Grand Slam Tennis Part 2: Wimbledon
For Part 1: The French Open, please click here July 3rd to July 16th 2017 Now the ATP and WTA Tours have moved on from the clay courts of Paris to the grass courts of Europe (mainly Germany, Holland...
View ArticleGrand Slam Tennis Part 3: US Open
For Part 1: The French Open, please click here; for Part 2: Wimbledon, click here Now the ATP and WTA Tours have moved on from the grass to the hard courts of the United States and South America (with...
View ArticleThe Happy Story of Kieran’s Hamstring!
A few years ago I came to the realisation that life does not end at 30 and in my mid 30’s re-ignited my football career. A ‘career’ which previously had been dogged by knee cartilage issues and then a...
View ArticleTough Mudder Rookie!
My name is Ali Yeo. I am doing the Tough Mudder this May bank holiday weekend. It is completely outside my comfort zone. I like 5km fun runs, some dips in the park, a swim. This is big. Half...
View ArticleGrand Slam Tennis Part 4: Australian Open
For Part 1: The French Open, please click here; for Part 2: Wimbledon, click here; for Part 3: US Open click here In my first three Grand Slam Tennis Blogs in 2017 I made the point that clay court...
View ArticleRugby: how to reduce your risk of injury
Ireland have won the Six Nations championship after England lost 22-16 to France in Paris at the weekend and will have the chance to complete their third grand slam at Twickenham on Saturday! However,...
View ArticleMarathon Top Tips
With the London Marathon this coming weekend, I thought it would be a good time to share my top 10 tips to help get you through the rest of the week and prepare you for the big day! Mental preparation...
View ArticleNever Say Never
Have you ever said yes to something that a year ago you would have said no to? If your other half emailed you a ‘fancy this’ for the fourth annual Tour de Yorkshire bike ride on 6th May, all courtesy...
View ArticleWhat next for Mo Salah?
You could not have failed to notice that World Cup 2018 is upon us. All of us at CHP are fully engrossed in the action from Russia 2018 with the Welsh, Scottish and Irish among us throwing the full...
View ArticleDon’t wait for an injury!
With world cup fever in full swing there are millions of people in the UK tuning in to follow their team (even my wife!). No doubt, with the number of teams participating, the injury list will start to...
View ArticleShoulder Range in Elite Tennis Players
Catherine Nutt from our Chelsea clinic has published her research looking at shoulder range of motion in elite tennis players. Take a look! Catherine Nutt publication.jpeg
View ArticleAvoiding injuries with Winter Sports preparation
Whether it’s a ski holiday, snow-boarding or a winter hiking trip, preparing the body is essential to keep your holiday injury free and allow you to get the most from your holiday. Fitness preparation...
View ArticleLondon Marathon: Are you in or out?
In early October the London Marathon organisers announced the much-anticipated results of their 2019 ballot draw. A record four hundred and fourteen thousand, one hundred and sixty-eight people entered...
View ArticleFive top tips to avoid back pain
Are you a Weekend Warrior, a 5km runner or HIIT session goer who finds yourself with a sore back afterwards? Life is busy. We know we should exercise but finding time is tricky. The weekend comes, and...
View ArticleMy London to Brighton bike ride (via Kent and Bournemouth!)
And no, I didn’t get that lost! I hadn’t been on a bike in several years and probably not cycled more than 10 miles in total at a time but I consider myself relatively fit and am more competitive than...
View ArticleSpring Marathon Prep – Five top tips
The spring marathon season is almost upon us, with just over two months to go until the London Marathon 2019. Most people will be nearing the half-way point of their training programmes and ramping up...
View ArticleDissertation joy for Kieran, hip heart break for Murray
The end of 2018 brought great relief for me (and my family and friends!) when I finally handed in my MSc dissertation on the different mechanisms of hip pain in FAI (femoro-acetabular impingement)....
View ArticleMy Paris Marathon 2019
On April 14th I took to the streets of Paris and completed my second marathon. Mt first marathon was in Copenhagen, in 2017. I had trained for five months and in that time had hit all my pace and...
View ArticleMy Paris Marathon 2019
On April 14th I took to the streets of Paris and completed my second marathon. Mt first marathon was in Copenhagen, in 2017. I had trained for five months and in that time had hit all my pace and...
View ArticleWarming up before a run … why and how?
Why warm up? Warming up in the correct way prepares the body for the demands of the event, training or workout. It does this by a) working the body into ranges of movement that are required to run b)...
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