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      <image:caption>Gal Gadot, an Israeli woman, actress and philanthoprist. This picture is from Nat Geo, “Impact”. Episode 2, about Surf Therapy for Grief. Recent fires in LA have brought up a grief of a whole city, of a people who were getting messages of hatred of their beloved hometown, while they were dealing with a disaster the immensity of which could and has fueled many Hollywood Disaster movies.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>How the false narrative of the opioid epidemic is causing a chronic pain crisis</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Jandra Mueller, Director of Education at Pelvic Health and Rehabilitation, has selected the participants based on meeting certain criteria. Demonstrating the measuring each participant will do, both pre session and post session. Each participant also has a fMRI before the 4-week program and after. This plus the data collected by PTI will help to give a complete picture of the power of Surf Therapy</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - What is Medical Trauma? - Post-op; this was a relativity easy recovery from a recent procedure. I’m happy that i woke up!!</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Yesterday, right before the Eagles game, my daughter took the bus down to see my sister, her Aunt. She also got a chance to drive around south jersey with Carol Lobel, another very special family friend. My mom would have been so happy to see this.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Lessons of a Life with Chronic Pain - by Sarah Carney</image:title>
      <image:caption>Sarah is Tracey’s 23 year old daughter, a graduate of  NYU, where she  studied Anthropology, Linguistics, Education and Graphic Design. She is also a comedy writer, an artist, a brick master-level Lego Builder, a drummer, an animal lover, a gardener, a roller-coaster enthusiast, a sailor, a dog-lover, a DC Universe connoisseur, a Broadway Lover, a self-proclaimed nerd, a deep thinker, an old soul, a good friend, a sister, and a surfer. She is the manager of Covid-Testing at Saturday Night Live, and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Why I prescribe Pickleball - On a very hot day this summer, I played with Natalie Small, LMFT, Founder of Groundswell Community Project</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog - Why I prescribe Pickleball - Some of the wonderful women (and men) I’ve met playing Pickleball. From left to right, Rosie, me, David, Ruth, Andrea, Farzenah. In front is Dianne, one of the biggest enthusiasts I have met!</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog - Why I prescribe Pickleball - Tracey Chester, M.S., M.A., is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional,  a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT 93387) and  a Trauma-Informed Consultant and Founder and Clinical Director of San Diego Medical Pain and Trauma Institute. Tracey  is amongst a small professional community that studies the relationship between grief, trauma and chronic illness/pain. Her research primarily focuses on the treatment of trauma through state-of-art new modalities such as ecotherapy, surf therapy, ketamine-assisted-therapy and the effects of THC/CBD on symptoms of pain and emotional trauma. Tracey is also a certified Grief Counselor and a Certified surf Therapist. Tracey’s mission is personal, as she is a chronic pain patient and a survivor of Complex Developmental PTSD, and the lived experience has proved helpful when working with patients with chronic pain.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Tracey Chester, LMFT - “Shame and self-judgment undercut our mental health improvement. The science of trauma shows us more and more that none of our symptoms are our fault. We are not weak, our brains were compromised with trauma.”</image:title>
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      <image:title>Tracey Chester, LMFT - You can also find Tracey Chester on LinkedIn, Medium, and working with the Groundswell Community Project.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Cate Beery, LMFT - Cate’s natural ability to listen compassionately without judgment allows her clients to experience and co-create an optimal, safe, and healing therapeutic space.</image:title>
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      <image:title>FAQ - “ For most patients, their chronic pain is a new diagnosis and there is a lot of unknown and fear which accompanies that. They feel alone, confused, judged, angry, isolated, and hopeless. It’s as if they are now suddenly living on a different planet than everybody else, and getting emotional support is crucial“</image:title>
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