It's Not in Your Head
Welcome to It's Not in Your Head Podcast, with Dan and Juz. Dr. Dan is a Sports Physician and Justine a Pain Coach and patient. We have come together to find ways to manage complex pain better for both patients and providers. New episodes will come out bi-weekly on all major platforms.
It's Not in Your Head
18 Chronic Pain Assessment Tools: Using Standardized Questionnaires
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This episode reviews validated assessment tools that help identify pain types, amplifying factors, and functional impact — and introduces the hosts' own sensitization questionnaire for viewing results through the central sensitization lens. The discussion closes with an examination of how patient mindset affects the ability to improve over time. All questionnaires discussed in this episode are linked on the podcast's website page so you can fill them out and bring them to your next appointment.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Official Intro
00:17 Intro
03:56 Pain Detect
06:45 Central Sensitization Inventory: 25 Questions
12:37 Central Sensitization Inventory: Part B
13:39 Bodily Distress Syndrome Checklist
14:49 Our Central Sensitization Assessment
19:47 DAS 21
24:25 Oswestry Disability Index
28:41 Pain Analog Scale
35:36 Growth vs Fixed Mindset in Patients & Wrap-up
40:06 Disclaimer