#92. Is Physical Therapy, The Panacea of Chronic Pain?
Pedia Pain Focus
Have you ever had any of your patients say that they don't think physical therapy helps their pain? Or that the physical therapy made their pain worse? It would certainly not surprise me, if you said yes. And in that case, this is definitely is the episode you want to listen to carefully. And if your answer to my question was no, this is an episode for you too, my friend. Because sooner or later you too will join this elite club with rest of us. However, this episode will give you the framework and tools to change that in your practice. Learn it from our guest who magically...
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#91. Mental Health and Pediatric Pain; Chicken or the Egg?
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Pain and mental illnesses coexist, often more than any of other illnesses. Both of them have a profound effect on a child's child’s quality of life, individually. Now imagine the magnitude of impact when they co-exist. In this episode, Dr. Anjana Kundu, with guest speaker Dr. Mirabelle Mattar, a child, and adolescent psychiatrist, discusses the intricate and dynamic relationship between pediatric pain and mental health, likely cause or affect and prognosis for a child with pain in the setting of mental health issues or vice-versa. They also discussed the factors...
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#90. Can We Prevent Pain from Becoming Chronic?
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Acute pain may be a protective and adaptive phenomenon, but chronic pain is nothing but damaging and a burden in every way possible and for all involved directly or indirectly. So how do we reduce or can we reduce burden? Join me in this episode to learn the factors that contribute to chronicity of pain and whether we can prevent it. Takeaways in This Episode Complexities of pain and its impact for the individuals and the society What differentiates acute from chronic pain and why that is important Various factors contributing to pain and its chronicity Modifiable vs....
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#89. The Pain of Being a Redhead
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An anesthesiologist or a dentist might tell you that redheads need more anesthesia or local anesthetic. Yet research around their pain perception, tolerance, modulation and response to different pain medications is much more variable and complicated. Join me to learn the recent and emerging evidence about the pain among redheads and what you can do for effectively and safely managing it!
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#88. Pharmacovigilance to Evaluate Efficacy and Net Clinical Benefit in Pediatric Pain Medicine
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What if you had the lessons from the hindsight AND the foresight while managing children's pain? How would that change your practice? How would that change the outcomes of pediatric pain treatments?
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87. Shifting the Paradigm in Pediatric Pain Medicine
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Pediatric pain has long been and continues to be neglected for many reasons and because of many challenges. In this episode we discuss those factors and more importantly, the way forward to make the paradigm shift, overcoming challenges and recognizing opportunities.
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#86. Essential Elements of a Successful Patient Encounter
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A clinical care visit is like flying a plane. It has to be smooth (charming), safe (thorough) yet efficient and on time!
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#85. Pain Amongst Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Rising prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders, contradicting opinions and misconceptions around pain sensitivity and expression among these patients pose unique challenges for clinicians.
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#84. Post-Concussive Headache and Symptom Management in Children
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Headache is a presenting symptom in 90% of children after a traumatic head injury and for many it may persist for years. It can be extremely debilitating and difficult to treat, posing several unique diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Join me in conversation with Blake Windsor, MD a pediatrician with a subspecialty in training for pediatric pain medicine, a board certified headache specialist and Chief of Primas Health Pediatric Pain Medicine.
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#83. Reengineering Pediatric Perioperative Care for Optimal Outcomes
Pedia Pain Focus
Postoperative outcomes and success of the interventions is certainly dependent on the analgesia and anesthesia care, but what truly drives the outcomes is a complex interplay of biopsychosocial factors; an alignment between the patients and family's goals and medical as well as surgical interventions. How one goes about achieving that is what this episode is all about!
info_outlinePain isn't simply a symptom of another disease or a result of another noxious or traumatic event. It's an independent entity in itself in majority of the situations. It's time we stopped approaching it with the Cartesian model framework.
Join me in this episode to learn about how and when a pain can be considered a symptom and when it needs to be treated like any other independent chronic diagnosis, and why that is important.
Takeaways in This Episode
- The reason(s) I am even talking about this
- The biggest misconception about pain
- Why this misconception get propagated
- Classification of pain and why that is important
- What I mean by "not all pain is created equal"
- There's more to chronic pain than just "chronic pain" - classification of chronic pain as defined by IASP task force and the WHO
- Major differences between acute and chronic pain
- Mechanisms at play in acute and chronic pain
- The benefits of understanding these distinctions and classifications
Links
International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
Other Relevant Episodes:
Episode #56. Making Pediatric Pain Matter.... with Dr Christopher Eccleston
Episode #78. Remodeling Pediatric Pain Management in Emergency Rooms with Dr. Samina Ali
Episode #62. Metaphors for Better Pediatric Pain Management
Episode #25 . Role of Epigenetics in Chronic Post-Surgical Pain with Dr. Vidya Chidambaran