For Parents

We understand some days are more challenging than others.

Our weekly Parenting Blog is filled with current information on practical topics, specifically created for parents with youth who have chronic pain. 

  • How can you best advocate for your child’s unique needs at school?
  • Want to learn a new meditation technique that only takes 2 minutes? 
  • Ever heard of Sophrology?

CHYP’s Parenting Blog includes helpful strategies and tools, written by professionals in the field, to provide you with options when it comes to supporting your child’s journey.

September 20, 2023

The Six Healing Sounds

Dr. Sara Ptasnik

Where Are Our Emotions?
You might think that emotions are "just in your head" but Chinese Medicine tells us othe…

September 11, 2023

Integrative Rehabilitation for Chronic Pelvic Pain in Adolescents and Young Adults

Sabine Combrié, PT, CST-T

In my practice as a physical therapist, I have been treating more and more young people with pelvic chronic pain. Pel…

September 5, 2023

My Journey through Music

Lorna Thomas

Starting this week, CHYP’s Parenting Blog is adding a new and unique perspective: postings written by the paren…

August 28, 2023

ADHD, Chronic Pain, & Hypnosis

Rebecca Cherry, MD, MPH

Hypnosis involves a state of focused attention. So, one might think that children with ADHD would not be able to use…

August 21, 2023

Osteopathic Approach to the Oral Cavity

Dr. Sylvia Orozco Silberman DO, MS

“Anatomy is a living wholeness of function and should be seen as a mystery of form, not static academic structu…

August 14, 2023

What to Expect when Taking your Child to Physical Therapy

Diane Poladian PT DPT OCS

Physical therapists are trained to evaluate movement and function. Typically, the therapist will first take a history…

July 31, 2023

Looking Beyond Medication

Dr. Samantha Levy, PhD

It is time-consuming, exhausting, frustrating, and often demoralizing to navigate the medical system. When it comes t…

July 24, 2023

Anxiety in Kids isn't Always Unhealthy

Dr. Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.

Did you know that anxiety isn’t always bad?

Of course, it can be a problem: When it interferes wit…

July 17, 2023

Abdominal Massage

Dr. Sara Ptasnik

When someone is experiencing chronic pain, whether it manifests more in the physical body or emotionally, the abdomin…

July 10, 2023

Our Teens are Suffering

Dr. Lonnie Zeltzer, M.D.

Sadness among teens had been increasing even before COVID, and the years of isolation have further hastened the trend…

June 26, 2023

Sports, Dance & Hypnosis

Dr. Rebecca Cherry, MD, MPH

Children and teens with chronic pain are often accomplished athletes or dancers. Their pain may even be related to a…

June 19, 2023

The Hidden Rivers of the Body

Dr. Sylvia Orozco Silberman DO, MS

Our body has many fluid pathways that flow to and from the midline of the body. We have arteries bringing oxygen to o…

June 12, 2023

Relaxation Response Breathing with Dr. Eileen Yager

Dr. Eileen Yager

Put your cell phone on vibrate. Make sure you are not disturbed.

Sit on a cushion on the floor cross-legg…

June 5, 2023

Growth Mindset

Dr. Samantha Levy, PhD

I often tell the parents of my clients with chronic pain that their child will reach their goals, but that the journe…

May 30, 2023

Questions to Ask to see if You Should Worry or Not

Dr. Tina Payne Bryson

Dr. Tina Payne Bryson leads us through a series of questions to help us better understand where our youth stand and w…

May 24, 2023

Tennis Balls for Self-Massage

Dr. Sara Ptasnik

Why Self-Massage? In today's fast-paced world, most of us (kids and adults) face significant stress and muscle tens…

May 15, 2023

Staying Balanced during the Summer

Dr. Jill Harrison Landsman, L.Ac., D.A.O.M.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine the seasons are associated with the elements: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. Un…

May 8, 2023

Pathway or Stream? A Metaphor for Non-directive Hypnosis

Rebecca Cherry, MD, MPH

This painting is the most recent addition to my office walls. I don't even know the name of the artist who painted…

May 1, 2023

What is Health? The Personal Journey of an Osteopath

Sylvia Orozco Silberman DO, MS

Before med school, I studied complementary and alternative modalities, exploring different fields of medicine through…

April 24, 2023

Diagnostic Uncertainty in Pediatric Chronic Pain

Lonnie Zeltzer, MD

An adolescent named Sheila develops stomach pain – as does the whole family – from a virus that hits ever…

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