Jana Ponder is a certified athletic trainer and mental performance consultant. Her desire is to provide holistic care to athletes and performers to improve their well-being and physical performance. She graduated from Slippery Rock University with a Bachelor’s degree in athletic training. She has worked with a variety of sports and schools at the middle school level to the collegiate level. Jana has experience working with athletes in football, volleyball, soccer, wrestling,
swimming, bocce, track, and much more. Working as a physician extender with an orthopedic physician gave her experience and knowledge about a variety of sport injuries, including rehab and surgical management. As an athletic trainer, she learned that many of her athletes were not only dealing with physical injuries, but also struggling to perform at their best during stressful times at school and in their personal lives. Her desire has always been to help and treat the entire person. Jana obtained her Master’s degree in Exercise and Sport Psychology from Lock Haven University and now works to help athletes and performers achieve excellent performance through mental training skills, coping strategies, and injury diagnosis and treatment. In graduate school, Jana provided individual sport psychology consultation to the Maryland Black Bears Junior Ice Hockey team and group sessions to the students of the Washington School of Ballet. She looks forward to educating athletes of all specialties and age groups at Cerebral Sports. 
In her free time Jana enjoys yoga, going for walks and hikes, and reading. “Sport and performing arts participation comes with physical and mental highs and lows. As a sport psychology consultant my desire is to enhance performance and maintain peak performance in the midst of the highs and lows.”