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 6, 2015 | Blog, Professional Courses, Sports Injuries, Strength & Conditioning, Tennis
After a long day travelling from San Diego, I arrived in New York. I had a few days to recover from my travels and crossing time zones before I was due to teach at The ECA World Fitness Convention. It was a bit of shock going from hot weather to temperatures below...
by Body Chek | Nov 7, 2014 | Blog, Sports Injuries, Strength & Conditioning, Tennis
If you’ve been reading my blogs for a while, you may remember that I prolapsed two discs in my lumbar spine back in June 2013. Back in August last year I began blogging about my recovery and I promised I would follow up in the future to keep you posted of my...
by Body Chek | Jun 13, 2014 | Blog, Sports Injuries, Strength & Conditioning, Tennis
At the end of May, I attended my second course in Active Release Technique®. It was the Upper Extremity Course and I had previously attended The Spine course in Norway in 2012. It was one of the best courses I’ve ever taken and can see the huge benefits it can...
