Pain and Pain Experiences
•Pain experiences are:
	▫Unique and individual for each person
	▫Complex in nature
	▫Not predictable from person to person
•Pain experiences are influenced by:
	▫Physical factors
	▫Psychosocial factors
	▫Cultural factors
	▫Spiritual/existential factors
Thus, multimodal treatment is necessary and self-report is the best indicator of pain…
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