Kentuckiana Pain Specialists Reviews — Which records to bring to a pain appointment

Collect prior tests and procedures

Request the dates and written reports for relevant imaging, surgery and injections. If a diagnostic block or other procedure was performed, bring the procedure note and your own record of what changed afterward. A recommendation based on an old scan may need to be reconsidered when symptoms have moved or changed.

Include treatments and medication history

List current medicines, supplements, allergies and implanted devices. For prior physical therapy, medicines or procedures, record the aim, how long you tried it and what benefit or difficulty followed. That helps distinguish an option that was never tried from one that was tried but did not meet your goals.

Keep a brief personal summary

A one-page timeline with the main pain pattern, important diagnoses and two or three daily activities you want to improve is enough to start. Keep copies of originals for your own records. If a specialist has a different interpretation, ask which finding drives the new plan rather than assuming the reports conflict.

Separate a test result from a treatment response. An MRI report might describe several changes, while a procedure note shows precisely where an injection was placed and with what immediate response. If the records are incomplete, label a detail as uncertain rather than guessing. Ask the previous office for missing notes when they could change a new recommendation.