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)...
by Jessica Kisiel | Sep 26, 2019 | Injury Recovery, Sports Training
When we think of running and recovery, we generally visualize stretching, massage, rolling, or other post-workout activities. These are all excellent activities, but they only happen after the running workout is complete. Instead of recovering only after you’ve...
by Jessica Kisiel | Jul 17, 2019 | Injury Recovery, Posture and Technique
Recently, during a hard week of training—including climbing intervals on the bike and heavy lifting in the gym—I woke up with intense tightness in my left glute. Previously, I had overworked my my right glute, which made it tighter. Now it was the left. I saw this as...
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 | Nov 29, 2018 | Injury Recovery, Posture and Technique
In my last blog, The Best Position to Relieve Back Pain, you discovered that many instances of back pain are due to misalignments in the pelvis and spine. However, as the blog notes, you can correct these imbalances with the static back and constructive rest...
by Jessica Kisiel | Oct 10, 2018 | Injury Recovery, Posture and Technique
As you might know, back pain is often the result of excess tension in the muscles that run down either side of the spine, a twisted pelvis, and tight hip flexors. Relieving this imbalance can be as easy as lying down on your back in an aligned position and breathing....
