how do you know if you have a high or low pain thresh-hold?

Question

i went to the doctors last week for an ache i have had in my back for 6 weeks, apparently i have torn or ripped something, but the ache has only ever been a mild uncomfortable ache, i would have thought i would be in agony, so have i got a high pain thresh-hold?

do you think you have a high or low and how do we compare as some people exaggerate!

Answer 1

What a good question. The problem with describing pain is that it's very subjective. There is no injury that everybody would feel the same amount of pain from, and even if there was, there is no way of measuring it.

Maybe your back injury isn't as severe as it sounds.

It sounds like you have a high threshold. Lucky you. Just enjoy it.

Answer 2

If you tear something, regardless of your pain thresh hold, you know it right away and I don't care what people say. However, after the initial rip, it is common for the injury just to be a nuisance. I seperated my shoulder, tore my rotator cuff, and broke my collar bone all in one swift move. I was drunk too, but it hurt like crazy, I could'nt even life my arm up that night to drink more beer. But after that, it was just a mild discomfort. I had surgery a year after that to repair the damage. But like I said, I knew I tore something right away. You probably knew when you tweaked your back.

Answer 3

I have a high pain threshold also, which is not nessesarily a good thing. You tend to ignore things which if you had them treated, it might not be as bad down the road. In my case, I broke my ankle 6 years ago. After it healed, I went back to full duty as a mail carrier on a street route. I did more damage to it. I have osteoarthritis which would not have been this bad this soon if I had taken better care of myself.

Answer 4

i have a low pain...it didnt hurt to get any of my piercings..or get 2 epidurals in my back during labor....or my tattoo..it didnt hurt either..

nothin really hurts me