name / week: ________________flare log
recovery time is often the most useful number here. log it even when the flare itself was mild.
| start date | possible trigger | severity 0-10 | what it stopped | days to recover | what helped |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
free worksheet from rox · talktorox.com · not medical advice
the free flare tracker does the same thing in your browser and works out the patterns for you. rox is the free ios app behind it: it remembers every entry, reads your apple watch, oura, garmin or amazfit, and builds a summary a doctor can read in a minute.
how to use it
One flare tells you almost nothing. Five flares that all follow poor sleep, a busy week or a missed dose tell you a great deal, and that only becomes visible if you record what came before each one.
Recovery time is the number people forget to log and the one clinicians find most useful, because it captures the real cost of a flare far better than severity alone.
01
what should i record about a flare?
when it started, what happened in the day or two before, how bad it was, what it stopped you doing, how long recovery took and what helped. the day before matters as much as the flare itself.
02
how do i find flare triggers?
log every flare the same way and look for what keeps appearing beforehand. avoid concluding from one episode; patterns need repetition before they mean anything.
03
how long does a flare last?
it varies by condition and by person, which is exactly why logging your own recovery time is worth more than any general answer.
free to use and share. rox is a tracking tool, not medical advice, and it cannot diagnose or treat anything.