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PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT

FULL BODY CHART

Below you will find instructions to measure your pain and draw a pain map from your body.

Download the image  with your mobile device or computer and draw the area of your pain on it.  If you need to, follow the instructions here.

A. If your pain drawing is limited to one coloured area, follow the links from the pain measurement for the correct action. Make a note of the pain measure(s) and then go to the specific body regions charts (link below) to assess the movement dysfunction and pain for that part of the body and be guided to the correct therapeutic exercises to be performing.

B. When your symptoms cover more than one coloured area, as in the full body image below, this indicates that there are a few possible sources of the pain and you will need professional assistance from a physiotherapist to make a diagnosis. If you do not have access to a physiotherapist, you can make an online appointment with one of our physiotherapists, here. In that case, fill out a self assessment form.

If you are seeking advice from a physiotherapist and the pain is moderate to severe for more than a week, it can also be useful to graph the changes in the pain or symptoms over the day and the week.

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Measure Pain

Measure your pain before you take any pain medications or 2 hours after you last took medications.

The severity of pain can be measured on a pain scale of 0 to 10.

A person with a pain of:
10 may go unconscious,
9 may scream but not be able to speak more than single words;
8 groaning, unable to move the part;
7 distressed by the pain, moving, not able to do tasks;
6 very distracted by the pain, able to do habitual tasks;
5 aware of and distracted by pain, only able to do light tasks with difficulty;
4 aware of pain, a little distracted, able to do all light tasks, unable to do heavy or fast tasks;
3 aware of mild pain, not distracted, able to do most functional and work tasks to 50% full speed and strength;
2 aware of mild pain, able to do all tasks with to 75% or more in speed and strength;
1 a vague sense of pain, able to do all functional tasks at 90 - 100% of full speed and strength.

Type of Injury related to pain:

7-10 = severe pain, severe injury. Get an ambulance if you can't move about. See a doctor.
You will need a rigid resting splint e.g Richard splint for a knee, or a sling for an arm.
Even if the pain is mild BUT the limb feels unstable or very weak, a rigid splint support and a doctor or physiotherapy review is required.

4-6 = moderate pain. During an activity you felt a moderate to severe pain that had you cease activity, even drop an object or fall down. You are unable to recommence the activity due to pain and weakness. You notice immediate swelling or difficult to move the body part. Some injuries occur to a part of the body that will not show swelling externally. In that case, the swelling will occur as a resistance to movement or posture.

1-3 = mild pain, mild injury. During an activity you felt pain. It didn't stop you continuing the activity. Later, especially after resting a while or even the next day, you found it was becoming difficult to move easily. There is some pain with movement or putting weight on the limb. There may be swelling.

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