Florida center helps veterans overcome PTSD

Описание: (10 Jun 2023)

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Boca Raton, Florida - 18 May 2023
1. Fred Kalfon working out, cane in foreground
2. Vietnam veteran logo on cane
3. Kalfon working out
ANNOTATION: A Florida organization is helping veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental and physical ailments get back into the civilian world.
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Fred Kalfon, Vietnam veteran:
"I felt a sense of camaraderie here with the other people. The Grey Team really cares and they're just doing so much to help that it's incredible."
5. U.S. Army hat
6. Veterans in stress reduction room
ANNOTATION: The Grey Team has worked with more than 700 veterans since its founding seven years ago.
7. Kalfon working out
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Boca Raton, Florida - 11 May 2023
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Cary Reichbach, Grey Team:
"We actually look at the root cause of what's causing that pain, whether that is physical, emotional, spiritual, mental. And we and we go in and we repair that. We completely do a customized program for each individual veteran because there is no one size fits all."
9. Cary Reichbach speaking
10. Wide of gym
ANNOTATION: The center uses a 90-day program of exercise and high-tech machines to help the veterans.
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11. Veteran in stress reduction room
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12. SOUNDBITE (English) Cary Reichbach, Grey Team:
"All they want is is to be made back to where they were. They don't want, they don't want anything more than to be able to have the American dream, which we all want, and we're able to give that to them. And that is probably, I can't think of anything that's more rewarding."
13. Various of veteran working out
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Boca Raton, Florida - 18 May 2023
14. Kalfon working out
ANNOTATION: Kalfon has gone from a walker to a cane and hopes to jog three miles soon.
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15. SOUNDBITE (English) Fred Kalfon, Vietnam veteran:
"Everyone associated with here really cares, has really helped me and I'm just grateful for all that they've done."
16. Kalfon hugs fellow veteran

STORYLINE:
A Florida organization is helping veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental and physical ailments get back into the civilian world.

The Boca Raton-based Grey Team has worked with more than 700 veterans since its founding seven years ago.

The center uses a 90-day program of exercise and high-tech machines to help the veterans.

Co-founder Cary Reichbach says the center is performing magic.

Several of his clients agreed, saying they feel better both mentally and physically.

Fred Kalfon began exercising at the center a couple months ago.

Parkinson's disease, an inner ear disorder and other neurological problems, all likely caused by the Vietnam vet's exposure to the infamous defoliant Agent Orange, made it difficult for him to move. 

His post-traumatic stress disorder, centering on the execution of a woman who helped his platoon, was at its worst. 

After months in the program, the retired pharmaceutical researcher and sales manager is socializing and has thrown aside his walker for a cane. 

One expert in veterans health is skeptical of the program, particularly the high-tech machines. 

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