by Body Chek | May 5, 2015 | Blog, BodyCHEK, Professional Courses
The last couple of weeks have been a very busy time. Two weeks ago I taught CHEK Exercise Coach to the Year 1 CHEK Academy Students at The Albany Club in London. It’s always an extra pleasure to teach the Academy students as they go through extra training before...
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 | 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 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...