They have three months to pull off a perfect (and potentially dangerous) two-and-a-half-minute routine. It follows the cheerleading team from Navarro College - a small junior college in Corsicana, Texas, with one of the best cheer programs in the country - as they prepare for the National Championships. (Related: 13 Mental Health Benefits of Exercise)Ĭheer is a docuseries (that means there are multiple episodes) full of ups and downs, literally. 'In order to get healing, you must involve the body in the treatment.' You've been warned: it's a tearjerker, but next time you have a rough day, think of these veterans who used sport as their rehabilitation and follow their lead. 'The traumas live in their bodies,' said Van Curaza, the founder of Operation Surf, in the documentary. (See: How Fitness Helped This Woman Cope with Going Blind and Deaf) No injury is too big an obstacle to avoid the surf-even a man who'd been through six different explosions and who lost most of his hearing and his vision keeps returning to the ocean.

Operation Surf, the California-based program showcased in the film, helps wounded and injured veterans use the sea as their therapeutic escape from their traumas. Watch a vet-who lost both his legs and one arm to a detonated IED-catch his first wave, and try not to be inspired. Resurface is an incredible Netflix original about veterans who are learning how to surf in an effort to manage their PTSD.

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