by Jessica Kisiel | Jan 21, 2021 | Injury Recovery, Pain Science Education
Pain is: “An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage.” This updated definition of pain was provided by The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)...
by Jessica Kisiel | Aug 5, 2020 | Injury Recovery, Personal Wellness
Kinesiophobia: “the avoidance of activity because you fear it will cause pain.” –Norman J. Marcus, MD While I was talking with one of my clients who had suffered from back pain for over four years, he realized that only when distracted did he not have pain with...
by Jessica Kisiel | May 7, 2019 | Injury Recovery, Personal Wellness, Posture and Technique
Last summer, Elizabeth Lamoureux was diagnosed with Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI) in her right hip. FAI creates abnormal contact and wear in the hip joint, between the ball—top of the femur (thigh bone)—and the socket—acetabulum (depression in the pelvic bone)....
by Jessica Kisiel | Mar 27, 2019 | Personal Wellness
Do you. . . Want to reduce your stress and increase your happiness? Crave a slower pace of life with time to relax and breathe? Suffer from chronic pain, anxiety, depression or disturbed sleep? If you answered yes, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, or MBSR, may be...
