Pain Diary For Chronic Pain Template

03 Sep 2014

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Victoria Abbott-Fleming

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Pain Diary For CRPS or Chronic Pain Template

The Burning Nights CRPS Support Pain Diary for CRPS or chronic pain template is available for you to download, print or use on your computer.

Pain Diary template For CRPS or Chronic Pain

It has been produced as a PDF document, so please click the link below (Pain Diary template for chronic pain and CRPS) to take you straight to the pain diary template. Please feel free to download and print it out or even forward it to a friend.

Pain Diary template for chronic pain and CRPS Download

You can always download the chronic pain diaryPain Diary and fill it in on your computer if you prefer. If you already have ADOBE Reader then it should be editable to you, however if you don’t have Adobe Reader then click on this -> LINK to download it free.

Pain Diary for CRPS - Burning Nights CRPS Support — Pain Diary for CRPS – Burning Nights CRPS Support

If you keep a Pain Diary for chronic pain or CRPS it serves a number of purposes. One of the most important purposes is to help you accept your chronic pain or Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (formerly) Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy.

‘Acceptance’is a huge part of your coping strategies for having a chronic condition like CRPS. It can take weeks, months or even years to actually learn to accept you have chronic pain and it is a part of you. (Cho, S. et al. 2012)

When you are taking a lot of pain medication and you are in constant pain it can become hard for your to think clearly or see any pattern that is emerging etc.

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By using the Burning Nights CRPS Support Chronic Pain Diary template you can keep a good track of your pain by documenting certain areas of your chronic persistent pain such as:

Where in your body was the pain, where did the pain start or where was the worst pain
Intensity of the pain
Description of the pain – was it sharp, pricking, burning, tingling
What were you doing at the time
How do you actually feel – are you upset, tired, depressed, stressed
How long did the pain last before medication kicked into your system or before the pain started to ease
Medication you took
Other strategies you used to help calm the pain down – breathing, mindfulness, mirror therapy, distraction techniques

You will also find in the Burning Nights CRPS Support pain journal template of the chronic pain pain scale, 3 small images of the body for you to draw a circle or line to point out where the pain problem is, as well as additional notes to help you to fill in the chronic pain diary and finally there’s an open table for you to add any extra notes you may have.

Our chronic pain diary template could also give you an idea of your own pain diary if you wanted to make your own chronic pain journal.

Pain Scale | Pain Diary Template for CRPS

Using a chronic pain diary or CRPS pain diary can be a very useful tool not only for you but also for your doctor to look at, so he/she can see any recurring pattern that may exist.

When going to see the doctor or pain specialist, take your filled in and used chronic pain diary with you and show them. The doctor then will be able to make an informed decision about medication changes, extra advice or support that you may need either physically, emotionally or psychologically and even evaluate any new problems that may be emerging.

There are numerous Pain Apps on the market at the moment and each have different things to offer. Some are free downloads and others you have to pay for. Have a look around first before committing to download one particular app. However in the meantime have a look at our printable chronic pain diary template (link above).

We do hope you use the Burning Nights CRPS Support printable chronic pain diary template and if you have any questions or any more suggestions then please do get in touch with us using any of the channels available – email, Social Media or contact us via the contact page.

Have you read our other CRPS blog articles?

Why not take a look at some of our other articles on living with complex regional pain syndrome?

Cited Research

Cho, S., McCracken, L.M. et al. (2012) ‘Pain Acceptance-based coping in complex regional pain syndrome Type I: daily relations with pain intensity, activity, and mood,’ Journal of Behavioural Medicine. 2012. (Impact Factor: 3.1). 08/2012; 36(5). FULL TEXT Available from:<http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lance_Mccracken/publication/230599188_Pain_acceptance-based_coping_in_complex_regional_pain_syndrome_Type_I_daily_relations_with_pain_intensity_activity_and_mood/links/0912f50f83a3f5cbd5000000.pdf > [24 March 2012 / Accepted 24 July 2012]
Cruise, C.E. et al. (1996) ‘Reactive effects of diary self-assessment in chronic pain patients,’ Pain. 1996, October. Vol 67(2-3), pp 253-258. Available from: <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8951918>PMID:8951918
de Wit, R. et al. (1999) ‘Evaluation of the use of a pain diary in chronic cancer pain patients at home,’ Pain. 1999, January. Vol 79(1), pp 89-99. Available from: <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9928781> doi: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00158-4
Feldman, Scott I, et al. (1999) ‘Pain, negative mood, and perceived support in chronic pain patients: A daily diary study of people with reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome,’ Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 1999, October. Vol 67(5) pp 776-785. FULL TEXT Available from: <http://socialrelations.psych.columbia.edu/images/stories/docs/publications/(27)Reflex_Sympathetic_Dystrophy.pdf> doi: 10.1037/0022-006X.67.5.776
Follick,M., David K. Ahern, Nancy Laser-Wolston (1984) ‘Evaluation of a daily activity diary for chronic pain patients,’ Pain. 1984, August. Vol 19. Issue 4, pp 373-382. Available from: <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0304395984900836> doi: 10.1016/0304-3959(84)90083-6

Hager K, Brockopp D. (2009) ‘The use of a chronic pain diary in older people,’ British Journal of Nursing. 2009, April 23 – May 13. Vol 8(8) pp 490, 492-494. Available from: < http://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjon.2009.18.8.41812?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3Dpubmed&> doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2009.18.8.41812
Jamison, R.N. et al. (2001) ‘Electronic diaries for monitoring chronic pain: 1-year validation study,’ Pain. 2001, April. Vol 91, Issue 3. pp 277-285. Available from: <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304395900004504>
Pain Focus (2015) ‘How to keep a pain diary‘ Pain Focus website. Last Updated December 2015. Available from: <http://pain-focus.com/pcpost/keep-pain-diary/>
Stinson, J.N. et al. (2008) ‘Working out the kinks: Testing the feasibility of an electronic pain diary for adolescents with arthritis,’ Pain Res Management. 2008, Sept-Oct. Vol 13(5) pp 375-382. FULL TEXT Available from: <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2799260/> PMCID: PMC2799260

Last Updated: 16/01/2020

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As the Founder of Burning Nights CRPS Support, I want to help all those affected by this devastating condition which includes those living with CRPS, their relatives, partners, carers and friends. I'm also barrister, advocate & have lived with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) since 2003. I am also a bilateral (double) above knee amputee due to aggressive symptoms of CRPS. Please help spread awareness of this debilitating and life-changing condition - CRPS. We need your support!

4 Comments

Vera Krull 2 April 2018 at 00:18 Log in to Reply

App would be better vera
- Victoria Abbott-Fleming 2 April 2018 at 14:50 Log in to Reply
  
  Hi Vera
  Thank you for your comment. Unfortunately the cost of creating an app in the style we want is extremely expensive & therefore prohibitive. However it is something we would love to do.
  Best Wishes
  Victoria & team
Kat Smith 24 January 2018 at 15:47 Log in to Reply

I’m wondering if there is a way to develop an app for this. It would be amazingly convenient. Always on hand and easily shared with our physicians.
Just a thought.
- Victoria Abbott-Fleming 24 January 2018 at 16:03 Log in to Reply
  
  Hi Kat,
  We are looking at developing an app using our pain diary as a template. However the cost is quite high for creating an app but it is something that we are most certainly looking into.
  Thanks for your comment though Kat!
  Victoria

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Pain Diary For Chronic Pain Template

Pain Diary For CRPS or Chronic Pain Template

The Burning Nights CRPS Support Pain Diary for CRPS or chronic pain template is available for you to download, print or use on your computer.

It has been produced as a PDF document, so please click the link below (Pain Diary template for chronic pain and CRPS) to take you straight to the pain diary template. Please feel free to download and print it out or even forward it to a friend.

You can always download the chronic pain diaryPain Diary and fill it in on your computer if you prefer. If you already have ADOBE Reader then it should be editable to you, however if you don’t have Adobe Reader then click on this -> LINK to download it free.

Where in your body was the pain, where did the pain start or where was the worst pain

Intensity of the pain

Description of the pain – was it sharp, pricking, burning, tingling

What were you doing at the time

How do you actually feel – are you upset, tired, depressed, stressed

How long did the pain last before medication kicked into your system or before the pain started to ease

Medication you took

Other strategies you used to help calm the pain down – breathing, mindfulness, mirror therapy, distraction techniques