PinnedTracey Chester, Director SD Pain and Trauma Inst.By the way, I’m Bipolar too (2)I had a hysterectomy, ovary removal and endometrial excision surgery two and a half weeks ago. Before the procedure, my pelvic physical…Oct 41Oct 41
Tracey Chester, Director SD Pain and Trauma Inst.Surf Therapy as a Novel Approach to Chronic Pain ManagementIn the summer and fall of 2023 an innovative study was born. “Project Stoke,” a collaboration between the Pain Trauma Institute (PTI) and…1d ago1d ago
Tracey Chester, Director SD Pain and Trauma Inst.What is Medical Trauma?Does this sound familiar?You suffer from a complex illness, chronic pain or one of the many invisible conditions from which 50 million…May 29May 29
Tracey Chester, Director SD Pain and Trauma Inst.Grief and HeartacheThe Day My Heart Broke On Dog BeachFeb 7, 2023Feb 7, 2023
Tracey Chester, Director SD Pain and Trauma Inst.Why I prescribe Pickleball — Pain Trauma InstituteThe Importance of Play in Adulthood,Dec 19, 2022Dec 19, 2022
Tracey Chester, Director SD Pain and Trauma Inst.Confessions of a “Special” SurfsisterSister is a loaded word for me, very loaded.Jan 25, 2022Jan 25, 2022
Tracey Chester, Director SD Pain and Trauma Inst.The Surprising Science of AweWhat is true Awe?Dec 21, 2020Dec 21, 2020
Tracey Chester, Director SD Pain and Trauma Inst.The day they finally called the election I wept.I had felt fhat this was an election that literally held democracy in the balance. Maybe that was the media telling me that. But I felt it…Nov 8, 2020Nov 8, 2020
Tracey Chester, Director SD Pain and Trauma Inst.Lessons of a life-semi-lived, with chronic pain and PTSDBy Tracey Chester, LMFTSep 8, 2020Sep 8, 2020
Tracey Chester, Director SD Pain and Trauma Inst.After today’s paddle out, my friend and colleague and I had a very deep conversation.Gabriella’s paternal grandfather was on the last boat out of Europe during World War II. Her great grandfather was a prominent Jewish…Aug 31, 2020Aug 31, 2020
