Poster: Nonverbal Signs of Pain - Pain is Visible!

A FREE digital download poster that shows several signs of pain that are nonverbal clues.

Feel free to embed it in your website, on your socials, or share it with your provider or with loved ones. You're more than welcome to copy and use my text as well. Citations and links to my site are always appreciated!

These are all signs of pain:

• Facial expressions
• Withdrawal from activity or 'going silent'
• Body posture: Pain patients tend to hold their limbs close to their body to protect themselves. They also make unnatural movements in an attempt to avoid more pain.
• Shallow breathing or abnormal breathing
• Excessive sweating
• Hand movements can show distress and pain
• Crying and sounds of distress
• Swift mood changes, especially with anger, aggression, irritability, and agitation -
• Confusion

Nonverbal communication is silent communication.

It is seen and observed through eye contact, facial expressions, gestures, posture, and body language. Pay attention to these signs when you are with someone who lives with chronic pain.

Pain always visible if you know what to look for.

Chronically yours,

Carrie Kellenberger, author of MySeveralWorlds.com

MySeveralWorlds.com supports people living with chronic illness, chronic pain, and disability.

I'm a Canadian chronically ill and disabled author and artist living in Taiwan.

Size: 1000x1415

If you'd like an A1, A2, or A3 poster, please feel free to contact me and I'll send you the file.