Jarrod Shapiro, DPM, FACFAS, FACPM
“Dr X, my foot really hurts.”
“I’m sorry to hear that,” says Dr. X. “On a scale of 0 to 10, with 10 being the worst possible pain, how would you rate your pain?”
“It’s an 11. Yes, definitely an 11.”
I’m not sure how many times in my practice I’ve experienced something like the above conversation. Pain is the most common reason patients see physicians, yet it is a subjective complaint with many complexities. We call pain the 5th vital sign, and we are instructed to assess the severity of pain, but I often find this method to be challenging due to its subjectivity … read more
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