A pain report for your doctor as a PDF condenses weeks or months of your pain diary into a few pages. In PainTrack the feature is called Doctor's report. You pick the pain, the period and the content. PainTrack works out the average, the range and the pain-free days, draws the charts and hands you a PDF file to email or print.
Appointments with your GP or specialist are short, and scrolling through a hundred entries on your phone would eat most of one. Your doctor can read a page of key figures and a trend line while you talk, then add it to your record.
The sample report (PDF) shows the layout with example data. The doctor's report is part of PainTrack Pro.
The eleven sections at a glance
Under "Content" you tap what the report should contain. Apart from the summary, each section matches a view you already know from the app.
| Section | What the PDF shows |
|---|---|
| Summary | days logged, entries, average intensity, pain-free days, range, longest streak |
| Charts | your intensity over time as a graph |
| Weekly trend | the same figures as the Weekly trend card |
| Medications | medication list, dose log, cycle curve for regular medication |
| Events | the events in the period with a before/after comparison |
| Patterns | the strongest triggers written out as sentences |
| Body map | front and back coloured by frequency, plus the five most frequent locations |
| Monthly reports | the monthly figures from the app |
| Milestones | the milestones you have reached |
| Activity | a grid with one cell per day |
| Entries | the individual entries |
Seven sections come preselected: Summary, Charts, Medications, Events, Patterns, Body map and Entries. "Select all" switches on all eleven, "Default" restores the preselection. Sections without usable data drop out, so the report contains no empty tables.
The summary always sits on page 1. It also compares the second half of the period with the first and states how many entries that comparison rests on. If you selected more than one pain, a table per pain follows.
In the Medications section your doctor sees, for regular medication, the number of doses, the average interval and any delay of more than 25 percent. For as-needed medication you get doses per week in a table, plus up to 40 doses listed with their time. Events and Patterns draw on the before/after comparison and the trigger analysis, explained in events and trigger analysis. The PDF marks these patterns as correlations.
Step by step to the PDF
- Open the report. You have three ways in: the "Doctor's report" button at the top of the Diary, the "Doctor's report" block at the bottom of the Analysis page with its "Create PDF" button, or the row "Doctor's report as PDF" under More. All three lead to the "Export report" screen.
- Choose the pain. Pick a single pain or "All pains".
- Pick the content. Tap the sections your doctor needs. For a first appointment, the preselection covers it.
- Set the time range. The options are 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year and "All".
- Tap "Create PDF & share". Your phone's share menu opens. From there you email the file or save it for printing.
For a follow-up, choose the step that covers the gap since your last visit. For a first visit to a pain clinic, "All" gives the specialist your complete record.
The report stays light for printing, even if you use dark mode. It comes out in the language set under More → Language, so before seeing a doctor abroad you can switch to German, French or Spanish. A QR code in the PDF points to schmerztrack.app/app, which forwards to the App Store or Google Play.
Free and Pro
| Feature | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Log entries, notes, tags, body locations | yes | yes |
| Add events, log doses | yes | yes |
| Visible history in the Diary | last 3 months | unlimited |
| PDF doctor's report | no | yes |
| CSV export | no | yes |
| Monthly reports, shareable as text | no | yes |
Without Pro, the three entry points to the doctor's report open the paywall. Everything that ends up in a report, you collect on the free plan. PainTrack deletes nothing: the Diary hides entries older than three months without Pro, and after you upgrade they reappear and go into your reports. The annual plan starts with a seven-day free trial if you have not used it before.
CSV export for your own spreadsheets
Alongside the PDF, Pro includes CSV export under More → Transfer data. You choose the scope: entries with time, intensity, tags, note and body locations, daily values with the average per pain, events, or doses. The separator is either "Standard (comma)", which suits English-language spreadsheets, or "Excel (semicolon)", which uses a decimal comma for German-style tables.
CSV suits you if you want to run your own numbers or a practice asks for raw data. For the appointment itself, bring the PDF. A single month you can also share as text from the monthly reports.
Who the doctor's report is for
- Follow-up appointments, when your doctor wants to know how things went since your last visit. The summary answers that with numbers.
- A first appointment at a pain clinic or with a new specialist who does not know your history yet.
- After a change of medication, provided you marked that day as an event. The Events section then sets the weeks before against the weeks after.
- When you feel dismissed. Documented days and values change the footing of the conversation, as when your doctor doesn't believe your pain explains.
If you log on good days too, the count of pain-free days carries weight. The basics are in how to keep a pain diary, and preparing the visit itself is covered in preparing for a pain appointment.
Frequently asked questions
Can I create the doctor's report in PainTrack without Pro? No, the PDF doctor's report is part of PainTrack Pro. You log your entries for free, and once you upgrade the report also includes entries older than three months.
What should a pain report for a doctor include? Average, range and pain-free days, the trend over time, your medications with doses taken, and any changes to your treatment. The preselection in the doctor's report covers these points.
How do I send the report to my doctor's office? After "Create PDF & share", your phone's share menu opens. You can email the file, or save it and print it. Ask the practice which route they prefer.
Can anyone besides me see my pain data? PainTrack stores your data encrypted on your device, with no account and no server of ours. Only the people you send the file to see the report.
PainTrack is not a medical device and does not replace medical diagnosis or treatment. The app is intended for personal documentation and self-observation.