The therapy may even need to continue after rickets eradicates. Stopping the exercises prematurely may cause injuries and general weakness.