Pedia Pain Focus

Chronic pain is often overlooked, and when it comes to children, it is even more so.  The continued neglect of children's pain affects the ability to truly evaluate the extent of the problem and challenges these kids and their families face.   The United States Pain Foundation, a pain advocacy organization, conducted a survey to assess how children with a pain diagnosis and their families experience chronic pain, what challenges and barriers they face and what they hope for in their pain care.    In this episode, I’m joined by Nicole Hemmenway, the current CEO of the US Pain Foundation and the Founder of the INvisible Project and Casey Cashman, Director of Fundraising and the Pediatric Pain Warrior Program part of the US Pain Foundation. They are strong advocates for pediatric pain, inspired by their own pain experiences. They discuss the findings of this survey, share their experiences with the pediatric pain patients and families that they support through their programs.  They also share their hopes and som