- Anatomy of The Spine
- Back Pain in Children
- Caring for your Spine
- Emerging Spinecare Trends
- Evaluation of Spinal Disorders
- Exercise and The Spine
- Intervention - Spinal Disorders
- Intervertebral Disc
- Non Surgical Options
- Nutrition and Spinecare
- Options for Spine Treatments
- Pregnancy and Back Pain
- Prevalence of Spine Disorders
- Sleep and the Spine
- Spinecare Introduction
- Spinehealth and Disease
- Surgical Interventions
- Treatment with Medications
- Understanding Back Pain
Spinecare Topics
Understanding Back Pain
Pain Rating Scales
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Pain Rating Scales
Additional Pain assessment tools include multi-dimensional resources such as a pain diary, pain drawings and the McGill Pain Questionnaire. The short McGill Pain Questionnaire is useful for the evaluation of post-operative patients. The evaluation of pain in children is typically more challenging than in adults. In the 2-6 year old age group face drawing can be helpful. Facial expressions may also be assigned to VAS forms to assist examiner interpretation.
The measurement of pain becomes more reliable when correlated with other more objective findings such as physical performance and daily task assessment.
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