51: Movement Is Medicine - Training Smart with Autoimmune Disease featuring Lana Buettner

This episode features audio from Lana Buettner's presentation at the 7th Annual AIP Summit, "The Autoimmune Athlete: Empowered Movement." Lana, a board certified functional health coach and AIP Certified Coach living with ankylosing spondylitis, shares her journey from Division I college tennis to competitive padel, and breaks down how to use movement as a therapeutic tool, including during flares, without overtraining.

Timestamps:

00:27 – Episode preview plus two announcements (AIP Certified Coach training enrollment, Hope Journey Walk)

05:28 – Lana's background and credentials

06:39 – Her athletic journey: tennis at University of Oregon to ankylosing spondylitis diagnosis

08:43 – Transition to competitive padel and the German national team

09:36 – Presentation roadmap

09:36 – Why movement matters for autoimmune health

12:00 – Movement as an epigenetic signal

13:16 – Defining movement vs. exercise; consistency, mindfulness, joy

15:31 – Redefining what it means to be an "athlete"

16:50 – Exercise guidelines and recommended activity types