FREE INTERACTIVE SPINE ASSESSMENT
Where do you feel your symptoms?
A guided spine assessment that helps organize your symptoms, identify important patterns and warning features, and prepare a clear summary to discuss with your healthcare professional.
✓ Takes only a few minutes
✓ Structured symptom review
✓ Downloadable assessment summary
Select the area that is bothering you
Preview of the interactive body map used during your assessment
Educational and documentation support tool. It does not provide a diagnosis or replace clinical evaluation.
How will you use this tool?
Choose the option that best describes you.
For myself
Understand and organize my symptoms
Build a clear spine history, see possible symptom patterns and warning features, and get guidance on what to do next.
Healthcare professional
Build a structured patient history
Capture a consistent spine history, review relevant symptom and safety patterns, and generate professional documentation for clinical use and follow-up.
Educational and documentation support tool. It does not provide a diagnosis or replace clinical evaluation.
Where do you feel pain?
Select the area on the body map below.
Neck Pain
Pain in the neck with or without radiation to the arm.
Which side has these symptoms?
Select the side for each area you marked.
Arm
Leg
Quick Nerve Check ⚡
Now let’s check how your nerves and muscles are working.
◷ About 1 minute
✓ 4 quick checks
You’ve completed your pain assessment!
Now let’s perform a quick nerve check to better understand how your nervous system may be involved.
Sensation
Numbness, tingling or changes in sensation
Strength
Weakness in your arms, hands, legs or feet
Walking & Balance
Walking difficulties or balance problems
Hand Function
Daily tasks, coordination & grip
This is not a diagnosis. It helps us understand your condition better and guide you to the right next steps.
Sensation
Strength
Walking & Balance
Hand Function
Have you noticed any new or worsening changes in feeling?
Select all that apply.
Numbness
Loss or reduction of feeling
Tingling / Pins and needles
Pins and needles sensation
No sensory symptoms
I don't have any of these symptoms
Why we ask this?
Changes in sensation can help us understand which nerves might be involved.
You will be asked where you feel these symptoms, if any.
Safety Check
A few important questions before we continue
We’ll quickly check for symptoms that can sometimes need urgent medical attention
Bladder & bowel changes
Sensation around the saddle area
New or rapidly worsening weakness
This is not a diagnosis. It is a safety screen to help guide the next step
A quick check for important warning signs
These questions focus on symptoms that may need urgent medical review
There are no right or wrong answers. Choose what best reflects your current situation
Your Story. Better Care. Stronger outcomes.
Answer a few questions to help your care team understand how your spine problem affects your daily life.
Your information is private & secure
We use it only to build your spine story.
Thinking about the past 7 days, how much has your spine problem affected these areas?
Choose the answer that best reflects your usual experience.
Functional Impact
Movement
Walking
Your ability to walk as much as you need to.
Sitting
Your ability to remain seated as needed for everyday activities.
Standing
Your ability to remain standing as needed for everyday activities.
Everyday Independence
Personal care
Washing, dressing, and managing your personal care independently.
Lifting & carrying
Lifting or carrying things you normally need in everyday life.
Daily Life
Sleep
Getting the sleep you need without your spine problem interfering with it.
Work & daily responsibilities
Managing your usual work, household tasks, study, or daily responsibilities.
Exercise & recreation
Taking part in exercise, hobbies, or recreational activities that matter to you.
PREVIOUS CARE
Your Care So Far
What have you already tried for your spine problem?
Select each area that applies. You can add the details you remember
Medication
Medicines used for your spine symptoms
Physical therapy
Physiotherapy, exercise, or rehabilitation
Injection / procedure
Spine injections or pain procedures
Surgery
Previous spine surgery
Tests & imaging
MRI, X-ray, CT, or nerve tests
None of these
I have not tried any of the above
What types of medication have you tried for your spine problem?
Select all that apply
Overall, how helpful was medication?
Before we finish, do any of these apply to you?
Select all that apply
pc Completion
Your Symptom Summary
An educational summary based only on the answers you selected.
Assessment completed: 23 August 2026
1. Safety Check Result
No urgent warning features identified
Result message
Emergency warning symptoms selected
Your answers include one or more warning symptoms that can require emergency medical assessment. This tool cannot determine the cause. Please seek urgent medical care now.
You selected:
Please seek prompt medical assessment. If the symptom is severe, new, or rapidly worsening, seek urgent medical care rather than relying on this educational tool.
Safety concern
Your safety assessment message will appear here.
Your selected warning features or risk factors will appear here.
Please seek prompt medical assessment. If the symptom is severe, new, or rapidly worsening, seek urgent medical care rather than relying on this educational tool.
2. Your Reported Symptoms
Where You Feel Pain
Your pain details will appear here
Pain
Intensity :
Nerve Symptoms
Your selected nerve symptoms will appear here.
Function & Movement
Your function and movement answers will appear here.
Your Symptom Story
Your symptom summary will appear here
What Your Symptoms May Suggest
Based on the pattern you selected, these symptoms can sometimes be seen with:
Possible lumbar nerve-root pattern
Pain extending into the leg with numbness or tingling can sometimes follow a lumbar nerve-root pattern.
Matched features: Lower-back pain · Leg pain · Tingling
Possible symptom pattern
A possible symptom pattern will appear here based on your selected answers.
Selected features will appear here.
These are possible symptom patterns, not diagnoses. Several conditions can cause similar symptoms, and a clinical examination may be needed to determine the cause.
3. What Should You Do Next?
Based on your answers, here is what we recommend.
This guidance does not replace assessment by a spine specialist.
✓ No Warning Features Detected
Spine Specialist Assessment May Be Helpful
Your screening did not identify warning features requiring urgent assessment.
If your symptoms persist, recur, worsen, or interfere with your daily activities, consider evaluation by a spine specialist for a clinical examination and, when appropriate, further investigation.
What you can do now
✓ Stay active as tolerated and avoid prolonged bed rest.
✓ Monitor your symptoms and note any changes.
✓ See a spine specialist if symptoms persist or worsen.
4. Prepare for Your Spine Visit
What to Bring
Medications · Previous imaging/reports
What to Describe
Onset · Changes · Better/worse · Daily impact
Questions to Consider
Cause · Tests · Treatment options · Warning signs
Review or Change Your Answers
Your Summary
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SPINE KNOWLEDGE
Question of the Day
Test your spine knowledge with a focused daily clinical question.
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Which of the following examination findings most strongly raises suspicion of degenerative cervical myelopathy?
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