by Jessica Kisiel | Dec 15, 2014 | Posture and Technique
Have you ever wondered what your abdominal muscles actually do? Most of us are concerned with the look and strength of our abs. But what is their purpose? If you read anatomy books, most list actions such as flexing the lumbar spine to bring the chest towards the...
by Jessica Kisiel | Nov 24, 2014 | Posture and Technique
My last blog, Why do glutes shut off?, outlined the three main reasons your butt muscles stop working – pain, position and lack of use. In this blog I am going to provide more information about this powerful muscle group and demonstrate isolating exercises to...
by Jessica Kisiel | Nov 4, 2014 | Posture and Technique
Have you ever been told your glutes don’t work? I have! When I started my posture therapy program, I couldn’t activate my left glutes at all. It’s like they had amnesia, which they did. In other words, my muscles had forgotten how to work. To illustrate, Dr. Stuart...
by Jessica Kisiel | Oct 20, 2014 | Posture and Technique
Your hip flexors are vitally important to aligned posture and efficient movement. Your two primary hip flexors are the Psoas and Iliacus muscles. As you can see in this Wikipedia illustration to the right, the Psoas muscle attaches to the spine, then passes in front...
by Jessica Kisiel | Oct 7, 2014 | Injury Recovery
Body awareness is the first step towards a pain free body. One of the initial things a client often experiences while working with me is enhanced postural awareness. Prior to our session, they rarely thought about how they held their body. After our time together, my...
