Night-pain log

Use for 2 weeks before a rheumatology or primary-care visit.

Date:
Bedtime:
Wake time:

Night waking
- Time awake:
- Pain location:
- Stiffness 0-10:
- Better after moving: yes / no
- Worse at rest: yes / no
- Medication timing:
- Surface or pillow changes:
- Sleep position:

Morning
- Morning stiffness minutes:
- Pain 0-10:
- Fatigue 0-10:
- Function affected:

Context
- Stress:
- Infection symptoms:
- Overtraining:
- Under-moving or long sitting:
- Alcohol, late meal, or diet experiment:
- Missed medication:

Question for clinician:
- Does persistent night pain suggest uncontrolled inflammation?
- Should treatment, imaging, labs, sleep evaluation, or pain strategy change?