by Body Chek | Aug 12, 2015 | Blog, Injury Rehabilitation, Professional Courses, Sports Injuries, Strength & Conditioning, Tennis
The weekend just gone marked a significant milestone in my career. After four years of very hard work, we (The CHEK Institute & I), finally got The CHEK Tennis Conditioning Series Level 1 course delivered in our first ever class. We had students from all over...
by Body Chek | Jun 27, 2015 | Blog, BodyCHEK, Injury Rehabilitation, Sports Injuries, Strength & Conditioning, Tennis
Two years ago, I severely ruptured two discs in my lower back (see my MRI scans below), leaving me in pain, unable to sit, walk without a severe limp, get in a car, put my own socks on and definitely couldn’t workout or play sport. I also suffered from numbness...
by Body Chek | Apr 21, 2015 | Blog, Injury Rehabilitation, Sports Injuries, Tennis
If you’ve been following my posts for some time, you’ll know that in June 2013, I ruptured my L4/5, L5/S1 lumbar discs. I have a series of blogs over the last 22 months detailing my progress: Blog 1 Blog 2 Blog 3 Blog 4 Blog 5 Well, I’m happy to...
by Body Chek | Apr 2, 2015 | Blog, BodyCHEK, General Health, Injury Rehabilitation, Sports Injuries
Following on from my European trip, I said I would update you as to my travels in the USA. In early March, I flew to San Diego to teach a workshop to the CHEK Academy Year 2 students. I taught two 1-day workshops, ‘Equal, but Not The Same’ (which is all...
by Body Chek | Feb 12, 2015 | Blog, BodyCHEK, Injury Rehabilitation, Sports Injuries
So what is tendinitis? Tendonitis is inflammation of a tendon (tendons are connective tissues that join muscles to bones). Tendonitis can occur with repeated stretching and overloading, the cross-linking structure of the collagen fibres break apart, causing micro...
by Body Chek | Jan 31, 2015 | Blog, Chronic Fatigue, Injury Rehabilitation, Sports Injuries
Over the years I have worked with a few clients that have stress fractures in one or more bones. Obviously, stress fractures cause pain, but they also greatly affect ones standard of living and often limits what physical activity they can do. The most common stress...
