CHRONIC PAIN JOURNAL

Living with chronic pain can really take a toll on ones lifestyle. This pain journal has been developed to help track and understand your pain. By tracking this information, alongside your doctor, you will eventually be able to discover patterns and triggers, and determine suitable treatments or medications that will help you to deal with this pain as best as possible.

The more information you can provide your doctor, the better. This journal has inputs and sections for all the information doctors require to further your diagnosis and subsequent treatment. You yourself will also begin to see these patterns that you may not have realised before, and modify your behaviour to minimise the risk of further triggering your pain.

What Does this book contain?

This pain journal contains a number of different, specifically designed pages for determining and tracking pain, as well as organising the medical aspects of chronic pain. This includes

Doctor Contact List: A convenient contact list included at the front of the pain journal, with inputs for doctor name, phone number, address and email. This will allow you to keep all medical contacts in an easily accessible place.

Pain assessment pages: Highly detailed pain assessment pages, which will be used for recording and tracking these chronic pains, and the main reason for this journal. These pages include:

• Date, start and finish time of pain, pain duration duration

• Anatomical sketches for marking exactly where the pain on your body is occuring

• Type of pain inputs (Sharp, burning ect)

• History of pain (Is this a new pain, or chronic / how long have you had this pain)

• Pain scale from 1-10

• Environmental factors - could this pain be caused by weather?

• Relief measures / medication taken

• Outcome of relief measures

• Other notes

Appointment Schedule: Make note and track your medical appointments (Date, time, doctor, location) as well as notes for prior to the appointment (E.g. Bring X-ray) and notes for the outcome or results of the visit (E.g. Try a new therapy technique)

Medication and Treatment Planners: Pages to record your prescribed medication or physical therapy treatment. Including vital information such as start and end date, doses, instructions, and importantly the outcomes or results of these medications or treatments - Find what works!

Notes: Notes section at the end for any other information related to your pain or overall health. It is important to record anything else here which you believe may contribute to your pain, or help with diagnosis or treatment of this pain. You may also decide to record your process and improvements. Each section has input for dates so you can show your doctor exactly when these things happen.

Book features

• 6 x 9 inch - Easy for transportation and travelling

• Beautiful matte cover design

• Perfect bound

• Printed on premium white paper

• 120 pages - adequate room to track your pain for months to years

Stop living your life in pain! This pain journal is the first step towards helping your doctor and improving your diagnosis. Chronic pain may become normal to you, but once you and your doctor work out an appropriate treatment, you will begin to realise just how much easier life is without this pain.