Helping you overcome pain
and return to sports & activity!
Holistic healing through body alignment, balanced functional strength, efficient movement patterns, and appropriate training load, combined with a poised, informed, and compassionate mindset.
Our Philosophy
Alignment is the Foundation for Motion
Physical alignment, proper body mechanics, and functional strength provide the supportive infrastructure upon which more complex and challenging demands, like those required in athletics, can be placed on the body. It is the position and condition of the body brought into sports and activity that often determines performance outcomes and the risk of pain or injury.
“Through my journey from debilitating pain and successful return to competitive sports, I found that improved physical alignment was the initial step in my recovery.”
Our Book
Winning the Injury Game
An Athlete’s Guide to Rapidly Overcoming Chronic Pain
When athletes and active people can’t perform at their peak because of chronic pain it’s frustrating and life can feel incomplete. It’s a story that author Jessica Kisiel, Exercise Physiologist and former professional athlete, knows all too well. Kisiel has helped hundreds of athletes and weekend warriors return to the sports they love with increased confidence, strength, and resilience in body and mind. Kisiel now shares her holistic, accelerated recovery techniques in Winning the Injury Game.
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Latest Articles
Evolution of The Pain Free Athlete
The Evolution of the Pain Free Athlete September 2025 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...
Introducing Pain Story Project: Changing the Narrative on Pain
Introducing Pain Story Project: Changing the Narrative on Pain August 2025 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...
How Personal Labels and Identities Impact Performance and Pain
How Personal Labels and Identities Impact Performance and Pain July 2025 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...
Beyond Physical Alignment
A New Understanding of Your Pain
From Jessica:
To recover, I not only had to balance and strengthen my posture, but I also needed to create a new relationship with my pain. I had to stop fearing movement and worrying about re-injury or making my pain worse with activity. This was possible by learning the science of pain including: how it works, the role it plays, and how to alleviate it. I developed a completely new understanding of my pain and acknowledged the detrimental story I had accepted about it. Consequently, I changed how I viewed my pain, what I thought about it, my emotional reaction to the pain, my behavioral responses to it and flare-ups, and even how I spoke about my pain.
Transforming my pain story was another pivotal step in my healing which led me to start Pain Story Project. I hope you will consider adding this important component to your recovery plan.
Pain Story Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a global shift in perspective about pain through education, awareness, and community.
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Features
Benefits of Aligned Posture
Improved Sleep
Recover faster from workouts and more energy and resilience for training.
Stronger Bones
Bone mass is increased with exercise when the bones are correctly oriented to gravity.
Enhanced Digestion
Nutrients flow through your body with ease which reduces GI discomfort.
Efficient Movement
Lower muscular stress and tension enable smooth, free, repeatable motion.
Increased Confidence
Standing tall can make you feel more self-assured to take on difficult challenges.
Greater Endurance
Breathing improves when the position of the core anatomy is optimized which delays fatigue.
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