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Keeping a Pain Diary

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You may have noticed that I sometimes recommend keeping a pain diary. Basically a pain diary is a daily log that tracks your pain intensity as well as medications, therapies and other activities that may impact your pain. The pain diary can be a very useful tool in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic pain.

Read more about the various reasons to keep a pain diary and download a Daily Pain Log that you can print out and use: Keeping a Pain Diary

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