60-second pain hacks

When you're in pain, it's like nothing else matters. Here are eight little tricks to cope. Also, a boneheaded mistake on my part, and 7 other things worth your time.

Do you remember that Carly Simon song from the 1970s? “Haven't Got Time for the Pain”?

I'm pretty sure it was about heartache. But when you're in physical pain, it can be almost impossible to get past it.

That’s why I was glad to come across a series of YouTube videos a while back by Amy Rushlow, formerly of Prevention magazine, explaining how to make se…