Tell Me a Story: Managing Chronic Pain from Ehlers Danlos Syndrome

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Pain is a drag. It can wear you down. Even when you're 12. Hallie Pollard, a pre-teen ballet dancer, knows what it's like to deal with aches that get in the way of life. She started coming to the Pain Clinic at Cincinnati Children's last year. She was a double-jointed athlete whose tricks began to hurt her. Specialists diagnosed her with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, or EDS, a condition that makes her joints hyper elastic and prone to pain. Dr. Ken Goldschneider and the pain management team at Cincinnati Children's taught her how to manage her symptoms and be in control of her pain. Hallie says she has her life back. "Pain's not controlling it anymore," she says. "I'm controlling it."

Spinal Cord Stimulator Trial Performed at Christian Hospital Pain Management Center

In this video, Dr. Vivek Manchanda, Director of Christian Hospital's Pain Management Center, explains spinal cord stimulator trials for pain management and performs a spinal cord stimulator surgery on a patient. Viewer Discretion Advised.

To learn more about the Pain Management Center at Christian Hospital, visit http://www.christianhospital.org/?id=31161&sid=45.