The new Multidisciplinary Pediatric Pain Clinic at Dana-Dwek Children’s Hospital
addresses the unique needs of children who experience chronic or acute pain. The
clinic’s objectives are to provide treatment and therapies based on the best
medical evidence to help children take control of their lives instead of letting
their lives be controlled by pain. This improves well-being and helps children
return to their regular daily activities, such as going to school and
participating in extra-curricular activities, socializing and performing the
physical activities they used to enjoy.
The pain clinic uses a family-centered “3 P” approach, providing
pharmacology (medication), psychology (coping strategies and therapy), and
physiotherapy (for return to optimized physical activity).
The clinic, which is managed by Dr. Daniel Stocki, a pediatric
anesthesiologist, is staffed by two pediatric psychologists, two pediatric
physiotherapists, and a pain-care nurse.
