I agree with Curly. Stay busy doing "something", and every time thoughts about pain in your wrist pop up, put them out of your mind. It won't be easy at first, but the more you put something out of your mind, the easier it gets. Remember the principle of building good habits: "Try and fail, try and fail, try and succeed." You want to replace the habit of thinking about the pains you have with the habit of ignoring the pains you have. Hope this helps, Gerry
Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > What's a good technique to ignore/mask pain in my arthritic right wrist? > The magnetic bracelet seemed to make it worse. > > On Sat, May 11, 2019, 3:17 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > I agree 100% with Karl. > > > > > > pain is all in your mind. If you will it away, concentrate on what you > > > want to do, the pain becomes background noise. Not in one minute, not > > > in one day if it is serious pain, but over time your mind learns to > > > ignore persistent acute pain. > > > > > > Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote on 5/11/19 5:06 PM: > > > > I do a lot of periop management for spine and joint patients. The mind > > > > inhibits pain perception actively. This is visible on fMRI. So > > > expectations > > > > and emotional state have a big effect on pain levels. It is a complex > > > > interplay. I always say that there are a lot of unproven therapies, but > > > as > > > > long as side effects are minimal, cost is reasonable and it seems to > > > help, > > > > I will take a placebo benefit every day of the week and twice on > > sunday. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
