Fig. 10.

Pain score vs patient number. It can be seen that the pain numbers were higher (patients felt pain a greater number of times) early in the week at the front end of the learning curve of injection technique. It can be seen that the pain scores were higher early in the week at the front end of the learning curve of injection technique. The first 10 patients had the highest pain scores (felt pain more times). The last 11 patients (21–32) all scored an eagle (pain score = 2) or a hole-in-one (pain score = 1).