Most children have at least some pain after an operation, which is called post-operative pain. Learn about relieving a child's post-operative pain at home.
After a surgery, you may experience post-operative symptoms for a few days or weeks. Learn about common symptoms experienced after surgery and what you can do to manage them.
Some scoliosis patients will have surgery called thoracoplasty. Learn about the san-splint spinal orthosis, the post-operative spinal brace that patients wear after thoracoplasty.
Learn how physiotherapy can help your teen before and after a Nuss bar procedure.
Morphine is a type of strong pain relief medicine called an opioid. This page is about the use of morphine for pain relief in children.
Learn about other types of pain, including recurrent, procedural, and palliative pain. Read about how they are treated. Lumbar punctures are discussed.
Find out how to offer sucrose or breastfeeding to ease your child's pain from needle pokes.
Learn about relaxation techniques, such as progressive muscle relaxation and hypnosis, that can be used for pain management in children.
Learn how to take care of your child at home after the procedure.
Learn about the process and goals of pain assessment to provide the information necessary to initiate optimal pain treatment strategies.
Learn to differentiate between myth and truth concerning children's pain. There are many common misconceptions of pain that should be dispelled.
Babies can feel pain. Learn about ways pain in newborns and babies can be assessed and techniques that can help ease pain.
Learn about total body irradiation which is given to a child before the blood and marrow transplant.
This page give advice on how to relieve a child's pain at home.
Learn about surgical teams committed specifically to children with heart conditions.
Find out how PCA and NCA help your child get relief from severe, short-term pain in the hospital.
Read about various types and intensities of pain that a child may experience: acute pain, chronic pain, procedural pain, and recurrent pain.
Try these yoga poses when you wake up to relieve morning stiffness, or throughout the day to relieve tension.
Learn about pain relief medication and how to administer it, including patient controlled analgesia.
Post-thrombotic syndrome occurs when deep-vein thrombosis damages the vein valves and walls. Learn the signs and symptoms and how it's treated.
Learn about neuropathic pain. Neuropathic pain is caused by damage to the nervous system and is often described as burning or shooting pain.
Following scoliosis surgery, some teenagers may need to wear a brace. Learn about how the brace is made, and why and when it is used.
Discusses pain management for common childhood pain and injuries such as ear infections, colic, and injections.
There are many ways to classify or categorize pain. Learn what these are and the factors that affect how much pain your child might feel.
