#63. Integrative Pediatric Pain Management with Dr. Lonnie Zeltzer

May 17, 2021

Chronic pain is the result of dynamic interactions between psychological, biological, and social factors. In this episode, Dr. Lonnie Zeltzer, a veteran and pioneer of the best practices in pediatric pain medicine talks about the approaches you can take in assessing and treating complex chronic pediatric pain issues to ensure best outcomes!

 

Dr. Zeltzer has shared her decades of experience, research and wisdom in this episode. It's like getting a masterclass in all you want to know about taking acre of a pediatric pain patient. 

 

There are many barriers when it comes to treating children’s pain. However, Dr Zeltzer shows you how to overcome them and how to choose the appropriate approaches that will be embraced by your patients and families when treating complex chronic pain in children.

 

Tune in to this episode as Dr. Lonnie talks about the integrated approach to pediatric pain management with a cohesive team of clinicians regardless of their geographic proximity. 

 

Takeaways In This Episode:

• What integrative medicine is and how it differs from the alternative medicine
• What an integrated medical model looks like
• What therapies are appropriate for your patient
• How to decide which ones to pick when there are competing priorities and issues of cost, effectiveness, and beliefs
• Harnessing the power of mind for pediatric pain care
• The importance and practice of rebalancing your autonomic nervous system
• The differences between complementary alternative therapies and integrative therapies
• Dr. Zeltzer explains how to create an integrative pain care team  
• The framework Dr. Zeltzer  use to decide which patients may need therapies with seemingly similar impact ( e.g. yoga vs. PT or CBT versus hypnotherapy)

 

Links 

Lonnie Zeltzer, MD

Linkedin

Complementary, Alternative or Integrative Medicine: NCCIH Definitions

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

Clinicians Pain Evaluation Toolkit

Proactive Pain Solutions

 

About the Guest:

Dr. Lonnie Zeltzer

 

Dr. Zeltzer is a Professor of Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Director of the Pediatric Pain Program at UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, and Past-Medical Director of Trinity KidsCare pediatric hospice. 

 

She is also Associate Director of the Patients and Survivors Program in the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, on the steering committee of the UCLA Centers for Integrative Medicine, the UCLA Psychoneuroimmunology Program, and the Center for Neurovisceral Sciences. 

 

Dr. Zeltzer’s pain program integrates complementary and traditional therapies for the treatment of chronic and cancer pain in children, and she studies the development of chronic pain, mind-body-pain connections, and the impact of complementary therapies on chronic pain. 

 

She has over 200 publications, including her book, "Conquering your Child's Chronic Pain: a Pediatrician's Guide for Reclaiming a Normal Childhood,"(HarperCollins, 2016).