Ep. 16 How to Draw Your Pain
In this episode, Dan and Juz focus on the importance of communicating and assessing pain through the use of pain diagrams, which help both clinicians and patients gain insights into the sources and amplification of their presentation. The hosts go through many different types of back, leg, and neck pain, discussing how this information contributes to goal setting and tracking progress in pain management. Unfortunately, the data on diagrams makes it seems as though they are useless - but that is if they are drawn in such a fashion. Pain diagrams when done with a clear, consistent key can provide a visual representation of the pathologies driving pain, allowing patients to turn the invisible, visible. Clinicians can then better identify underlying nociceptive and neuropathic components, and amplifying factors, so they can more effectively diagnose and treat. Listen to learn how to draw you pain better as a patient and provider.
Cervical and thoracic nerve root pain distribution.
Lumbar and lower limb pain distribution.