Meet Carlos Charney

Ole Soccer Camps started in the minds of Coach Mario & Coach Walter years ago when they first became soccer coaches themselves.  The vision was to create a community of wellness through the sport teaming up with their soccer friends.  They always kept in touch with their friends on and off the pitch.  One of Coach Walter’s first friends when joining Valley United Blast when he was 11 years old, was none other than Carlos Charney.

Coach Carlos and Coach Walter have been friends for almost 2 decades now and as adults have teamed up to bring a something that will take Ole Soccer and it’s friends to the next level!

Who is Carlos Charney?

Carlos Charney is a San Fernando Valley native, backpacker, soccer player, functional medicine student,
nutritionist, practicing yogi, entrepreneur, dreamer and fellow human-being. At the young age of 16,
Carlos, aka “Charney,” was diagnosed with a debilitating condition called Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Multiple
Sclerosis, along with Cancer, Depression, Asthma, and Diabetes are all auto-immune disorders.

Champion at Heart

Carlos’s father was adopted and therefore Charney was the given name, which stayed with Carlos since
high school. Charney played Varsity Soccer at El Camino Real High School, in Woodland Hills, CA, and
helped El Camino win the Championship that attracted the attention and interest from multiple colleges.
Finishing the summer and playing soccer with his club team, Charney was confident in his vision and
abilities to hopefully earn a scholarship in soccer by graduation.

Entering his sophomore year, Multiple Sclerosis struck Carlos before the soccer season even began.
After just a few weeks into the semester, the common symptoms of MS such as: partial paralysis,
numbness in limbs, partial blindness, and general fatigue were all active and detrimental to his health.
Charney was forced to retreat to his home for the next years, and put-aside his dreams of becoming a
professional soccer player.

Several years of Intramuscular injections and therapy helped symptoms ease, as Carlos was developing
a phobia of needles. With no fair warning to doctors, the phobia of needles succumbed Carlos and he
decided to not medicate at all. After several years without medication, and the onset of Secondary
Progression seemingly coming closer with time, Carlos began to worry more cautiously and meticulously
about his well-being.

Listen to your body

Overnight, after being introduced to the work of Dr. Terry Wahls, and her book The Wahls Protocol,
Charney uprooted his diet (even though my doctor said it would not have any impact on my condition),
exercised with specific strategies, began focusing all attention to is mind and body, before quitting his job,
selling his vehicle (against the support of his family and friends), and backpacked across Europe for two
months, where he discovered deeper meaning in the new path that evolved for him.

Attitude of Gratitude

Though times were challenging and filled with hardships, Charney was able to gain so much from his experience, and realized how truly grateful he was for the life he was given. Multiple Sclerosis helped cultivate perspective, resourcefulness, and (most importantly) the power of choice, that empowered him to continue on a path that he uses to beat his MS condition.

 

The power of community, the power of the
human body when given the right nutrients, and the power of creating positive habits and relationships, all
catalyzed the recovery and discovery of Carlos and his message.

Charney has since immersed himself in the science of nutrition, epigenetics, longevity, and Ayurvedic
medicines to enhance and empower individuals and their families, so they can authentically create a
vision and life that is worth living!

“The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt, until they are too strong to be broken…”
—Samuel Johnson

Ole Soccer Nutrition & Wellness Coach, Carlos Charney can be found at Friday clinics as well as weekly practices at times bringing that energy and spreading the word about our vision in bringing the right nutrition to our players and families.   What Ole Soccer is doing is changing the way you will see life by changing your mindset on and off the pitch!

Connect

If you wish to connect and meet Carlos Charney and start improving your life the way he continues to improve his life as well as the life of others, please feel free to contact him directly!