And for those days that I laugh in the face of pain, here's one of my favorites.
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Pain Scale
While we're on the topic of pain, I always try and rate my pain level accurately. There are a lot of pain scale charts and images out there. One I really don't like is the one with the faces:
I do like pain scales that give me more objective and descriptive terminology for each level of pain like these two:
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