What is a pediatric pain clinic?
Pediatric pain clinics are places that have health care workers who have special training and experience in taking care of pain in children. Children differ from adults in many ways. They are not mature yet. They have a more limited understanding of life and why things happen the way they do. Their bodies are still growing. Medications may have different effects on them. Lastly, pediatric pain problems often have different prognoses and patterns than the similar ones in adults. A clinic designed for children has specialists in physical therapy, nursing, behavioral medicine and pain medicine that can take all of these differences into account when treating children with pain.
Pediatric pain clinics are places that have health care workers who have special training and experience in taking care of pain in children. Children differ from adults in many ways. They are not mature yet. They have a more limited understanding of life and why things happen the way they do. Their bodies are still growing. Medications may have different effects on them. Lastly, pediatric pain problems often have different prognoses and patterns than the similar ones in adults. A clinic designed for children has specialists in physical therapy, nursing, behavioral medicine and pain medicine that can take all of these differences into account when treating children with pain. The term “multi-disciplinary” is often used to describe this team of experts, and is an important criterion to look for when selecting a pain treatment clinic for your child. We were honored to receive the Clinical Center of Excellence from the American Pain Society for our multi-disciplinary pain program in 2007.
