Article: BACK SURGERY PATIENTS FEEL NO PAIN AFTER A SWIM WITH THE DOLPHINS.(LIFE & LEISURE)

Byline: GLENN SINGER Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

KEY LARGO, Fla. Kathy Bolender calls her swimming sessions with dolphins mystical and euphoric.

David Gregory calls them inexplicably soothing.

Physician's assistant Beth Smart calls them medical research. She wants to find out why dolphin encounters seem to relieve severe pain in back surgery patients sometimes for hours and sometimes for days.

``Something is going on here. We hope to learn what triggers pain relief,'' says Smart, who has a degree in biology and a fascination with dolphins.

``Our goal is to find that particular body chemical whose levels are changing,'' ...

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