I find that keeping yourself busy with things such as work, school, and hobbies, helps with the pain for the first week or so. Keeping busy helps me get my mind off of the source of the pain so that I am not focusing on it too much.
Longer term, I don't really have any advice, the pain goes away (or mostly so) after a while, but I don't know any way to help with that process. Hopefully someone else on this board can help with that.