by Jessica Kisiel | Aug 23, 2012 | Sports Training
Proprioception is defined by Mosby’s dictionary as “the kinesthetic sense. The sense that deals with sensations of body position, posture, balance, and motion.” Simply put, it is your ability to feel your body’s joint positions and movements in space....
by Jessica Kisiel | Aug 20, 2012 | Injury Recovery
To reduce joint pain my Egoscue® therapist recommended I measure and work to improve my body pH. Defined as “potential for Hydrogen” pH represents the acid-base balance in arterial blood. The density of positively charged hydrogen ions makes a solution...
by Jessica Kisiel | Aug 10, 2012 | Sports Training
1. Embrace Your Competitor When I read about this strategy in Running Within by Jerry Lynch and Warren Scott I was intrigued. I had always seen the other women in my races as rivals to be beaten and crushed, not embraced! Lynch and Scott describe how anger...
by Jessica Kisiel | Aug 2, 2012 | Sports Training
In case you missed my article in the Los Alamos Daily Post it is reprinted below. You have probably heard that having a strong core is important and will help with back pain, athletic performance, injury prevention, posture and the various activities of daily...
by Jessica Kisiel | Jul 27, 2012 | Injury Recovery
Many of my posture alignment clients suffer from painful lower back conditions – sciatica, bulging or herniated discs, SI joint dysfunction, stenosis, etc. Upon examination I find that their hips have restricted movement. The hips and lower back are connected...
