I have no concept of the pain scale, like…I just realized that last week I said I was in especially awful hip pain and when my pt asked to rate it I said “3”. And then this week I said I felt a lot better than last week and when she asked me to rate it I said “3”. I really don’t know what the numbers are supposed to be. I know it’s supposed to be out of ten but like. I think I rate the pain by what time of the day it is. Like “i will rate the pain I’m in at a 5 at the end of the day, so compared to what my pain level will be later, what I’m feeling right now is a 3.” I also think i rate in overall pain rather than specific pain? Like, systemically I’m at a five. Some parts will be worse or better but i just rate it all at five because that’s the average
MUCH better than those stupid smile faces.
im going to reblog this because im sure my followers will appreciate it, but I have to say that this also doesn’t work for me. With my anxiety, my pain level could actually be low, but it might b in my chest or feel kinda funny so my anxiety will not allow me to focus on anything else. But I wouldn’t rate it at a 5/6…it’s confusing