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Somatic Pain Coaching for High-Performing Women: Stop Micromanaging Your Symptoms

Living in a body that feels unsafe is a full-time job you didn’t apply for. For midlife women, persistent pain is often a signal of a nervous system in protective overdrive, not a broken body.

Discover the true mechanism keeping you stuck in the “Management Trap”—and exactly how to break free.

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Somatic Pain Coaching for High-Performing Women: Stop Micromanaging Your Symptoms

Living in a body that feels unsafe is a full-time job you didn’t apply for. For midlife women, persistent pain is often a signal of a nervous system in protective overdrive, not a broken body.

Discover the true mechanism keeping you stuck in the “Management Trap”—and exactly how to break free.

Take The Free Assessment

When Movement Hurts, We Lose More Than Mobility. We Lose Trust.

In our bodies. In our strength. And in our vision for the future.

When movement signals danger to your nervous system—especially as bodies shift through perimenopause—your brain’s safety mechanism kicks in. It limits your range, tightens your muscles, and urges you to stop.

The natural instinct is to pull back from the hiking, lifting, and playing that fuel your soul to avoid the payback later. But this protective retreat creates a vicious cycle: stiffness sets in, energy drops, and the normal impulse to avoid pain begins to shrink your world.

My Mission: To help you rebuild that essential trust using neuroscience-backed somatic strategies. We move beyond generic “gentle” advice to retrain your system to feel safe again—restoring your agency so you can move with ease, protect your future mobility, and refuse to settle for a smaller life.

Somatic Pain Coaching for High Performing Women

If This Sounds Familiar, You Aren’t Just "Getting Older." You Are Stuck in a Protection Loop.

You’ve likely been told that the aches, stiffness, and fatigue are just the “new normal” of midlife. You may have even been advised to simply “learn to live with it.”

Here is the science-backed truth: While the hormonal shifts of perimenopause are real, they are not a sentence to a life of pain.

The acceleration of muscle and bone loss isn’t just about age—it’s about avoidance. When pain signals danger, you move less. When you move less, you lose capacity. The key to aging vibrantly isn’t just “resting more”—it’s learning how to signal safety to your nervous system so you can move again without fear.

The Signals of a Neural Alarm:
  • Unexplained Pain: Joint or muscle aches that your doctor can’t explain and that standard treatments (chiro, patches, rest) haven't fixed.
  • The "Tin Man" Morning: Waking up with stiffness that makes you dread the first steps of the day.
  • Deep Fatigue: Exhaustion that doesn't resolve with sleep, leaving you running on fumes.
  • Fear-Based Avoidance: Skipping the hikes, lifts, or even housework because you’re afraid of "paying for it" later.
  • Loss of Trust: Feeling like your body has become an unpredictable enemy rather than your best friend.
  • Resignation: Starting to believe that your strongest, most capable days are behind you.

These aren’t signs that you are broken. They are signals that your Neural Alarm is stuck in the “ON” position. You don’t need to force your body to work; you need to audit the alarm.

Take the neural audit

Discover your Nervous System Score & Unlock Your Path to Relief

The Fear - Pain Connection

And How We’ll Fix It

Chronic pain changes the way your body and brain communicate.

Fear amplifies pain, teaching your nervous system to stay on high alert. Over time, this can lead to patterns of overcompensation, avoidance, and even more discomfort.

My approach is designed to help you “speak the language” of your nervous system so you can unlearn those patterns and retrain your body to move with confidence. Using a combination of somatic movement, pain science, and mindfulness, I’ll help you rebuild trust in your body and create lasting change.

Armed with new confidence in your body’s inherent wisdom, we’ll chart a path forward for you so that you can meet other important goals like:

Travel

Fitness Goals

Weight Loss

Enjoying Nature and Family

And all the benefits of having Robust health A strong body and abundant energy

I’ve Dedicated My Career To Helping Women Address:

  • Persistent joint or muscle pain that’s limiting your daily activities.
  • Stiffness or fatigue that’s crept in as you’ve gotten older—especially if you’re in or approaching menopause.
  • Fear of movement after injury, flare-ups, or feeling like your body “just can’t” anymore.
  • Confusion about why your body feels different now, and wanting clear, science-backed answers.
  • The bewildering and alarming deconditioning and weight gain that occur in midlife.
Pain Care Coach
I’m Mandy Ryle—Chronic Pain Specialist, E-RYT 500, CSCS, and Certified Nutrition Coach. For over a decade, I’ve helped hundreds of women move past pain and reclaim their strength through a science-based blend of pain neuroscience education, somatic movement, mindfulness, and progressive strength training. Now, my mission is focused on women in perimenopause and beyond—because I’ve seen how hormonal changes can magnify pain, stiffness, and fatigue. And I know from both personal experience and professional expertise that it doesn’t have to be your “new normal.”

As a Pain Care Specialist My Practice Prioritizes:

Nutrition for Chronic Pain

Addressing the root cause of pain.

Chronic pain often stems from a hypersensitive nervous system, not just tissue damage. My techniques target the nervous system directly to reduce pain sensitivity.

Exercise for Chronic Pain

Following a science-backed and personalized approach.

Combining principles of interoception (the ability to sense your body’s internal state) and neuroplasticity, My approach helps you reshape the way your brain interprets pain

Fitness for Chronic Pain

Focusing on gradual, safe progress.

Instead of avoiding movement, you’ll learn to reintroduce it in a way that feels safe, building confidence over time

Exercise

Creating a mind-body connection

By incorporating mindfulness, you’ll develop tools to calm your nervous system and prevent pain from taking over.

Messaging Support

Empowering you to take control

Through comprehensive support, I will teach you to care for your pain so it doesn't disrupt your life anymore.

Start to Trust in Your Body's Wisdom Again

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Learn The Way To Move That’s Right for You

Body Wisdom: Group Coaching Program

A 12‑week virtual program for women in perimenopause or preparing for it. Learn how to reduce pain, restore strength, and build long‑term confidence in your body with a blend of pain science education, guided movement, nutrition support, and a strong community of women who understand exactly what you’re going through

1:1 Coaching

Get fully personalized support tailored to your pain history, goals, and lifestyle. We’ll create a custom plan that fits seamlessly into your life so you can make progress faster and with more confidence. Perfect for women who want deeper accountability or have more complex needs.

Healing and Movement Retreats

Immersive experiences that combine movement, mindfulness, education, and connection in beautiful destinations. Whether it’s a weekend reset or a week‑long getaway, these retreats are designed to help you deepen your body awareness, release stress, and return home with tools you can use every day.

I weighed 236 pounds and had difficulty going up and down the stairs in my own home without becoming breathless. My joints hurt and my back was sore most of the time. I wanted to lose some weight, and gain stamina and muscle strength again but I was so overweight I was afraid that I had waited too long. I’ve lost 50 lb (and counting), and several inches. My stamina is greatly improved and I feel better over all. I’ve also been able to drop two prescribed medications.
Deanna R.Strength Beyond Pain
Fitness for Chronic Pain
I was beginning to believe that I’d have to live the rest of my life in pain. Mandy taught me so much about chronic pain and gave me the tools to help manage it. I’m a firm believer now that mind body and soul are all connected and equally important. I’m doing things again that bring me joy- working out, playing with my children and cooking - all things that were put on hold when I would experience a pain flare up. My quality of life has drastically improved"
Chris JMove Beyond Pain
Fitness for chronic pain
As a result of the program, I gained wonderful and sustainable “tools" for managing my chronic lower back pain. First, Mandy is truly an expert in pain care management. I learned more from Mandy about pain than any doctor’s office I have visited and trust me I have visited many over the years. Next, Mandy provides daily homework and extremely responsive to each individual’s mobility level. Overall, I would highly recommend the program as it is life-changing!
Barb S.Move Beyond Pain
Exercise for Lower Back Pain
This program helped me to understand what pain really is, and just how complex it is! Throughout the process I found that the practices decreased my pain which helped me to trust the process, commit to the process and to trust my body too.I now have an understanding of pain and the tools to navigate pain when flares happen. The biggest benefit is that I am now so much more aware of my body. I’ve learned so much about not just my pain, but myself and what I am capable of. I’ve developed a mindfulness practice and finally have the tools to care for myself to manage my pain better. The lessons, practices and weekly group sessions are provided in a way that you can do things at your own pace while still holding you accountable for what needs to be done. It was helpful to have the daily reminders and accountability.
Lori BMove Beyond Pain
Body Wisdom. Pain care in perimenopause

Ready to Start Living Joyfully Again?

The longer pain dictates your decisions, the harder it becomes to break free.

You deserve to live without constantly second-guessing your body. You deserve to wake up without pain being the first thing on your mind. And you deserve to feel hopeful about the future again—starting today.

Don’t let another day slip by wishing things could be different. Let’s take that first step together. Download my free ebook to start your journey today.

Is Holistic Pain Care The Right Path for You?

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Somatic Reset Challenge

A Step By Step Process for Midlife Women To Finally Move Beyond Pain

You’ve tried all of the traditional routes to get relief from chronic pain. Now try a a science-based method designed to help perimenopausal women overcome joint pain, stiffness, and fatigue naturally by resetting your nervous system.

I was beginning to believe that I’d have to live the rest of my life in pain. Mandy taught me so much about chronic pain and gave me the tools to help manage it. I’m a firm believer now that mind body and soul are all connected and equally important. I’m doing things again that bring me joy- working out, playing with my children and cooking - all things that were put on hold when I would experience a pain flare up. My quality of life has drastically improved"
Chris JMove Beyond Pain
Fitness for chronic pain
As a result of the program, I gained wonderful and sustainable “tools" for managing my chronic lower back pain. First, Mandy is truly an expert in pain care management. I learned more from Mandy about pain than any doctor’s office I have visited and trust me I have visited many over the years. Next, Mandy provides daily homework and extremely responsive to each individual’s mobility level. Overall, I would highly recommend the program as it is life-changing!
Barb S.Move Beyond Pain
Exercise for Lower Back Pain
I weighed 236 pounds and had difficulty going up and down the stairs in my own home without becoming breathless. My joints hurt and my back was sore most of the time. I wanted to lose some weight, and gain stamina and muscle strength again but I was so overweight I was afraid that I had waited too long. I’ve lost 42 pounds, and several inches. My stamina is greatly improved and I feel better over all. I’ve also been able to drop two prescribed medications.
Deanna R.Strength Beyond Pain
Fitness for Chronic Pain
I didn’t know if I could carve out the time in my very busy schedule. But this program helped me to understand what pain really is, and just how complex it is! Throughout the process I found that the practices decreased my pain which helped me to trust the process, commit to the process and to trust my body too.I now have an understanding of pain and the tools to navigate pain when flares happen. The biggest benefit is that I am now so much more aware of my body. I’ve learned so much about not just my pain, but myself and what I am capable of.
Lori BBody Wisdom
Body Wisdom. Pain care in perimenopause

A Somatic Reset that Could Change Everything

Your nervous system IS your pain system. And right now it’s REALLY sensitive. Apply science backed strategies for 30 days to discover that your pain CAN change. You can feel GOOD in your body again.

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About
Mandy Ryle

Hi, I’m Mandy, and I’m a Certified Pain Care Coach, E-RYT 500, CSCS, and Certified Nutrition Coach. 

I’m also a woman in midlife who has overcome a chronic pain condition. At 49 I’m in the best shape of my life and I know that you can get there too.

I’ve been helping midlife women overcome chronic pain, stiffness, and limitation since 2008.

You don’t need to go it alone anymore. I’ve developed these strategies over the last 13+ years and I know that they will help you too.

I'm here to help you find relief

I know what it’s like to feel like you’ve tried everything—medications, physical therapy, even just “pushing through” the pain—and still come up short. Years ago, I struggled with chronic pain that stole three years of my life.

Now, as I move through perimenopause myself, I understand on a personal level how these hormonal shifts can make it even harder to feel at home in your own body.

It’s frustrating, exhausting, and can leave you wondering if relief is even possible.

But here’s the truth: Your pain is more complex than you have been led to believe. But science tells us that it CAN be changed.

Let me show you. Take 30 days to retrain your body, mind and nervous system. You’ll not only feel less pain and stiffness. You’ll have your future back. 

Why Wait another year, month or day?

Pain doesn’t have to be your future. The somatic reset will prove that your pain can change. That you can love living in your body again. Find relief and HOPE within 30 days.

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