In light of the findings he recommends physicians and therapists not ask their patients to
keep pain diaries.
«What we found is that the group who
kept the pain diary — even though we didn't ask them to keep an extensive diary, and even though many of them didn't keep a complete diary — had a much worse outcome,» says Robert Ferrari, a clinical professor in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry's Department of Medicine and a practicing physician in several Edmonton medical clinics.
One solution pain doctors recommend is
keeping a pain diary, a consistent record of your pain experience.
While some lawyers may suggest
you keep a pain diary on a day - today basis to record the problems you are having after an accident, the decision to have such a diary is really a personal decision.
Not exact matches
At first I thought there was still some hidden gluten but with
keeping a food
diary I discovered other foods were causing
pain.
The women
kept detailed
diaries, chronicling not only when their headaches occurred but also specific features of the
pain, other symptoms such as nausea and whether the episode was sufficiently disabling as to prevent them from going to work or getting much done.
Keep a (running)
diary A log will help you recognize patterns that may lead you back down the path to
pain.
Andrea Cooper, 52, of Phoenix, Md., has found her
pain diary invaluable for
keeping track of her fibromyalgia.
Also check out our print - and - carry list of what to
keep in your
pain diary.
You can be your best advocate by taking the time to research your symptoms,
keeping track of them in a
pain diary, and finding the best care available to you.
I should have
kept a «broth
diary,» as I don't recall the day I began to include the fat nor the day I first noticed the
pain.
Keeping a food / feelings
diary tells you which foods give you energy and which make you sluggish and cause
pain.
The judge's suggestion that one ought to assume that a
pain diary is being
kept in all personal injury litigation is also inconsistent with the fact that the burden of providing a reasonable explanation falls squarely on the party who has failed to make disclosure in accordance with the rules.