What Is Pain? - Theanne Griffith, The Great Courses

Are you in any pain right now? If so, can you point to the location of your pain? And how would you describe your pain level on a scale from one to 10? Those seem like questions anyone should be able to answer, right? But they’re more complicated than they seem. We’ve all experienced pain, but describing it to another person, even a healthcare worker, can be incredibly difficult. After all, pain can be a burning, stinging, stabbing, or scratching feeling. It can be aching, throbbing, cramping, o