Pain

Question 1

Types of Pain and Structure

Answer 1

1. Cramping, Dull, Aching= Muscles
2. Sharp Shooting= Nerve Root
3. Sharp, Bright, Lightning-like= Nerve
4. Burning, pressure-like, stinging, aching= Sympathetic Nerve
5. Deep, Nagging, Dull= Bone
6. Sharp, Severe, Intolerable= Fracture
7. Throbbing, Diffuse= Vasculature

Question 2

Assessment of pain

Answer 2

• Document onset and temporal pattern
• Assess intensity
• Assess factors or activities that aggravate or relieve pain
• Constant or intermittent
• Time of change of pain pattern
• Changes in activities of daily living, sleep patterns, mood

Question 3

Goals when patient has pain

Answer 3

Eliminate source of pain
Teach patient to function within pain limitations
Improve pain control through PT
Relieve drug dependency
manage underlying psychosocial effects of pain
Patient education
Maximize functional level

Question 4

Tools of pain

Answer 4

1. Universal Pain Assessment Tool
2. Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale
3. Thermometer Pain Rating Scale
4. Initial Pain Assessment Tool
5. Simple Descriptive Pain Distress Scale
6. 0-10 Numerical Pain Distress Scale
7. Visual Analog Scale (VAS)