 [ Symptoms ] could my child is shortness of breath be related to him being over weight somewhat  my child is 9 years old and somewhat overweight he has shortness of breath all the time not just during activity he goes around taking in deep breaths a lot and i can tell he is not getting proper air he uses his inhaler daily my husband thinks its because he is overweight but i am concerned he was put on inhaler because he may have exercised induced asthma the doctor said but that was when he was 7 years old could this type of shortness of breath be caused by overweight  [ Disease ] hi this might be a chronic inflammation due to old injury or fall of the ankle joint you should do heat application ultra sound therapy and laser and get your leg and foot muscles strengthened if a swelling occurred do ice packs and elevate your leg you can do a mri to make sure the type of injury and its severity