Function First Pain Second The overall goal of chronic pain management is to improve functioning! This means functioning in all aspects of life, school, social, physical and family. We measure improvement by improvement in functioning, days of school attended; decreased stress at home, improved mood, fewer...
Your 11 year old daughter has been having random headaches for about six months. On a Tuesday morning, you’re at work preparing for a client presentation and you receive a call from the school nurse that your daughter has a terrible headache and needs to...
Headaches are one of the most common ailments in childhood and adolescents. Headaches occur in up to 75% of children before the age of 15. Most of these headaches are minor and infrequent. Unfortunately headaches can become severe and lead to missed school, missed social...
It’s here!! After much thought, welcome to our first blog from the Center of Pediatric and Adolescent Pain Care. The purpose of this blog is to explore the many aspects of pain and symptom management in children and young adults suffering with recurrent or chronic...