by Jessica Kisiel | Sep 17, 2025 | Posture and Technique
Changes are coming at The Pain Free Athlete! Most noticeably the website will be redesigned with an updated version launching this weekend and the newsletter distribution and blogs reducing to quarterly publication. These modifications are needed to free up some of my...
by Jessica Kisiel | Aug 12, 2025 | Pain Science Education, Personal Wellness
Pain Story Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to reducing the incidence of chronic pain through education and coaching. The truth is, when we hurt, we devise stories about why we have pain. It is a natural human reaction. These stories help us to...
by Jessica Kisiel | Jul 8, 2025 | Injury Recovery, Pain Science Education
How we view ourselves matters. Whether we realize it or not, we have strongly held ideas about our abilities and bodies. In other words, we have applied labels to ourselves which in many cases contain a judgement such as, I am a good driver, I have a bad shoulder, I...
by Jessica Kisiel | Apr 3, 2025 | Injury Recovery, Pain Science Education
This winter was a season of injuries in my house. It started with my husband Ken’s calf pain while running in December and my foot swelling and stiffness after cross-country (xc) skiing a few weeks ago. Both disabilities were new to us, issues we had not previously...
by Jessica Kisiel | Oct 15, 2019 | Injury Recovery, Posture and Technique
Have you ever sprained your ankle? It is a common injury, happening 97 times a minute, 2,328 times a day and 850,000 times a year. Actually, you have a 30% chance of spraining your ankle this year! (https://www.rightdiagnosis.com/a/ankle_sprain/stats.htm)...
