Make Mental Health Matter with Kelli Melissa Reinhardt: Trauma and Chronic Pain

Trauma and Chronic Pain with DK Ciccone

On this episode of Make Mental Health Matter Show, Kelli talks with Dana Karen (“DK”) Ciccone. She will share her journey through a decades-long battle with low back pain from a young age tied to undiagnosed anxiety and trauma. The long journey to unraveling her pain flare-ups required that she honor the needs of her nervous system and mental health. She thinks many people are suffering needlessly with pain being the first sign of unresolved emotional distress.

DK is a certified Pilates instructor who helps people in pain improve strength, mobility, and well-being in a weight-neutral environment. DK is a graduate of the MSMS Advanced Movement Studies Program and is 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 and movement coaching business. 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. DK is based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Find out more about DK here:

https://movementremedies.org

https://www.facebook.com/movement.remedies.llc/

https://www.instagram.com/movement_remedies/

https://www.youtube.com/@movementremediesllc

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