by Body Chek | Dec 20, 2015 | Blog, Injury Rehabilitation, Sports Injuries, Strength & Conditioning, Tennis
Last week I was fortunate enough to be asked to present at The British Tennis Coaches Association Conference in Northampton. At the conference I delivered two presentations and an on-court workshop. My presentations were aimed at educating tennis coaches not just to...
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 | 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...