How the Pain Diagram Can Help (Or Sink) Your Work Injury

Jan 21, 2015 | WC & Other Laws

How the Pain Diagram Can Help (Or Sink) Your Work Injury – Don’t underestimate the power of a “Pain Diagram.” At the very least, a Pain Diagram should be completed every time you see the primary care physician. Ideally, a Pain Diagram should be completed any time a physician or therapist examines you.

A Pain Diagram can be helpful in a couple of different ways.

First, the diagram can help the physician track the progression of injured workers’ symptoms in relation to the treatment modalities being provided.

Second, the diagram can help the physician keep track of the areas of the body that are injured/symptomatic. It is not unusual for treatment for a Colorado work injury to be concentrated on one part of the body at a time. As long as the Pain Diagram continues to document the original injuries/symptoms, the relatedness of the symptoms to the original work-related injury should be much easier to prove.

Additional Resource: Pain Scale and How Injured Workers Can Rate Their Pain

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