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 15, 2015 | Blog, Injury Rehabilitation, Sports Injuries, Tennis
Last week, I was visited by a tennis coach who had a sharp pain in his left shoulder. He was unable to reach out wide to his left side and unable to get to the end of his back swing and the end of his follow through on his backhand (he has as a double-handed...
by Body Chek | Jan 8, 2015 | Blog, General Health
Happy New Year to you! I thought I would share with you what I have been up to since I finished work on the 17th December, what I have learned since then and how I have visualised and planned my year ahead. When I finished work for the year on 17th December I have to...
by Body Chek | Nov 24, 2014 | Blog, Injury Rehabilitation, Sports Injuries
What causes carpal tunnel syndrome? The general explanations for the causes of carpal tunnel syndrome are: Minor changes occur in the tendons and/or other structures going through the carpal tunnel. This may cause an increase in pressure within the tunnel. The...
by Body Chek | Nov 20, 2014 | Blog, Sports Injuries
In this series of blogs, I thought I would introduce you to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and what options you have to overcome it. What is the carpal tunnel? There are eight small bones called carpal bones in the wrist. A ligament, the retinaculum, lies across the front of...
