WebMD Pain Coach
588 Tips – 293 Articles – 86 Goals – 25 Videos – 21 Slideshows – 5 Quizzes
WebMD Pain Coach™ is specially designed and customized for people with the following chronic pain conditions:✓ Back pain✓ Neck pain✓ Nerve pain✓ Fibromyalgia✓ Migraine✓ Osteoarthritis✓ Rheumatoid arthritis
If your chronic pain condition is not listed above, you can still use the app to track pain, set goals, and get pain management tips, articles, slideshows and videos.
When you first download and use WebMD Pain Coach™, you are asked to select your chronic pain condition(s), as well as symptoms, triggers and treatments that apply to your condition(s). If privacy is important, the option to set a four digit PIN will keep your information secure. WebMD’s drug look-up allows you to search and select over-the-counter and prescribed medications, and record the dosage of each drug selected.
WebMD Pain Coach™ is organized into four easy-to-use sections:✓ JOURNALThe Journal section allows you to quickly and easily record your day. A separate Journal screen exists for each day. Once entries are created for multiple days, flip back to see your pain history. Turn your phone sideways to generate your Pain Coach™ Report: a historical chart that plots your general well-being against your pain levels while listing your most common symptoms, triggers and treatments. Tap on a day to view a snapshot of your pain history and export your Pain Coach™ Report to PDF and email it to yourself or your physician. ♦ Record how you generally feel each day by sliding the Pain Coach™ ‘Well Being Belt.’ ♦ Log a pain entry to track details surrounding pain: pain level from 1-10, symptoms, triggers, treatments and notes.♦ Reminder to log a pain entry by receiving a Pain Coach™ notification once a day. ♦ View a new Daily Tip that is personalized to your condition(s), triggers and treatments. ♦ If you set goals to better manage pain, tap ‘Today’s Goals’ to check off achieved goals.
✓ GoalsThe Goals section allows you to browse and select physician-approved goals from five lifestyle categories related to your pain condition(s): Food, Rest, Exercise, Mood, and Treatments. You can also create your own goals. Each related tip can be viewed before selecting a goal. The goal duration can be set from one day to one year. ♦ The green ribbon at the top of the Goals screen indicates the percent completion rate for active goals.♦ Once a goal is selected, tap ‘My Goals’ to view Goal Activity for active and completed goals. ♦ If you have more than one chronic pain condition, the goal that is suggested for a specific condition is indicated.
✓ LibraryThe Library section contains all of the critical, physician-approved content relevant to your condition(s) and pain management. The Library contains hundreds of articles, videos, slideshows and quizzes. All articles are available for offline reading. ♦ Library content contains links to WebMD’s mobile website.♦ The Library is searchable. ♦ Share all Library content via email, Facebook or Twitter.
✓ TipsThe Tips section features hundreds of ‘bite-sized’ tips that are matched with goals and organized into the same five lifestyle categories: Food, Rest, Exercise, Mood and Treatments. Each goal has between 3-10 supporting tips. ♦ Search for a specific tip.♦ After reading a tip, view the goal related to the tip, or view related Library articles.
Category : Health & Fitness
Reviews (20)
A program that helps those with chronic pain use methods to focus around the pain instead of focusing on pain 24/7
Program does not work on newest version of Android, currently Android 11. I'm using a v60Thinq LG.
I have just started using this app. and I can already see where it will be helpful, but with a little more development it would be great. The first thing that needs to be improved is the list of different diagnosis. I have a fairly common autoimmune disorder that is know for causing severe joint pain and it isn't listed. In fact, very few things are. I hope this changes soon and
It's a great app my only problem is when your pain is higher than a 5 you really don't feel like typing in a journal. There's days when I've missed cause the pain was just too dang bad to touch my phone. It's a good idea but there needs to be a voice option for people that have problems with their arms/hands.
Love the flexibility, but I'm only able to use the Journal tab because the Goals, Library, Tips and Settings screens go black and freeze and I have to shut down and restart the program. I was forced to uninstall and obtain an app that is much more comprehensive and customizable. The developers of the app I chose are responsive to issues/questions, which I note WebMD clearly doesn't care to do.
This helps me and my pain I use a fentanyl patch but I don't want to go any higher. So I try to just manage my pain and deal with it. I'm just starting out on your app anything I get from Web MD is always good. So bear with me and I will give you some results and a different rating if it's possible that anything you advise works. So I will try this out because I'm in pain right now. I know I should be out there walking or doing the hobby I have is rockhounding. But it's been raining raining raining lightnin
does not work with marshmallow I am so upset. I used to love this app and have recommended it to numerous patients. Now that I have upgraded to the new android os I can enter the data but it will not save it.Have uninstalled and re-installed and no better. Have even written to them and have received no reply.Very disappointed. It was so effective in helping me and now it is useless.
Some terrific features, great for isolating any specific cause+effect patterns for spikes+ exacerbations. Shame you can't record your goal progress separately rather than simply ticking them off- simple addition of a Notes option here would solve that
Doesn't give reminders, does for a few days and then that's it. I don't remember ESPECIALLY WHEN I HAVE BRAIN FOG to check in amongst everything else. Common WebMD! This is my 2nd complaint about this same thing. Similar experience with Menstrual tracker by webMD- it doesn't back up and stops syncing. Not real helpful
I'm now as of Thursday July 24, 2014 installing this app. I've been diagnosed in February 2010 with Osteoarthritis. I've been having some trouble with lower back pain 2-3 times a year. The pain would last 4 days. May 2014 I had another back ache that became uncontrollable I was in tears. An X-ray was done in June showed I developed Osteoparoses. This app is an awesome find and just what I need. Thanks Web MD.
It helps to have a place to record my feelings etc. But some things could be better. Like the weather function. If it could just interface with the weather channel (or some other weather app) it would be very helpful. And a movement detector like another program I looked at would be great too. The way it is now I am forced to focus on my health far more than I should.
It says a connection is required to set up an account, but I'm on my home WiFi that works with everything else. I AM connected. It's a bummer, I really wanted to try this app! I think my dr doesn't believe my pain is an issue and wanted to show him a log. I figured this app would be convenient for that purpose.
I am very impressed with this application. it gives you very well laid out goals to do, and in doing so, it also helps you to understand where the problems arise while you are trying to deal with your personal pain issues. it has helped me out tremendously with my situation, and levels of pain. though I will admit it is not a full medical doctors workup of advice, But with that said, it is truly the closest thing you can get, without having to travel to see several different doctors about the numerous afflictions you may have. its all in one spot. As for the permissions everyone is whining about. I see no reason to grumble about it. most people wipe out their permissions as they are constantly on their phones or tablets. if you do not have a security program that solves the security / permission issues, then its your fault for being so un-secure and reckless in using a cell or tablet. Thank you WedMD for this application. it has truly given me insite as to deal with my pain levels from several complications / syndromes / pain problems I have had since 2001. when my whole world went into a tail spin.
Android has great functionality, as well as high quality design standards. App looks and functions like it belongs on an iPhone 4. But, it's free, and the best free one for this purpose. Everyone else takes advantage of your pain to sell their apps. WebMD uses ads, which aren't bothersome...especially when you also get the wide array of knowledge that no one else brings to their app. That's really what sets WebMD apart. Now if they just made an actual android app WITH working notifications, it'd be 4 stars?
I find it EXTREMELY IRRITATING that a part-time developer creating apps in spare time can have data backup in their apps, yet HUGE WEBMD with ALL their resources say it's beyond their capability!TRANSLATION: THEY SIMPLY DON'T WANT TO BE BOTHERED. I was told by them it was up to me to figure out how to back up their app's data, that they couldn't be expected to provide backup for everyone. WITHOUT ROOT DATA BACKUP ISN'T POSSIBLE WEBMD..
I haven't, as such, been formally diagnosed with Chronic pain. However, I have had pain for years now, so I was willing to give it a go. I'm VERY glad I did, as it is both extremely useful, and very informative. Also, it's been given over 700 5 star reviews. I'm one of those reviews. This app is so helpful. Update - Have started recommending it to friends!
Hi, Really like the app but I used pain coach app on my old phone. Got my new phone. Downloaded the app. Signed in. Thought it would transfer over all the entry's I put on my old phone but it hasn't. Its treating me like a new person. I don't want to lose all the information I had gathered over the last year. Is there anything you can do? Thanks sita
I was interrupted while entering my medical conditions. Now I can't go back and edit/add them. The button is missing. I can edit treatments, triggers and everything else. It's useless if I can't edit the conditions.
I'm using this as my primary pain journal now, and I must say that it's helping me greatly. Using the goals and seeing the progression in achieving them is great motivation. My pain mgmt dr suggested this app, and after using it for the last month, we've both had a concrete example of what I'm experiencing when, and how best to treat it. Kudos to the person/people who thought of this app. I'm sure it's helping many people make the most of their doctor's appts, as it's done for me! 😊😊😊👍👍👏👏👏
I am using the old vesion. I hope you continue and allow it to remain. I tried the new version and I don't like using it , at all ! Thank for retaining the original..it helps me a cope with severe pain. Again,thank you !!