Your son trips and grazes his knee.
Your daughter bumps her head on the table.
There’s that moment of silence before the tears flow. Often, they sneak a glance at you for your reaction. Do you make a fuss? Or tell them to “walk it off”? 

Sarah Wallwork is a physiotherapist and clinical pain neuroscientist at the University of South Australia. She and her team in Adelaide conducted a study asking 18 international experts from child health, psychology, development, resilience, as well as parents and educators, what parents and caregivers can do to promote recovery and resilience after minor pains or injury. 

How parents and caregivers communicate with their children about pain and injury is important to how well they’re able to recover. We can help children become active participants in their recovery which leads to stronger resiliency.   

Guest: Sarah Wallwork, Ph.D. (clinical pain neuroscience)
Dr Wallwork is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow in the Body in Mind research group at the University of South Australia.  https://people.unisa.edu.au/sarah.wallwork   

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