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Conquering Your Child's Chronic Pain: A Pediatrician's Guide for Reclaiming a Normal Childhood [Paperback]

Lonnie K. Zeltzer (Author), Christina Blackett Schlank (Author)
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0060570172 978-0060570170 January 18, 2005 1

From a renowned expert in the field, a parent's guide to managing their child's chronic pain—to give back normal life to the 1 in 5 children for whom pain is a serious problem. A child's chronic pain undermines school performance and social and emotional health, erodes finances, and devastates the family.

This book reveals what parents can do to alleviate their child's pain on a daily basis. Dr. Zeltzer's clinic is renowned for treatment of pediatric pain stemming from headaches, arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome; fibromyalgia, and more, via a multidisciplinary approach including specialists in psychiatry, hypnotherapy, yoga, acupuncture, biofeedback, and others. Based on more than 30 years study, Dr. Zeltzer offers ways to take control of the pain and ultimately become pain-free. She explains how to tell if the pain has become chronic, soothe the nervous system, reactivate the body's natural pain control mechanisms, which medications are most effective, breathing, muscle relaxation and visualization techniques, how to reduce parents' guilt and much more.

It is never too late to treat pain in children, no matter how long it has lasted, says Dr. Zeltzer. Her book offers help and hope to families desperately in need.


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“A wonderful book! Dr. Zeltzer’s approach is loving, respectful, upbeat, and best of all - successful.” (Laura Schanberg, M.D., Associate Professor, Pediatric Rheumatology, Duke University Medical Center )

“...a must-read for any patient with chronic pain.” (Steven J. Weisman, M.D., Jane B. Pettit Chair in Pain Management, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin )

“Now [Dr. Zeltzer’s] wisdom is available to all.” (Patrick J. McGrath, O.C., Ph.D., F.R.S.C., Canadian Institutes of Health Research Distinguished Scientist; Canada Research Chair; Killam Professor of Psychology and Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, Dalhousie University )

“This is an amazingly caring, competent, and useful book. It opens your mind but also your heart...” (Vanna Axia, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental Psychology, Child Neuro-psychiatry Specialization School, School of Medicine; Director, Graduate Program in Developmental Psychology, University of Padova, Italy )

“All [Dr. Zeltzer’s] work has resulted in real solutions for children and their parents.” (David Geffen )

“...a valuable and important book that will be appreciated by every family struggling with a child in pain.” (Neil L. Schechter, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine; Director, Pain Relief Program, Connecticut Children's Medical Center )

“One of the few [books] for laypeople on chronic pain in children.” (Washington Post )

“...reassuring and informative. Parents will gain hope when they discover the many available treatment options.” (Kenneth R. Goldschneider, M.D., F.A.A.P., Director, Division of Pain Management; Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Susmita Kashikar-Zuck, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Psychology )

“I hope Dr. Zeltzer continues to do subjective research on yoga so that the young generation regains freedom from pain...” (B.K.S. Iyengar )

“An important, compassionate book...” (Deepak Chopra, author of Fire in the Heart )

“Parents! If you hava child in pain, read this book. There is hope.” (James Campbell, M.D., Professor of Jeurological Surgery and Director, Blaustein Pain Treatment Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Founder and President, American Pain Foundation; Past President, American Pain Society )

“...an outstanding book for parents of children and adolescents with chronic pain. I recommend it highly.” (Charles Berde, M.D., Ph.D., Chief, Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston; Professor of Anaesthesia and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School )

“Informative, practical, and well written.” (Pediatric Pain Letter )

About the Author

Lonnie K. Zeltzer, M.D., is director of the Pediatric Pain Program at Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA; professor of pediatrics, anesthesiology, and psychiatry at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; and medical director of the Trinity KidsCare Pediatric Hospice. She lives in Encino, California.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; 1 edition (January 18, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060570172
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060570170
  • Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #183,907 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, must read!, June 15, 2005
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For all parents struggling with a child in chronic pain, this book is superb! Dr. Zeltzer has written a supportive and thorough book that encompasses all types of treatment options....medicine, alternative therapies, etc. The book is easy to read and supports us all through this difficult experience, giving us information and a wonderful resource to discuss specific issues with our own doctors. Another value to this book is that you, as a parent, will feel validated, as will your child....that your child's pain is real and there ARE things your family can do to better manage it and to help him/her deal with this. As an added bonus, she lists every pediatric pain management clinic and other resources for more information. The book is written for the lay person...without the usual medical jargon...all parents with a child in pain can read and find amazing value in this!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book written by a caring doctor, March 27, 2008
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A terrific guide to treatment options for children experiencing chronic pain. Covers a variety of syndromes & diseases with specific examples of patients with outcomes. I was desperately looking for a humane treatment for my daughter's CRPS. Not only did she cover the topic but the author was kind enough to provide a referral to a local doc specializing in the treatment.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This Book Gave My Child Back Her Life, March 20, 2008
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We came across this book after my adolescent daughter had been hospitalized twice and completely disabled from migraines that started when she hit puberty. We'd crossed the country to get her the best available treatment for migraines, without much improvement. By the time we read this book, we'd exhausted all the medical options available to us and were completely desperate. Its very reasonable methods for dealing with chronic pain changed her, and therefore our, lives. We gave up looking for the most high powered doctors and found local doctors with experience in dealing with chronic pain who were in synch with the methods discussed in the book. (E.g., children with chronic pain need to function to get better, since pain is a product of the conscious mind; medications can help, but aren't a silver bullet; yoga and biofeedback can help children cope.) One year later my daughter, although not pain free, is much, much better, and enjoying life again. She's back in school on a regular basis, has a normal social life again, and is generally back to living her life.
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I can hardly believe that until the late 1980s it was commonly accepted in the medical world that children do not feel pain in the same way that adults do. Read the first page
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