{"id":6216,"date":"2015-08-26T12:00:36","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/?p=6216"},"modified":"2015-10-06T00:47:19","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T00:47:19","slug":"surfing-as-a-therapy-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/surfing-as-a-therapy-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Surfing as a Therapy Treatment?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fact that surfing<\/a> feels awesome, makes one go beyond what deemed possible and just might be the best stress release in the universe should not be any big news for any surfer<\/a>. In recent years however surfing has also gotten more and more attention as a therapy treatment to various diseases and special needs.<\/em><\/p>\n

Some of these medical applications of surfing include treatments for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Polytrauma, Autism, Cystic Fibrosis and Depression. As surfing is not only fun and camaraderie to participants, it also boosts self-esteem through the sense of accomplishment while at the same time providing a feeling of serenity. \u00a0Other advantages of surfing are the combination of physical exercise and the saline mist, that especially helps people with cystic fibrosis breaking up and releasing the excess muck building up in their lungs, and the ocean’s power to provide stress release by offering a remedy from sensory overload often experienced by people suffering from autism.<\/p>\n

Surfing’s latest ‘miracle’ takes form in 8-year old Madison Eddy from Cornwall. Madi, as she is called by her family and friends, was born premature with just 23 weeks and several severe disabilities including a bleed on her brain, cerebral palsy and epilepsy. Unable to learn how to walk unaided she spent the first eight years of her life in a wheelchair. Her foster and later adoptive parents however encouraged her to live her life as fully as possible, enrolling her in a mainstream school and always looking for activities that she could take part in. Eventually this brought them in contact with surfing and The Wave Project<\/a>. The Wave Project is a surfing charity which provides children facing exceptional disadvantages with specially suited surf courses and a surf club for everyone having completed one of their courses.<\/p>\n

Madi’s progress during the charity’s six-week course is astonishing. She went from building up confidence in the water in a specially adapted beach wheelchair in week one to sitting on a surfboard in week two to actually surfing waves standing up while being held by a volunteer by week six. But the real surprise came when the course was over. “We were at home and I was holding her under her arms, but she suddenly went forward on her own, fumbling towards the settee.\u00a0She only took about two or three steps, but it was the first time she had ever walked on her own,” her mother Margaret explains. From then on Madi took every chance to show off her new ability, increasing the number of independent steps with each try.<\/p>\n

Madi’s parents believe that her ability to walk came about by the increased confidence she got through surfing. “The difference was confidence. Knowing that she could get up on that surf board, the same as everybody else, gave her the confidence to walk.\u00a0I don\u2019t think she ever thought she could go on the sea, let alone go surfing. But now she has realised that she can do whatever she puts her mind to,” Margaret states.<\/p>\n

We at Atlantik Surf<\/a> are wishing Madi a great further development and all the fun in the world practicing the best sport that has ever existed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The fact that surfing feels awesome, makes one go beyond what deemed possible and just might be the best stress release in the universe should not [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[663,664,620,625,661,662],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nSurfing as a Therapy Treatment? | Atlantik Surf \u00ae<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The fact that surfing feels awesome, makes one go beyond what deemed possible and just might be the best stress release in the universe should not be any.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/surfing-as-a-therapy-treatment\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"raissa\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/surfing-as-a-therapy-treatment\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/surfing-as-a-therapy-treatment\/\",\"name\":\"Surfing as a Therapy Treatment? | Atlantik Surf \u00ae\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-26T12:00:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-10-06T00:47:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a552b97bd0470c2e61f43269614b7d85\"},\"description\":\"The fact that surfing feels awesome, makes one go beyond what deemed possible and just might be the best stress release in the universe should not be any.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/surfing-as-a-therapy-treatment\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Atlantik Surf \u00ae\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a552b97bd0470c2e61f43269614b7d85\",\"name\":\"raissa\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a19a92367fb6bb37604ecb5051976252?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a19a92367fb6bb37604ecb5051976252?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"raissa\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/author\/raissa\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Surfing as a Therapy Treatment? | Atlantik Surf \u00ae","description":"The fact that surfing feels awesome, makes one go beyond what deemed possible and just might be the best stress release in the universe should not be any.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/surfing-as-a-therapy-treatment\/","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"raissa","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/surfing-as-a-therapy-treatment\/","url":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/surfing-as-a-therapy-treatment\/","name":"Surfing as a Therapy Treatment? | Atlantik Surf \u00ae","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-08-26T12:00:36+00:00","dateModified":"2015-10-06T00:47:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a552b97bd0470c2e61f43269614b7d85"},"description":"The fact that surfing feels awesome, makes one go beyond what deemed possible and just might be the best stress release in the universe should not be any.","inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/surfing-as-a-therapy-treatment\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/","name":"Atlantik Surf \u00ae","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a552b97bd0470c2e61f43269614b7d85","name":"raissa","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a19a92367fb6bb37604ecb5051976252?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a19a92367fb6bb37604ecb5051976252?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"raissa"},"url":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/author\/raissa\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/08\/Waveproject31.jpg?fit=700%2C480&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6bcoz-1Cg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6579,"url":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/best-surfing-quotes\/","url_meta":{"origin":6216,"position":0},"title":"The best surfing quotes","author":"raissa","date":"23 September, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Surfing quotes are thick on the ground \u2013 some quotes are profound, some are inspiring and some are just funny. We collected the best surfing quotes for you. \u201eThe best surfer out there is the one having the most fun.\u201c Phil Edwards Definitely a good point of view, because having\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Information"","block_context":{"text":"Information","link":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/category\/information\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Surfing quotes","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/09\/surfing-quotes_learn-to-surf.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/09\/surfing-quotes_learn-to-surf.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/09\/surfing-quotes_learn-to-surf.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/09\/surfing-quotes_learn-to-surf.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/09\/surfing-quotes_learn-to-surf.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6953,"url":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/mikey-february-south-africas-rising-surfing-star\/","url_meta":{"origin":6216,"position":1},"title":"Mikey February: South Africa’s Rising Surfing Star","author":"Christian Crossing-Taylor","date":"12 July, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"As with other sports, surfing has rising stars, kids that many have been seeing since a couple of years, and when you realize they have won several tournaments and championships, rising as the country's new super star. This is the case of Mikey February and South Africa. He is on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sin categor\u00eda"","block_context":{"text":"Sin categor\u00eda","link":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/category\/sin-categoria\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/mikey-february.jpeg?fit=850%2C567&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/mikey-february.jpeg?fit=850%2C567&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/mikey-february.jpeg?fit=850%2C567&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/mikey-february.jpeg?fit=850%2C567&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7364,"url":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/who-offers-the-best-surfing-lessons-in-tenerife\/","url_meta":{"origin":6216,"position":2},"title":"Who Offers the best Surfing Lessons in Tenerife?","author":"Christian Crossing-Taylor","date":"30 August, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 A couple of months ago we published a post called Which is the best surf school in Tenerife, and I think, after seeing that Google ranked it 1st on their Spanish Serps, that it was a good idea not only for us but for the entire surfing community in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Bodyboarding"","block_context":{"text":"Bodyboarding","link":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/category\/bodyboarding\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Surfing lessons Tenerife","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/08\/Surf-school-tenerife-lessons-atlantik.png?fit=780%2C387&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/08\/Surf-school-tenerife-lessons-atlantik.png?fit=780%2C387&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/08\/Surf-school-tenerife-lessons-atlantik.png?fit=780%2C387&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/08\/Surf-school-tenerife-lessons-atlantik.png?fit=780%2C387&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7100,"url":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/first-surfing-family\/","url_meta":{"origin":6216,"position":3},"title":"The First Surfing Family","author":"Christian Crossing-Taylor","date":"13 December, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"If you are a true surfer you might have dreamt of going on a never-ending Surf Trip and raise dozens of children in a surfing manner. Well this is what one of the most influential surfers of all times did: Dorian Paskowitz, aka 'Doc'. According to the website www.theinertia.com, he\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sin categor\u00eda"","block_context":{"text":"Sin categor\u00eda","link":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/category\/sin-categoria\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Surfing Family","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/12\/First-Surfing-Family-Paskowitz-DOc.jpg?fit=780%2C438&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/12\/First-Surfing-Family-Paskowitz-DOc.jpg?fit=780%2C438&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/12\/First-Surfing-Family-Paskowitz-DOc.jpg?fit=780%2C438&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/12\/First-Surfing-Family-Paskowitz-DOc.jpg?fit=780%2C438&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6848,"url":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/surfing-lessons-tenerife\/","url_meta":{"origin":6216,"position":4},"title":"Surfing Lessons in Tenerife","author":"Christian Crossing-Taylor","date":"20 April, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Are you looking for Surfing lessons in Tenerife? Atlantik Surf is located on the north side of the island, in Puerto de la Cruz, one of the most beautiful towns in Tenerife, and surrounded by plenty of beaches and surf breaks. Are you in the south? Never mind it's only\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sin categor\u00eda"","block_context":{"text":"Sin categor\u00eda","link":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/category\/sin-categoria\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Surfing Lessons Tenerife","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/04\/Surfing-lessons-tenerife-atlantik-surf.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/04\/Surfing-lessons-tenerife-atlantik-surf.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/04\/Surfing-lessons-tenerife-atlantik-surf.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/04\/Surfing-lessons-tenerife-atlantik-surf.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6610,"url":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/female-surfing-legends\/","url_meta":{"origin":6216,"position":5},"title":"Female Surfing Legends","author":"Christian Crossing-Taylor","date":"13 December, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"This is the definitive\u00a0Female Surfing Legends list.\u00a0An ode to Women's Surfing. This list doesn't include current female Surfing Pros. But if you'd like to see the current female surfing rankings just click here. As said by TheGuardian.com : \"Women have pushed for years to be included in big-wave surfing competitions,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sin categor\u00eda"","block_context":{"text":"Sin categor\u00eda","link":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/category\/sin-categoria\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/12\/Mary_Anne_Hawkins_surfing-legend-female.jpg?fit=700%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/12\/Mary_Anne_Hawkins_surfing-legend-female.jpg?fit=700%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/12\/Mary_Anne_Hawkins_surfing-legend-female.jpg?fit=700%2C500&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/12\/Mary_Anne_Hawkins_surfing-legend-female.jpg?fit=700%2C500&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6216"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6216"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6228,"href":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6216\/revisions\/6228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}