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...
by Body Chek | Jan 31, 2015 | Blog, Chronic Fatigue, Injury Rehabilitation, Sports Injuries
Over the years I have worked with a few clients that have stress fractures in one or more bones. Obviously, stress fractures cause pain, but they also greatly affect ones standard of living and often limits what physical activity they can do. The most common stress...
by Body Chek | Nov 10, 2014 | Blog, BodyCHEK, Sports Injuries, Strength & Conditioning
In part one of this post, I gave an update on my progress since prolapsing two discs in my lumbar spine in June 2013. I also highlighted what I have done to help rehabilitate the discs. In this post, I will describe what I think were the causes of my prolapsed discs....
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...
