{Pain}Train: Your Pain Journey All in one Place

Chronic pelvic pain advocate, educator, and artist Soula Mantalvanos, brings us a new creation that is an incredible gift to anyone suffering from chronic pain. A chronic pain patient herself, Soula created this remarkable tool for patients by a patient. {Pain}Train is a web-based platform that allows us patients to store everything related to our pain in one place.  So instead of trying to explain to multiple health care providers for the umpteenth time about you, your pain, your treatments, and your history - give that health care provider access to your {Pain}Train profile and it's all there for them.  

Your online profile allows you to save all your information on medications, treatments, health care providers, and dates. It also allows you to upload documents, images, and reports.  Beyond the medical only, it also allows for a more holistic picture of who you are by telling your professional and personal story pre-injury. And of course there is space to describe your injury, your symptoms, your diagnosis (if you have one), any other medical history or conditions, and you can store all your information on any health care coverage. There is also a mood tracker and plenty of space to include additional information for your unique situation. 

Access to all of this information is secure using HTTPS protocol and your email address with chosen password. The "access" feature allows you to share your profile with anyone you want to give permission to view it. Simply input each health care provider into your account and they will be assigned a unique code (or QR code) for 'read only' access to all of your profile. You can either email this information to them or print it for them. 

Example Profile 

So Organized!

FREE 3 Month "Test Ride"

Since {Pain}Train is offering a free "test ride" for 3 months, I tried it out for myself. I must admit, it was pretty daunting to sit down and fill in everything (and I'm not even close to being done!) But I told myself to take it in chunks. Do a little now and I can always come back to it later, everything is saved and I won't lose what I've started. And once it's done it'll be a tool I can use and reuse and update, making life so much easier. I'm planning on taking it with me to my Ob/Gyn appointment this month. And since I'm not sure if she'll be interested in having email access to my profile, I'm planning on printing it. Thankfully, the print function creates a printer-friendly, well laid-out, physical page copy version of the profile. See below:

Printable VersioN 

Print Version Looks Nice Too!

SubScription to {PAIN}Train

If after 3 months you are finding the platform helpful, it's just $29AUD yearly to continue your subscription. That's currently about $20/year US, based on the current exchange rate. If you choose not to subscribe after your 3 free months, your profile will be deleted. {Pain}Train doesn't ask you for payment information when you first register an account.  After 3 months {Pain}Train will prompt you to pay the annual subscription fee. Pay at that time to keep your subscription. Your profile is deleted if you decide not to subscribe. 

I encourage you to give it a try!  All Aboard!
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Need some help creating your profile? Download simple profile instructions from {Pain}Train.