Diane Sands: An Endurance Athlete Living & Thriving With Chronic Pain

Diane Sands is the Sporty Goddess. She is an athlete extraordinaire who lives on the beautiful island of Kauai where she’s lived for 19 years. She is a long-distance ocean swimmer and she and her companions battle the rough Pacific Ocean waters and open swim for up to 3 miles where they enjoy the company of turtles, fish, monk seals, and sometimes hear whales. Her other sports activities include outrigger canoe paddling, stand-up paddle, golfing, hiking, and cycling. Diane is also living with chronic pain after years of pushing her body to its limits. She shares that it was after many repetitive stress injuries, concussions, falls, and a few near-fatal accidents that forced her to redefine the terms athlete, warrior, and competitive. Listen to this episode to learn about this natural health specialist and bodyworker who provides performance coaching for injured athletes and performance legends and created and trademarked her bodywork technique, The Kilape Method.