How to use this calculator
- Rate pain now, at its worst and at its least over 24 hours.
- Add how long you have had it and whether it wakes you.
- Get your average score and severity band.
Also searched as: Numeric Pain Rating Scale, Pain Scale Calculator.
How it works
The Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) scores pain from 0 (none) to 10 (worst imaginable). Averaging current, worst and least pain gives a more stable figure than a single number. Scores of 1 to 3 are mild, 4 to 6 moderate and 7 to 10 severe.
Reading your result
| 0 to 3 | Mild pain: stay active. |
|---|---|
| 4 to 6 | Moderate pain: pace activity; physiotherapy helps. |
| 7 to 10 | Severe pain: get assessed. |
| Warning signs | Medical review first. |
Physiotherapy treatment
Pain assessment and symptom guided rehabilitation is the core of physiotherapy for pain conditions. After an assessment, your physiotherapist sets a plan built around gentle mobility, graded activity and strengthening as tolerated, progressed as your results improve. Hands-on treatment, pain relief and education are added where they help.
Exercises this calculator may recommend
Your result decides which of these appear, and at what dose.
Medical note
Calculators give estimates for general guidance and do not diagnose any condition. Stop and seek medical help for chest pain, fainting, sudden weakness or numbness, loss of bladder or bowel control, or severe or rapidly worsening pain. Always follow your surgeon's or doctor's instructions over any calculator.