If you are infected with HIV and pregnant, learn how certain medicines can lower the risk of passing HIV on to your baby.
Learn about the benefits of using massage and TENS for effective pain management.
Read about the long-term consequences of pain on a child, the importance of a child's pain management. A discussion of pain myths is included.
Find out how acute pain is identified and assessed, at home and in medical settings, in children not old enough to speak.
Learn about the 3P approach to pain management, which is a combination of psychological, physical and pharmacological (medications) strategies.
Read about exercise and physiotherapy, and how they benefit pain management.
Learn what to expect regarding physical and social activities, body image, sexual activity and pregnancy when a teen with scoliosis reaches adulthood.
Discover how to assess acute pain in an older child (age six to 12) at home and in medical settings.
Read about pain management for children who have had heart surgery.
Learn about chronic pain in children and teens. Chronic pain is pain that lasts longer than three months and requires various pain management techniques.
Learn about acute and chronic pain, including signs and symptoms, methods of assessment and the 3P approach to pain management.
Babies can feel pain. Learn about ways pain in newborns and babies can be assessed and techniques that can help ease pain.
Read about hot packs and cold packs, and how they can effectively reduce pain from injuries.
Pain treatment involves a mix of psychological, physical and pharmacological (medication) strategies. Learn more about the 3Ps for acute pain.
Find out how you can use effective parenting to support the 3Ps of pain management for your teen with acute pain.
Find suggestions to help your teen manage their sickle cell pain using positive coping behaviours.
Burns can lead to permanent scars. Find out how to prevent your child from getting a burn injury and what to do if a burn does occur.
Find information about continuous peripheral nerve blocks (CPNBs) using an elastomeric device and learn how to care for your child at home with this device.
Find out how the 3P approach to pain management can help your teen manage their chronic pain.
Find out how to recognize the signs of chronic pain at home and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
Find out how you can use effective parenting strategies to support the 3Ps of pain management for your child with cancer-related pain.
An overview of the causes, symptoms and treatment of this group of disorders that affect movements, balance and posture.
Find out how you can support the 3Ps of pain management with effective parenting strategies for your teen with chronic pain.
Kohler’s disease occurs when the navicular bone in the foot flattens or collapses causing pain and swelling. It will usually get better with rest and pain management.
