by Body Chek | Aug 25, 2016 | Blog, BodyCHEK, Chronic Fatigue, General Health, Injury Rehabilitation, Professional Courses, Sports Injuries, Strength & Conditioning
Most of you will know that I have extensively studied with Paul Chek and that I am a member of The CHEK Institute Faculty, teaching the institute’s Advanced Training Programmes. In the video below, Paul Chek describes (in a lot of detail) how we assess clients...
by Body Chek | Mar 23, 2015 | Blog, BodyCHEK, Injury Rehabilitation, Sports Injuries
Posture and Alignment The gravitational pull that is exerted on the body acts through the body in a straight line towards the earth’s centre. In a standing position, neutral alignment occurs when body landmarks such as the ankles, knees, hips, shoulders and ears are...
by Body Chek | Mar 16, 2015 | Blog, BodyCHEK, Injury Rehabilitation, Sports Injuries
Dynamic Posture Dynamic Posture may be defined as “the ability to maintain an optimal instantaneous axis of rotation in any combination of movement planes at any time in space”. As a simple analogy, you can think of your spine as an axis of rotation (like...
by Body Chek | Mar 9, 2015 | Blog, Injury Rehabilitation, Sports Injuries
Posture has become a quite a buzz-word in recent years. However, the understanding, importance and methods of correcting posture are often misunderstood. My favourite definition of posture is, “The position from which the musculoskeletal system functions most...
by Body Chek | Jun 27, 2014 | Blog, BodyCHEK, Sports Injuries, Strength & Conditioning
It’s been a little while since I last blogged as it has been very busy here at BodyCHEK. So what has been going on? At the end of May, I completed the ‘Upper Extremity’ module of Active Release Technique®. It was a really great course and I have...