LLN Episode #263: Dana Karen ("DK") Ciccone - Pilates for Midlife Pain Relief: Rebuild, Restore, Renew

Grab Your Opportunity for a Free Breakthrough Call With Lynne here About Dana Karen Ciccone: Dana Karen ("DK") Ciccone is a certified Pilates instructor who helps people in pain improve strength, mobility, and well-being in a weight-neutral environment. She's also trained in pain reprocessing therapy through the Pain Psychology Center. Having begun her own journey with chronic back pain as a young teen, she has been exploring ways to help herself and others regain joy of movement for decades. After twenty years in the health sector, DK left a corporate career to follow her passion, later launching Movement Remedies, a chronic pain–focused Pilates studio in Boston, Massachusetts. Her first book, You're Meant to Move: A Guide to Conquering Chronic Pain, Increasing Stress Resilience, and Reclaiming an Active Life, was released December 2023. What We Discuss in This Episode: DK shares how her own experience with chronic pain led her to make it the central focus of her career. She realized that even though she was in pain, she could reclaim her body's capabilities and redefine strength on her own terms. This inspired her to share her approach with others who may have accepted daily pain as normal. DK describes her process for working with clients who are experiencing pain. She emphasizes the importance of reframing movement as a way to achieve life goals, rather than just for aesthetics. She also focuses on identifying "refuge" movements that feel safe, and gradually challenging clients to overcome their fear of certain movements. Strength training is a key component to build confidence and stability. DK discusses how the traditional medical system often fails to provide a holistic, long-term approach to managing chronic pain. She critiques the over-emphasis on weight loss and the lack of understanding around the role of the nervous system in pain responses. DK believes the system needs to improve at communicating the mind-body connection in a productive way. Advice for women during the menopausal transition: DK recommends that women increase their resistance training during menopause to protect bone health. However, she also encourages women to reject the notion that they need to be segregated from younger fitness classes. DK believes women should demand the right to participate in a wide range of activities that bring them joy and fulfillment. Resources from Dana Karen Ciccone: For a digital copy of DK's book, email her at dk@movementremedies.org Get your free pass for a Restorative Pilates Mat class (offered in hybrid format): https://app.acuityscheduling.com/catalog.php?owner=26777167&action=addCart&clear=1&id=1498363 Connect with Dana Karen Ciccone: Website: https://movementremedies.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/movement.remedies.llc/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/movement_remedies/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-karen-ciccone YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjeuDPj1wKBiJirGtjwDTWQ Connect with Lynne: If you're looking for a community of like-minded women on a journey - just like you are - to improved health and wellness, overall balance, and increased confidence, check out Lynne's private community in The Energized Healthy Women's Club. It's a supportive and collaborative community where the women in this group share tips and solutions for a healthy and holistic lifestyle. (Discussions include things like weight management, eliminating belly bloat, balancing hormones, wrangling sugar gremlins, overcoming fatigue, recipes, strategies, perimenopause & menopause, and much more ... so women can feel energized, healthy, and lighter, with a new sense of purpose. Website: https://holistic-healthandwellness.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/holistichealthandwellnessllc The Energized Healthy Women's Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/energized.healthy.women Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lynnewadsworth LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynnewadsworth Free Resources from Lynne Wadsworth: Want to be successful focusing on improved health & wellbeing? Maybe you'd like to increase your energy levels, have fewer headaches reduce or maintain a healthy weight, ditch the brain fog & belly bloat. Or maybe you'd love some more strategies to help transform you into a "magnificent midlifer" who's fully energized - charged & ready to start each new day with anticipation and & joy, Or maybe you have some illness you've been facing and it's compounded by all those changes you see & feel in your body. I'd love to chat. Contact me to schedule your FREE HEALTHY YOU Clarity Call. We'll discuss where you're at on your journey and how I can help you successfully navigate your life through this "midlife season" with grace and ease. Schedule >>HERE 5 Essential Steps to Flourishing in Midlife Ladies, are you ready to be energized and thrive through midlife - perimenopause and menopause? Do you want to stay fit and energized during these transformative years? Are you looking to regain your energy, feel more "like yourself," and embrace each day with enthusiasm and vitality? 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