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Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:34:01 +0000

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Comment on If You Do Dips; Corrective Exercise and/or Surgery Are Inevitable (Revisited) by admin

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:25:27 +0000

Thank you for sharing your story! Very helpful for people to read. I would not say to ignore the pecs, there is a benefit to perform “pushing” motions (horizontal abduction), people just do too much volume of this movement compared to horizontal abduction, “pulling” or scapular stabilizing exercises and thoracic spine mobilizations. Why should you still do a “chest press”? As you lower the weight to the floor/return it to the stack the pectoralis complex must lengthen eccentrically. It must learn how to lengthen under load, this can be quite helpful in developing muscualr and neurological balance in the shoulder complex.

Hope that helps:)

Eric

Comment on If You Do Dips; Corrective Exercise and/or Surgery Are Inevitable (Revisited) by cvelee

cvelee — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:22:23 +0000

Eric,

This is wonderful article, really. Thank you for it.

Let me put my story short – I spent my 29 years of life in front of computer, running long distance and doing dips and chinups. Now I have clearly visible protruding disks (c3, c4) on MRI and cervical foramen narowing (c6,c7) aka – have cervical spondylosis and TOS. Also some clicking in left shoulder and right knee are evident indicating non-painful osteoarthritis of these same joints.

Which means no more rope jumping, running, rebounding, etc… for me. Just elliptical and swimming.

One way to correct these imbalances is to do isometric exercises on deep neck flexors (longus colli…). Which I do. These were prescribed by my physical therapist.

Problem is – somewhere I have found that Shoulder shrugs are great for cervical problems, so I have started doing them. Posturewise – I do them in correct manner (weight by my side, neck retracted, tongue resting on mouth wall). But knowing that upper trapezius connect somewhere at C3, C4, I do not think this is smart thing to do. It obviously compress my cervical disks.

I contact you because picture on this page “upper cross syndrome needs corrective exercsie.jpg” got me thinking. Idea is to forget about pecs and work on scapular retractors (laevator scapuale and rhomboids and trapezius middle fiber I think) and deep neck flexors to correct forward head posture? Tell me if this is correct?

I must say that worse problem for me is lumbar area – so that I often feel my feet numb. Especially useful for me is hanging. But because of TOS I must not hang (you know – just hang). Yet having great strength in upper body I can hold chin up for some 30seconds (which is ok regarding TOS) and hold myself on parallel bars (elbows just slightly bent , maybe 160degrees) for few minutes. Does this seems ok to you in relation to that picture and problems I have mentioned? You seem like authority on the subject, so..:)

I know this post is kind of long one:) But I think that lot of guys with spinal problems who were sportsmen before would find it useful:)

All the best Eric,
Cvelee, Serbia

Comment on Myofascial Fuzz Lesson for Corrective Exercise Specialists and Personal Trainers by admin

admin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:15:37 +0000

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Eric Beard
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Comment on Myofascial Fuzz Lesson for Corrective Exercise Specialists and Personal Trainers by Spencer

Spencer — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:22 +0000

Thanks, Eric!

Comment on Corrective Exercise for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? by admin

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:04:32 +0000

You are so right Patrick! So much tissue to clear and so little time lol!

Thanks for the comment.

Eric

Comment on Corrective Exercise for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? by Patrick Ward

Patrick Ward — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:39:23 +0000

Great post Eric. Carpal tunnel is an interesting diagnosis for sure. There are a lot of various trigger points that can refer those symptoms. Lots of soft tissue to check!

Patrick

Comment on Clamshells Done Right for Corrective Exercise to Protect the Knees by Linda Freeman

Linda Freeman — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:30:08 +0000

Very helpful clip on clamshells. I’ve always taught them avoiding too much opening in the hip, so am happy to be on board with that concept, but was saying “duh” to myself when you demonstrated the use of the pad to allign the body. Then, doing the same without the pad is excellent! Thanks. Love these fragments of great advice. Keep sharing! linda

Comment on Clamshells Done Right for Corrective Exercise to Protect the Knees by Geoffrey Bishop

Geoffrey Bishop — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:06:41 +0000

Good stuff Eric!

Comment on Corrective Exercise Specialist Organizes Fund Raiser to Prevent Breast Cancer by Spencer Roach

Spencer Roach — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:54:01 +0000

Niiiiice!