What is pain? How is it treated? What’s the difference between acute and chronic pain? Get answers to these and other questions by taking our pediatric pain medicine quiz!
Elisha Peterson, MD, FAAP, is a board certified pediatric anesthesiologist and pain medicine physician at Children’s National Hospital. She is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Children’s National and serves as Director for the Chronic Pain Clinic.
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Physical therapy: an underrated hero in the treatment of chronic pain!
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