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The Role of Loads and Forces in Chronic Pain and Injury

The Role of Loads and Forces in Chronic Pain and Injury

by Jessica Kisiel | Oct 23, 2017 | Injury Recovery

Please enjoy an excerpt from my book, Winning the Injury Game, available on Amazon.   Katy Bowman, a well-renowned movement biomechanist, has a great discussion about loads in her book, Move Your DNA.1 If you are into this sort of thing, definitely check it out....
Train Movements, Not Individual Muscles

Train Movements, Not Individual Muscles

by Jessica Kisiel | Jul 13, 2017 | Posture and Technique, Sports Training

Please enjoy an excerpt from my book, Winning the Injury Game, available on Amazon.   Sports performance is the result of coordinated movements. Casting a fly rod, spiking a volleyball, paddling a boat, skiing moguls, and hiking up a mountain all require multiple...
Considerations for Leg Length Discrepancies

Considerations for Leg Length Discrepancies

by Jessica Kisiel | Jun 14, 2017 | Posture and Technique

Please enjoy an excerpt from my book, Winning the Injury Game, available on Amazon. Clients often tell me their legs are different lengths. When they lay down on an examiner’s table, one leg appears longer, and the practitioner informs them that their legs are...
5 Exercises to Reduce Anterior Pelvic Tilt

5 Exercises to Reduce Anterior Pelvic Tilt

by Jessica Kisiel | Jan 31, 2014 | Posture and Technique

In my last blog I described the relationship between anterior pelvic tilt, lengthened hamstrings and shortened hip flexors. Additionally, an anterior tilt can lead to excessive curvature in the spine. This is because the lower back increases its arch while the upper...
Treat the Cause, Not the Symptom

Treat the Cause, Not the Symptom

by Jessica Kisiel | Dec 4, 2013 | Injury Recovery, Posture and Technique

  I’ve heard a saying regarding pain in the body, “the victim screams while the criminal is silent.” When Tom Myers, internationally known fascia expert and author of Anatomy Trains, said this, he was referring to the interconnected relationships between...
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