Patient was instructed today regarding distraction technique for management of pain as follows:

  1. Distraction is an alternative pain management technique of shifting the attention away.
  2. Distraction can help with masking and reducing the experience of pain, but does not completely terminate the pain.
  3. This alternative pain management strategy helps with consciously training the mind to focus on some activity, away from pain.
  4. Since shifting the attention from pain could be difficult when the pain level is high, start practicing distraction when the pain level is manageable and gradually move on to practicing it with high pain levels, as you gain more control on practicing the technique.