Track your pain level and activities every day.
To effectively treat your pain, your doctor needs to know how you’ve been feeling between visits. Keeping a log or journal of your daily “pain score” will help you track your pain. At the end of each day, note your pain level on the 1 to 10 pain scale. Also, note what activities you did that day. Take this log book to every doctor visit – to give your doctor a good understanding of how you’re living with chronic pain and your physical functioning level.
Get a massage for chronic pain relief.
Massage can help reduce stress and relieve tension – and is being used by people living with all sorts of chronic pain, including back and neck pain.
