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TV As Pain Management For Kids

Watching cartoons can be a great distraction for kids at the hospital! Parents have long recognized the distracting powers of television, but research is now confirming it. This research comes from the University of Siena in Italy, and the lead researcher just so happens to be a father of three. Sixty-nine children between the ages of seven and twelve were given needles (like the type used to take blood samples) and asked to rate their pain. Mothers were also asked to rate their child’s pain. On the positive side, it is good to have a powerful distraction for children undergoing … Continue reading →

Aromatherapy for Pain Management

Say it with me: pain is good. Not necessarily because you like it, but because it is your body’s way of telling you that something is wrong. Things that don’t hurt physically aren’t always as likely to get your attention, right? I’m guilty of that one too. I know something is not quite right, but until it starts to hurt, I can ignore it. But just because pain is helpful doesn’t mean you have to suffer. Aromatherapy can help manage pain in several different ways. Picking the right essential oils for your muscle rub, massage oil, or lotion can help … Continue reading →

Managing Chronic Pain

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I used to work with a guy who had been in a pretty bad car accident. As a result, he had chronic back pain, and usually wore a prescription patch on his lower back to help ease the pain enough so that he could function. Chronic pain has an impact on your life, both emotionally and physically. The emotional strain of chronic pain can actually make the pain seem worse. Anxiety, stress, fear of re-injury, depression, anger, and fatigue can all decrease your body’s production of natural painkillers. All the negative feelings may actually cue your body to amplify the … Continue reading →

The Tendency to Overprotect Our Special Needs Kids

As parents of special needs children, we often develop coping strategies to deal with our child’s behaviors. One strategy is the tendency to be overprotective. There’s an obvious reason for doing this. We want to be sure that our son or daughter is safe in an unkind and unpredictable world. People can be cruel, and life is difficult. The child with special needs seems ill-equipped to handle these realities. Therefore, we decide that he or she needs our constant protection. This reasoning makes overprotecting seem like a good thing. However, there are other possible reasons why we might overprotect our … Continue reading →