by Body Chek | Oct 6, 2015 | Blog, Injury Rehabilitation, Professional Courses, Sports Injuries, Strength & Conditioning, Tennis
Last week I was in Copenhagen to teach CHEK Exercise Coach. It was a much smaller class than usual and unfortunately we lost a student due to an unforeseen circumstance after day three. It was really nice being able to give so much attention to each student and they...
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...
