Using a Visual Analog Pain Scale

By Chris Adams, About.com Guide

Indicate your pain level on the colored bar of the chart. Go with your instinct. Just point and mark. The color bar helps bypass your higher brain functions and lets you respond with a truer understanding of your pain. Use an "S" or some other symbol to denote the starting pain level.

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• Get a Visual Pain Scale
• Track Your Problem Tasks
• Date & Time Stamp
• Mark Your Starting Pain
• Mark Your Ending Pain
• What to do Now?

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