If you have pain, exercise is not good for you. Not true . Exercise helps to prevent muscle wasting and in some cases can prevent increased pain by conditioning your muscles. How to Recognize Pain Pain can be expressed in many ways. It can be identified by mood changes, facial expressions, physical movements or in non-verbal vocal expressions.
Pain needs to be viewed as the fifth vital sign.
Just as we have our temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure taken as part of routine checkup, we should expect pain to be addressed as well. As a caregiver, you need to ask regularly to see if the person you care for is experiencing pain. Pain is a personal experience. It can be measured and described only by the person having it. There are no laboratory tests or technical tools that can measure pain.