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Pain Check

Have you been experiencing pain that is:

Please select one answer below

  • hot/burning, cold/freezing, pins and needles/tingling, squeezing, stabbing, shooting, electric shock-like or similar in quality in an area with altered or absent sensation?
  • abnormally sensitive skin to touch or provoked by brushing, pressure or contact on painful area? 
  • is usually unchanged with movement of the painful area?

 

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Have you been experiencing pain that is:

Please select one answer below

  • dull, aching, cramping or tender in muscles and joints in an area of normal sensation?
  • made worse by certain movements, postures or activities
  • is usually unchanged with movement of the painful area?

Have you been experiencing pain that is dull, vague, poorly localised or cramping in waves in the chest, abdomen or pelvis in an area with altered or absent sensation?

Please select one answer below

Has your pain impacting on your daily activities, mood or sleep?

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Has your pain changed recently, or have you noticed any other changes, such as feeling unwell with fevers and chills or change in bladder or bowel function

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Severity scale

To check the severity of your problem, consider the intensity, duration and frequency of your signs and symptoms by using this scale.

Please select your severity on the scale below

1 = mild, 5 = moderate and 10 = severe.

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Have you had a recent fall or trauma prior to the pain developing?

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Have you noticed any new signs or symptoms that are alarming associated with your pain, such as loss of muscle strength or sensation, increased spasms, episodes of autonomic dysreflexia?

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Interference scale

To determine to what extent does your pain interfere with participating in everyday activities, use the scale below.

Please select your severity on the scale below

1 = mild, 5 = moderate and 10 = severe

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Alert! icon  Important notice

Seek medical attention immediately.

Alert! icon  Important notice

If you are experiencing any of these issues, there may be a serious problem requiring further investigation seek medical attention immediately.

Managing your problem

This Quick Health Check asks questions based on the most common health problems that people living with a spinal cord injury experience, but not all. It is important that you consult with your healthcare professional to identify your problem and how best to treat it.

Please note, keeping a Pain Diary for several weeks prior to consultation will help your healthcare professional to better understand the problem.

Managing your problem

Based on your selections, we use the assessment ratings on both severity and interference scales to help you decide what level of support you may need to most effectively manage your problem.

Neuropathic Pain
Musculoskeletal Pain
Visceral Pain
Your condition is: Mild (with little or no interference) 
Your condition is: Moderate (with some or a lot of interference)
Your condition is: Severe
Recommended management pathway: Self-manage without support
Recommended management pathway: Self-manage with support from your GP or other healthcare professional
Recommended management pathway: Self-manage with support from your GP or other healthcare professional
Recommended management pathway: Self-manage with support from your GP or other healthcare professional
Recommended management pathway: Self-manage with support from your GP or other healthcare professional
Recommended management pathway: Self-manage with support from your GP or other healthcare professional
Recommended management pathway: Manage with specialist support
Recommended management pathway: Manage with specialist support
Care plan: You can download a care plan for neuropathic pain here
Care plan: You can download a care plan for musculoskeletal pain here

Care plan: You can download a care plan for visceral pain here

Seek further information

Seek further information in the Pain toolkit and refer to the Mental Health module.

 

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