Patient was instructed today regarding practicing distraction technique for pain management as follows: Distraction is an alternative pain management technique of shifting the attention away. Distraction can help with masking and reducing the experience of pain, by consciously training the mind to focus on an activity, but does not completely terminate the pain. Practice distraction technique by doing some art work, such as, painting. You can try different colors and shades, to make the painting [...]

Patient was instructed today regarding practicing distraction technique for pain management as follows: Distraction is an alternative pain management technique of shifting the attention away. Distraction can help with masking and reducing the experience of pain, by consciously training the mind to focus on an activity, but does not completely terminate the pain. Practice distraction technique by listening to some soothing music or a song you like. You can start tapping the fingers with the [...]

Patient was instructed today regarding distraction technique for management of pain as follows: Distraction is an alternative pain management technique of shifting the attention away. Distraction can help with masking and reducing the experience of pain, but does not completely terminate the pain. This alternative pain management strategy helps with consciously training the mind to focus on some activity, away from pain. Since shifting the attention from pain could be difficult when the pain level [...]