Yellow Flags Flashcards
1
Q
What are yellow flags?
A
Obstacles that maybe classed as yellow flags include aspects of thoughts, feelings and behaviours
Beliefs, appraises and judgements
Emotional responses
Pain behaviour inducing and pain coping strategies
2
Q
Examples of yellow flags
A
Catastrophising- thinking the worse
Finding pain experienced unbearable (disproportionate)
Having nhelpful beliefs
Becoming preoccupied with health over anxious, distressed
Fear of movement and reinjury
Uncertainty about what the future holds
Changing or reoccurring behaviours
Expecting people or interventions to solves the problem (being passive in the process) and several visits to different practitioners
General work/life related stress with other situations
