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• Psychological Prehabilitation Improves Surgical Recovery

  17-03-2025 17:28 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top HealthA new analysis led by surgeons found that psychological prehabilitation can significantly enhance recovery after surgery. Psychological prehabilitation refers to a proactive approach aimed at improving surgical outcomes through preventive measures. The study, published in the Annals of Surgery, analyzed data from 20 randomized controlled trials and found that prehabilitation reduced the length of hospital stay, pain, anxiety, and depression...
  
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• ‘The longer I left it, the more it was going to freak me out’: how Will returned to the water after a close call with a shark

  17-03-2025 15:00
  
  Getting ‘back on the horse’ after a traumatic experience requires risk assessment – but there are tools we can use to reframe our thinking and move forwardIt was a beautiful Friday afternoon in April 2010 when Will Salter stood on the shore and appraised a reef break on Victoria’s Mornington peninsula. He can tell you the exact time, too: 5pm.As he paddled for 10 minutes towards three other surfers, he could smell remnants from a whale carcass that had washed up months ea
  
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