There is no watching a movie or picking up a good book to get your mind off it.   In fact, chronic pain is more likely to interfere with your enjoyment of anything you want to do, and that's why musculoskeletal disorders have such significant impact on your general health.  At some point, chronic pain may cause immobility, which encourages a host of diseases that worsen with lack of activity and exercise.

The vast majority of people suffering with chronic pain suffer from some kind of musculoskeletal disorder, most frequently muscle pain (trigger points).   Taking care of muscle pain is less complicated when done early, before it propagates.  Left undiagnosed and untreated, these problems may become structural, causing real damage to your bones and joints (arthritis).  At this point you have magnified the problems to serious, costly, and potentially life threatening proportions. 

Whether you have chronic low back pain or a knee that constantly aches, chances are that your posture may have an impact.  Dr. Janet Travell (White House physician to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson) described poor posture as a significant perpetuating factor in musculoskeletal disease.  She also described how Morton's Foot Structure negatively impacts posture.

Listen to your body, and listen to your kids.  Pain is always real! 
If your kids complain about knee or back pain after sports or play, investigate.  They may have Rothbart's Foot Structure and be predisposed to musculoskeletal disorders.   Posture Control Insoles^T are good prevention.