Health Tip: Why Your Child's Back Hurts

(HealthDay News) -- Children, like adults, may occasionally complain of a sore back.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons explains these possible causes:

• A strained muscle or joint.
• A condition called rounded back caused by wedged vertebrae.
• A stress fracture affecting the spine.
• A slipped vertebrae.
• An infection in the space between the vertebrae.
• Rarely, a tumor of the spine.