Learn how to effectively manage patients who return with worsening symptoms. This clinical hack provides practical strategies for assessment, reframing, and implementing personalized solutions.

3 Key Takeaways:

1. Active Symptom Investigation: Ask specific questions to understand exactly what "worse" means

2. Reframe Setbacks as Evidence: Use worsening symptoms to demonstrate pain's changeable nature

3. Personalise Recovery Tools: Implement individualised strategies like meaningful activities to manage flare-ups

Topics

Worsening symptoms, pain setback, clinical reassessment, patient communication, flare-up management