Pedia Pain Focus

Chronic pain in children can be a really serious condition and many of them may have a long journey to get where they need to be! Says Julia Wager, PhD,  an accomplished pediatric pain psychologist and head of research department, at the German Paediatric Pain Center, Children's and Adolescents' Hospital Datteln, Germany.   Join me for part 2 of my conversation with Dr. Wager to learn about the short and long term outcomes of intensive interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation program for pediatric chronic pain.   She discussed their short term and longitudinal data (8 years) from intensive pain rehabilitation program for pediatric chronic pain management. As Dr. Wager says - We want them to be a child again and not a chronic pain patient for life!  Discover what these surprising findings are and what impact they have on short and long term management of these children!   Takeaways in This Episode The immediate, short and long term outcomes from the intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment of children's chroni