Click to view the profile of Dr Tony JewellBack pain is a big problem for Wales. There is a cost to individuals, which can include physical and mental ill health and unemployment, and there is a wider financial cost to the economy in Wales.
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Juliet Gamlin
Distraction
This technique can be very powerful and useful if you learn to do it effectively. It works best for a short period of time such as if you are having a medical procedure like a biopsy, or if you find it very painful to climb the stairs or to stand for long enough to do the washing up. It can also be used to help get to sleep. Distraction works by getting your mind to concentrate 100% on something other than your pain, for example, thinking of the words to a poem, counting backwards from 200 in threes, remembering the names of people you were in school with or the names of all the teachers.
Click to view the profile of Dr Tony JewellBack pain is a big problem for Wales. There is a cost to individuals, which can include physical and mental ill health and unemployment, and there is a wider financial cost to the economy in Wales.
