How to Talk to Kids About Pain (Joshua Pate, PhD)

Like Mind, Like Body

Curable Inc.

Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Millions of children struggle with persistent symptoms. Millions more watch their parents or loved ones struggle. What they see, hear, and experience during these formative years will have a lasting impact on their adult experience of pain. What can we do to make sure the next generation responds to pain in a healthier way than the generations before them? Dr. Joshua Pate joins us to explore possible solutions.

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0:00.0	This is like mind, like body, a podcast about the surprising ways our thoughts and feelings impact our physical health.
0:22.8	I'm your host, Laura Sago, and on each episode I will speak with researchers, physicians,
0:29.0	and ordinary people who have incredible stories to tell about the power of the mind-body connection.
0:36.2	This podcast is brought to you by Curable, which was recently rated the number one highest
0:43.2	quality app for persistent pain in an independent study.
0:47.5	You can try Curable for free and see what all the fuss is about at Curable Health.com.
0:54.5	Today on the show, I am speaking with Dr. Joshua Pate.
0:58.9	Like many of my guests on the show, Dr. Pate's research is focused on the study of chronic
1:04.0	pain, but his ankle is one we haven't really addressed on this show yet.
1:08.8	Chronic pain and children.
1:12.8	How kids learn about pain,
1:17.6	what they should learn about pain, how you can reduce their risk of developing symptoms later in life, and how you can work with them to treat any symptoms they may be experiencing
1:22.6	right now. Let's dive into the interview.
1:31.4	Well, Josh, thank you so much for joining us today.
1:33.8	We are very excited to have you on the show.
1:39.8	I have interviewed many physical therapists on this show before,
1:49.1	and I have never spoken with one who specifically focuses on pain in children and educating children on the complexities of chronic pain, though that is a topic that is both highly
1:55.8	relevant and very in demand. There's not a lot of information out there and we've had quite a few parents
2:03.8	contact us here at Curable saying, do you know of any resources? How can I talk to my children about
2:08.2	pain? So what made you want to focus on children specifically? So early on, I did a rotation
2:15.7	at the Children's Hospital in Westmead in Sydney and I was working
2:19.7	there for a couple of years.
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