Pain Measurement
Assess Pain
Rationale: establish chronicity of pain, pain location, activity restriction, and guide towards further physical therapy special tests. A pain description can help to generate a hypothesis about the patient problem based upon its quality, location, and severity.
Tools needed:
Visual Analog Scale--a visual analog scale helps the therapist to quantify pain at its best, worst, and what the pain is right now. An example is located in the image below.
Rationale: establish chronicity of pain, pain location, activity restriction, and guide towards further physical therapy special tests. A pain description can help to generate a hypothesis about the patient problem based upon its quality, location, and severity.
Tools needed:
Visual Analog Scale--a visual analog scale helps the therapist to quantify pain at its best, worst, and what the pain is right now. An example is located in the image below.
Body schematic diagram--a body schematic diagram helps the therapist identify the exact location or locations of pain and if the pain is localized, diffuse, acute, or chronic in nature. An example is located below.
Questions to ask:
When did your pain start?
Describe the pain to me.
How does the pain make you feel?
How long have you had this pain?
What does the pain prevent you from doing?
What makes the pain better or worse?
What causes the pain?
What have you tried to do to alleviate your pain? Did it help?
Can also refer to the following OPQRST (Onset, Provokes, Quality, Radiation, Severity, Time)
When did your pain start?
Describe the pain to me.
How does the pain make you feel?
How long have you had this pain?
What does the pain prevent you from doing?
What makes the pain better or worse?
What causes the pain?
What have you tried to do to alleviate your pain? Did it help?
Can also refer to the following OPQRST (Onset, Provokes, Quality, Radiation, Severity, Time)
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