by Jessica Kisiel | Feb 23, 2024 | Injury Recovery, Personal Wellness
Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) is a research-based treatment approach for healing neuroplastic pain. These techniques were found to be highly effective for chronic back pain in a 2022 study. Refer to my blog, New Research on Back Pain, for all the details. Earlier...
by Jessica Kisiel | Apr 5, 2023 | Injury Recovery, Personal Wellness
Two weeks ago, I developed severe right shoulder pain and stiffness. It was excruciating to move in any direction, and I couldn’t get into a comfortable position to rest. I worried that I wouldn’t be able to meet with clients, teach my class, or ride my bike. The...
by Jessica Kisiel | Mar 22, 2023 | Injury Recovery, Personal Wellness
A perfect storm, like chronic pain, emerges when numerous factors combine simultaneously. Merriam-Webster defines “perfect storm” as “a critical or disastrous situation created by a powerful concurrence of factors.” Let’s substitute chronic pain into this definition:...
by Jessica Kisiel | Jan 10, 2023 | Injury Recovery, Personal Wellness
Chronic pain is a complex experience. I like to say that it is a whole person experience affecting many aspects of one’s life that goes far beyond an unpleasant physical sensation. On my client intake form, I ask, “Do you have any ideas about what it is...
by Jessica Kisiel | Dec 15, 2022 | Injury Recovery, Posture and Technique
This is the second blog in a two-part series on neck pain. Read the first blog: Neck Pain and Posture. This is a collaboration with Dr. Michael L. Rothman, M.D. Dr Rothman is a former orthopedic surgeon and Advanced Exercise Therapist (AET), certified by the Egoscue...
by Jessica Kisiel | Nov 10, 2022 | Injury Recovery, Personal Wellness, Posture and Technique
Please enjoy this guest blog by Dr. Michael L. Rothman, M.D. Dr Rothman is a former orthopedic surgeon who now helps his patients overcome chronic pain using posture alignment therapy. He is an Advanced Exercise Therapist (AET), certified by the Egoscue Institute, who...