Could the key to combating PTSD be in the boxing ring?

By Han Nguyen
Updated October 28 2017 - 9:48am, first published October 16 2017 - 4:07pm
Researchers at the University of Canberra are calling on military veterans and former emergency services personnel to pull on the gloves and step into the ring to help investigate how high-intensity exercise can combat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Researcher Katie Speer  holds the gloves for study particpant Martin Bigmore. Photo by Karleen Minney.
Researchers at the University of Canberra are calling on military veterans and former emergency services personnel to pull on the gloves and step into the ring to help investigate how high-intensity exercise can combat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Researcher Katie Speer holds the gloves for study particpant Martin Bigmore. Photo by Karleen Minney.

Twenty-seven years ago, someone tried to stab Martin Bigmore while he was working as a police officer in Victoria.

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