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Using a Visual Analog Pain Scale

By Chris Adams, About.com

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Mark Your Starting Pain

Visual Pain Scale Note 3

Visual Pain Scale Note 3

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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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