Patient was instructed regarding altered focus technique for pain management as follows:
- Altered focus is a technique of pain management, in which you train the mind to produce pleasant, altered sensations in a non-painful part of the body.
- Also, to help generate the altered sensation, you can train the mind to visualize the rest of the body receiving some treatment, such as, a warm massage.
- Relaxing into the altered sensation produced in a non-painful part of the body, will help you concentrate more on the pleasant altered sensation.
- This mindful shift in focus makes the altered sensation to be the predominant sensation.
- With the shift in focus from the source of pain to an altered sensation in a non-painful body site, shift also happens with the experience of pain and discomfort, thus helping with pain management.
