Reliance

Personalized analysis of your pain when sitting

Take 2 to 3 minutes to describe your situation.
The more precise your description, the better suited our analysis will be.

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How to answer?
Keep it simple and concrete. Give the exact location of your pain, its intensity (0–10), and what makes it worse or better.
See examples at the bottom of the page
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Your information remains strictly confidential and is used only to analyze your situation.

Before you start

Please scroll to the bottom before going to the questionnaire.

1. Scope

This questionnaire and the resulting analysis offer a mechanistic reading of your situation when sitting, based solely on the information you provide.

2. Purpose

The aim is to better understand the mechanisms that may keep up or worsen discomfort or pain when sitting, and to point you toward a suitable Aporia® seating solution.

3. Aporia® bioactive seats

Aporia® seats are active ergonomic products designed to support the body’s capacity to adapt to sitting through three combined actions: functional mobility of the pelvis, dynamic postural balancePostural balancePostural balance is the ability to keep or restore the projection of the center of mass within the base of support, both at rest and in motion. When sitting, it involves the trunk, the pelvis and the hips.Read the full entry : Postural balance, and multi-zone support that helps the tissues glide.

4. Limits of the analysis

This analysis is based on self-reported information that may be influenced by your personal perception or by certain contextual factors. It is neither a medical diagnosis nor a treatment prescription. Aporia® is not a medical device.

5. Caution and confidentiality

If your pain is severe or persistent, we recommend seeing a qualified healthcare professional. The information you provide is treated in strict confidence. The analysis is written in English.

Examples to help you

Location / side
Describe precisely every area affected by the pain (e.g. tailbone, anus, perineumPerineumThe perineum is the region at the lower part of the pelvis, between the thighs. It includes skin, muscle, fascial, vascular and nerve structures, and it is also an area that may bear load when sitting.Read the full entry : Perineum, buttock, hip, lower back, leg…). Say whether the pain is on the right, on the left, central (midline) or on both sides. Also describe what the pain feels like (burning, pressure, electric shock, foreign-body sensation, pulling, numbness…) and when it appears (on getting up, after 20 minutes of sitting, after a bowel movement, at the end of the day…).

Intensity (0–10)
Rate the average and maximum intensity on a scale of 0 to 10. You can explain in the pain description box if this intensity varies, for example: “4/10 in the morning, 7/10 after 20 minutes of sitting”.

Aggravating factors
List the positions, postures, movements or situations that make the pain worse: sitting (how long without pain?), bending forward, leaning sideways, prolonged standing, walking, driving, bowel movements, end of the day, stress…

Relieving factors
Say what relieves your pain: standing, lying on your stomach or on your side, heat, cold, sitting on the toilet, massage, movement, changing position…

↑ Back to the questionnaire

1	Location * Other location (if needed) Side * Right Left Central Both sides Type / sensation of the pain * Burning Tingling Electric shock Foreign-body sensation Pulling Pressure Dull pain Sharp pain Numbness Itching Throbbing Other (please specify) Other type of pain (if needed) Intensity (0 to 10) * 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Triggering factor * What usually triggers the pain? (for example: sitting, local pressure, walking, effort, digestion, bowel movements, …) Aggravating factors * Once the pain has started, what makes it worse or last longer? (for example: sitting for a long time, pressure on the painful area, prolonged walking, poor posture, stress, end of the day…) Relieving factors * Comments or details about your pain If important information about your pain is not covered by the questionnaire, you can add it here. (for example: particular sensations, how the pain has changed, treatments tried, specific circumstances…)
1	Location * Other location (if needed) Side * Right Left Central Both sides Type / sensation of the pain * Burning Tingling Electric shock Foreign-body sensation Pulling Pressure Dull pain Sharp pain Numbness Itching Throbbing Other (please specify) Other type of pain (if needed) Intensity (0 to 10) * 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Triggering factor * What usually triggers the pain? (for example: sitting, local pressure, walking, effort, digestion, bowel movements, …) Aggravating factors * Once the pain has started, what makes it worse or last longer? (for example: sitting for a long time, pressure on the painful area, prolonged walking, poor posture, stress, end of the day…) Relieving factors * Comments or details about your pain If important information about your pain is not covered by the questionnaire, you can add it here. (for example: particular sensations, how the pain has changed, treatments tried, specific circumstances…)