by Jessica Kisiel | Aug 13, 2013 | Posture and Technique
My secret is out! I’m a golfer! Yes, I enjoy hitting a little white ball around a well-manicured course. As an endurance athlete, I’ve received much criticism for my hobby. I love the completely different challenge golf offers as a skill sport. It is truly...
by Jessica Kisiel | Aug 8, 2013 | Personal Wellness
At the 2013 Sun Valley Wellness Festival, I attended a presentation titled “Leading the Anti-Inflammatory Lifestyle” with Dr. James Rouse. Dr. Rouse is an accomplished naturopathic physician, triathlete, speaker, author, and more. After you finish reading...
by Jessica Kisiel | Aug 2, 2013 | Personal Wellness
“We can experience wildly strong emotions (provoking our bodies into an accompanying uproar) linked to mere thoughts.” In other words, we activate the stress-response in our minds in response to our thoughts. This is the message shared by Stanford...
by Jessica Kisiel | Jul 26, 2013 | Posture and Technique
This is the first blog entry in a series on sitting health. We are at war with sitting! And the research is mounting. The risks of sitting too much were likened to smoking in the Los Angeles Times Article, Don’t just sit there. Really. that appeared last month....
by Jessica Kisiel | Jul 24, 2013 | Sports Training
In case you missed my article in The Weekly Sun of the Wood River Valley (pdf), it is reprinted below. Sports performance is the result of coordinated movement. Pedaling a bicycle, casting a fly rod, swinging a tennis racquet or golf club, and hiking up a mountain all...