Pain Management

Pain management services are provided by a multidisciplinary team including doctors, nurses, pharmacy, psychology and physical therapy. We work closely with the child’s healthcare team to provide comprehensive pain assessment and to coordinate care to develop the best and safest possible plan for managing pain. Each child and his or her situation is unique, so partnering with the child and his or her loved ones, as the center of the health care team, is very important.

We provide specialty pain management services on request for complex or difficult to treat pain. Some examples of this include:

We provide the latest treatment advances to help manage your child’s pain in the safest manner possible. Our pain management treatment plans include a combination of medication and non-medication strategies that work together to provide better results with fewer side effects from treatment.

Non-medication strategies:

• Physical or occupational therapy
• Breathing and focused relaxation
• Guided imagery
• Biofeedback
• Clinical hypnosis
• Mindfulness therapy
• Music therapy
• Aromatherapy

Medications:

• A combination of different medications if often used and treatment is tailored based on each child’s unique needs

Regional anesthesia:

• Peripheral nerve blocks and infusions
• Epidural and caudal blocks and infusions
• Intrathecal injections and implantable devices
• Trigger point injections

We routinely work with other specialties such as child family life, rehab services, integrative health and wellness, massage, music therapy, chaplains, social workers and mental health services such as psychology or psychiatry. The other care providers involved are determined based on individualized pain treatment plans.