Microdiscectomy in a teenager: September 2014

Just a very brief update to say that Nick now seems to be back to normal. He has no lingering issues with his back and is playing about 16 hours of tennis a week. He does a fair amount of strength and conditioning work, but he really enjoys it so is happy to continue with it.

His tennis standard is roughly where he was pre-injury, though that does mean he still needs to catch up a little as everyone else has had an extra year and a half to improve. He's currently ranked about 40 in the country, so that needs quite a lot of work but it's improving all the time.

His school work didn't really suffer overall - in addition to the GCSEs that he did whilst recovering from his surgery, this year he has just completed his AS levels, getting straight As in all of them. He's currently trying to decide whether to go straight to playing on the ATP circuit or whether to try to go to university first once he has completed his A levels.

There was a nice article about him on his club's website recently - http://www.dukesmeadows.com/archive/catching-up-with-the-fctennis-academy-nick-nugent/

And here are a few photos of him to finish off....

At the All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon