Referral Tool Talking Points: Non-mechanical Contributors to Pain

Source: physio4gps
Document type: referral conversation guide
Review status: unreviewed

Original file: referral tool talking point (2).docx

The Wellness Team

Thank you for taking the time to look at this questionnaire, if your reading this, you will be thinking about your wellness in general, and do you want to seek a more successful existence?

You may also be wondering if there is any element of your pain that is derived from non - mechanical causes.

Pain is experienced differently by all people, and has been shown to be amplified in different ways, including - but not exclusively; from stress, sleep disturbance, and chronic inflammation.

Have a read through the questions below, and discuss with your physiotherapist regarding the impact they can have on pain, injury and recovery.

Using a scale of 1-10, where would you place yourself on a scale?

• Do you find it hard to relax at the moment?

1 - not at all - I find relaxing very easy,

10 - I can’t relax -

• How is your sleep ?

1 - I sleep well

10 - I don’t sleep well at all,

• Do you have more than one painful area?

1 - no

10 - pain is all over my body

• Does your pain follow a clear pattern - or is it random?

1 - no its very predictable, I understand it well

10 - my pain has a mind of its own, I have no control over it.

• Have you had any major life changes/ stressors in the last 1-3 years ?

1 - none

10 - bereavement, divorce, loss of financial stability.

• Would you say you are stressed? Are there elements of your life you find hard to manage?

1 - not excessive levels of stress, and most importantly able to manage well

10 - Stress comes in waves, I have no control or awareness sometimes of when it is there?

About this document. This page reproduces a source document from the physio4gps group pain-management programme. It is transcribed from the file supplied by the programme: page and slide markers have been removed and multi-column sections reflowed, so reading order in some sections may differ from the original layout. Where text was illegible or clipped in the source this is stated in place. Identifying details are left as in the original. This is reference material, not clinical advice, and it has not been clinically reviewed.