Chronic pain is as differing and variable as the number of people experiencing it.
No two people feel pain or express their experience of pain alike. Because of this, reporting or talking about one's pain to another in a way that can be easily understood is a major and frustrating challenge for patient, family, employer, friends, and healthcare providers alike. Here I have devised a scale that can be revised as the pain patient's situation changes over time and will describe the quality and intensity of one's pain in terms anyone can, hopefully, agree upon and understand. The Randall Chronic Pain Scale allows patients to express pain measurement in a way that is unique to their particular situation. It allows patients to use terms that are meaningful to them and understandable to others.