Visual analog scale and method of use for the diagnosis and/or treatment of physical pain

A Visual Analog Scale for diagnosing an amount and intensity of pain comprising:

• base having a frontside and a backside;
• a patient's pain scale on the frontside of the base, wherein the patient's pain scale comprises a spectrum having a first end and a second end;
• a provider's pain scale on the backside of the base, wherein the provider's pain scale comprises a range of pain descriptors having a first end and a second end;
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• an indicator mounted on the base, wherein the indicator comprises an elongated shape having a first arm and a second arm, a patient's indicator line on the first arm, wherein the first arm is operatively connected to the frontside, and a provider's indicator line on the second arm, wherein the second arm is operatively connected to the backside.

A Visual Analog Scale of for diagnosing an amount and intensity of pain comprising:

• a base having a frontside and a backside;
• a patient's pain scale on the frontside of the base, wherein the patient's pain scale comprises a spectrum having a first end and a second end;
• said first end of the spectrum corresponding to a minimum amount of pain and said second end of the spectrum corresponding to a maximum amount of pain;
• a provider's pain scale on the backside of the base, wherein the provider's pain scale comprises a range of pain descriptors having a first end and a second end;
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• an indicator mounted on the base, wherein the indicator comprises an elongated shape having a first arm and a second arm, a patient's indicator line on the first arm, wherein the first arm is operatively connected to the frontside, and a provider's indicator line on the second arm, wherein the second arm is operatively connected to the backside.

A Visual Analog Scale for diagnosing an amount and intensity of pain comprising:

• a base having a frontside and a backside;
• a patient's pain scale on the frontside of the base comprising a spectrum having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the spectrum corresponds to a minimum amount of pain and the second end of the spectrum corresponds to a maximum amount of pain;
• a provider's pain scale on the backside of the base comprising a range of pain descriptors having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the range of pain descriptors corresponds to a minimum amount of pain and the second end of the range of pain descriptors corresponds to a maximum amount of pain;
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• an indicator mounted on the base and operatively connected to the provider's pain scale and the patient's pain scale, wherein the indicator comprises an elongated shape having a first arm and a second arm, a patient's indicator line on the first arm, wherein the first arm is operatively connected to the frontside, and a provider's indicator line on the second arm, wherein the second arm is operatively connected to the backside.

A method for accurately diagnosing an amount and intensity of pain being experienced by a person comprising:

• providing a visual analog scale to the patient, wherein the visual analog scale comprises a base having a frontside and a backside, a patient's pain scale on the frontside, a provider's pain scale on the backside wherein the provider's pain scale is a range of pain descriptors comprising a continuous solid line having markings identifying uniform discrete intervals, and an indicator mounted on the base operatively connected to both the patient's pain scale and the provider's pain scale;
• preventing the patient from observing the provider's pain scale;
• causing the patient to adjust the indicator operatively connected to the patient's pain scale to indicate on the patient's pain scale the amount and intensity of pain being experienced;
• observing the amount and intensity of pain indicated on the provider's pain scale by the operation of the indicator on the provider's pain scale to provide an accurate diagnosis of the amount and intensity of the pain being experienced without influencing the patient's description of the pain being experienced.