I have no concept of the pain scale, likeâŚI just realized that last week I said I was in especially awful hip pain and when my pt asked to rate it I said â3â. And then this week I said I felt a lot better than last week and when she asked me to rate it I said â3â. I really donât know what the numbers are supposed to be. I know itâs supposed to be out of ten but like. I think I rate the pain by what time of the day it is. Like âi will rate the pain Iâm in at a 5 at the end of the day, so compared to what my pain level will be later, what Iâm feeling right now is a 3.â I also think i rate in overall pain rather than specific pain? Like, systemically Iâm at a five. Some parts will be worse or better but i just rate it all at five because thatâs the average
Hereâs a pain scale that actually makes sense.
MUCH better than those stupid smile faces.
This is amazingly helpful.
Please show this to children. I could have used this when I was in the hospital with mastoiditis.
Like your asking a child to tell you what level of pain they are in?? All I know if I want to scream and go to sleep
