Where is your pain?
Pain region
Low back pain (without leg pain)
How patients describe it:
- “My lower back hurts”
- “I threw out my back”
- “I have back pain when I sit”
Continue
Pain region
Mid-back pain (thoracic)
How patients describe it:
- “Pain in the middle of my back”
- “My back hurts around my rib level”
- “Mid-back aches when I sit”
Continue
Pain region
Upper-back pain (cervicothoracic junction)
How patients describe it:
- “Pain between my shoulder blades”
- “Knot at the base of my neck”
- “Upper-back ache from desk work”
Continue
Pain region
Neck pain (without arm symptoms)
How patients describe it:
- “My neck is stiff”
- “I slept wrong”
- “Neck pain from looking at my phone”
Continue
Pain region
Tailbone pain (coccydynia)
How patients describe it:
- “My tailbone hurts”
- “It hurts to sit”
- “Pain at the very bottom of my spine”
Continue
Pain region
Pain radiating into the leg (sciatica)
How patients describe it:
- “Pain shooting down my leg”
- “Sciatica”
- “Numbness in my foot”
Continue
Pain region
Neck pain with arm symptoms (cervical radiculopathy)
How patients describe it:
- “Pain shooting down my arm”
- “Numbness in my hand”
- “Weakness in my grip”
Continue
Pain region
Progressive weakness or numbness (myelopathy)
How patients describe it:
- “My leg feels weak”
- “My foot drags”
- “I keep dropping things”
Continue