Comments for Charlie Weingroff

Comment on Shirley Sahrmann Workshop, Day 2 Notes by Margaret Haughey

Margaret Haughey — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:33:11 +0000

Just took her course last year and she does use taping – but she does not do it herself – uses her colleagues.
As far as hip er/ir with theraband – often the patient will use the synergists and the incorrect motor patterns when you load the exercise with bands – so I agree that bands are not a great option often times.

Comment on Shirley Sahrmann Workshop, Day 1 Notes by Margaret Haughey

Margaret Haughey — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:25:38 +0000

Hi,
Just working through your hip pain blog. You say greater the 17 degrees (don’t say IR or ER) is anteversion and that it refers to excesive ER – Anteversion is a leaning forward of the femoral neck and results in excessive femoral internal rotation or toeing in.
I am a Sahrman believer – just presented some very nice case studies at our local hospital – great pics of my teenage patients with anterior glide syndrome with medial rotation and lateral glide with short axis distraction.
My problem is that nobody around me does this stuff, so I am alone on an island in NJ with my text books. Just saw Dr Sahrman present last year, and while she is brilliant, there were 500 people in the auditorium and the handouts were very lacking. Took a course from one of her disciples 20 years ago that was much better.

Comment on Packing in the neck by trayl

trayl — Thu, 17 May 2012 07:31:45 +0000

Quite right Charlie all the fellows behind him have their eyes to the heavens and no sign of a gold medal.Ever since reading this article a couple of monthes ago i have my clients with locked up CT junctions and pain with cervical extension to pack the neck up against a wall and belly breathe i believe it has cured many of them from chronic neck pain by improving T spine mobility.Great article

Comment on Packing in the neck by Charlie

Charlie — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:16:24 +0000

trayl – This is because strong and fast people do the right things naturally to be strong and fast.

Jordan – I have no link. It is transitory literature at best. This says this which says this, and so on.
If the c-spine extends, the rib cage advances anteriorly changing the punctum fixum of the diaphragm. This is the literature supported and it has all fancy words in the PRI nomenclature.

Comment on Packing in the neck by trayl

trayl — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:11:37 +0000

just been watching some you tube clips of michael jhonson 400m world record .He has the most packed neck i have ever seen.I am pretty sure that is a natural posture nobody told him to to pack his neck like that.

Comment on Packing in the neck by Jordan Noffey

Jordan Noffey — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:53:28 +0000

Charlie, I was wondering if you could you could give the link to the evidence supporting the cervical spine posture and the inhibition of the core musculature?

Comment on Upper and Lower Crossed and Breathing for Volume by ortigas insure

ortigas insure — Mon, 07 May 2012 01:53:08 +0000

This is the right blog for anyone who wants to find out about this topic. You realize so much its almost hard to argue with you (not that I actually would want…HaHa). You definitely put a new spin on a topic thats been written about for years. Great stuff, just great!

Comment on BIO by Paul

Paul — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:49:14 +0000

Hi Charlie,

I’ve actually heard and read a lot of good things about your work. The reason I am writing you is because I have been suffering with what I have self diagnosed to be a functional short leg. This causes chronic tightness pretty much in the entire right side of my body along with a pelvic tilt and some scoliosis. I’ve been to a few chiro’s both of whom had physcial therapists working with them. I never felt like there was much attention paid to my symptoms and the therapy was lacking. They gave me very short term relief, but my symptoms just keep reappearing. I’ve done so much research on my own that I almost feel like I know exactly what is wrong, but I’m not sure how to fix it. I’m not sure how it all started, but I believe it may have been when I pulled a muscle in my neck lifting weights. I live in NJ so I was wondering if I could make an appointment to see you at your office or if you could recommend someone.
Thanks.

Comment on ME Upper – 4.6.12 by Charlie

Charlie — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:27:45 +0000

It is not like a Smith Machine at all; you still must be in complete control of the bar with your own stability pattern.
It is assistive in keeping you in a nice groove much like a lighter bench shirt.
I can definitely bench more with the Slingshot than without.

Comment on ME Upper – 4.6.12 by Shane Miller

Shane Miller — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:26:23 +0000

Hey Charlie,

Love your stuff.. gonna be getting your DVDs very soon.

Quick question for you.. I’ve seen this slingshot in a few vids and it’s left me with the impression that it sort of does some of the work of the lats and pecs when benching.

My thoughts being that it is also helping to keep the upper arm in external rotation by means of keeping the humerus closer to the body (with hands fixed wider on a bar).

And if this is the case, is this tool not taking away from what your own body should be doing? Kinda like benching on a Smith machine or something like that? We can all usually bench more on a Smith machine, but bench on a Smith machine for a while and go back to regular bench and your bench has dropped.

Am I in the ballpark? And if so or if not, could you help me to understand how it is of benefit?

Although I like to think I have a pretty good progressive mind and that I can think things through pretty clearly, I’m always open to learn from the real experts!

Thanks again Charlie!

Shane