White flags

Factors which will influence the pain experience, but you, the GP are unable to change

Employment

the only thing that really annoyed me is just the employer’s attitude towards the injury at work ... Just that they don’t believe you that you’re telling the truth”

25 YEAR OLD MALE WITH ACUTE PAIN

Financial

“I just can’t- I can’t do the job, so I’m not getting paid, kind of thing”

37 YEAR OLD MALE WITH ACUTE PAIN

Relationship

“there was another quite bad time ... I’d just gone through a marriage break up at the same time, so it was like everything at once”

39 YEAR OLD FEMALE WITH CHRONIC PAIN