Turn Some Heads – Train Your Neck at Hard Pressed

By Chad Smith, posted in Concussions, Health, Neck Training, No Comments »

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I hate myself a little for making the cheesy headline, but we do actually get plenty of strange looks when people first look at the Rogers Athletic Pendulum 5-Way Neck. “What’s that?” And

“Why would I train my neck?”

This is an overdue, entry-level post on the importance of head and neck training. Whether you’re a young football player, a father who’s preparing his son for sports, you should know about head and neck training. Moreover, if you’re just an Average Joe or Jane with a family history of dementia, alzheimer’s, or have ever been concussed, you should be familiar with head and neck training and should be doing it regularly.

Heck, if you drive or ride in a car – thus susceptible to whiplash injuries – you should be training your neck.

In short, everyone should be training their head and neck. period.

The reality of this post is that Dan should be writing it, and he will expand on this topic later. If we’re lucky, we’ll get Mike Gittleson to write something for us/you. But the work piles up and the weeks pass by and before you know it, kids are vying for glory, NCAA scholarships, and just having a good time on under the Friday Night Lights.

We’re late, yes, but it’s never too late to start.

Is there a relationship between whiplash-associated disorders and concussion in hockey? A preliminary study – Brain Injury

By hp_super, posted in Blog, Concussions, 1 Comment »

Is there a relationship between whiplash-associated disorders and concussion in hockey? A preliminary study – Brain Injury.

You might have seen the link I posted the other day about Coach Gittleson’s speech on neck strength and the prevention of concussions.

This study here shows a solid link between whiplash and concussions.  They studied 183 hockey players over the course of the season – all those who received a whiplash injury had concussion symptoms.

The link between neck strength and preventing whiplash is pretty obvious but if you are skeptical see this study by the same scientists.

I am not sure how many had concussion alone from this abstract – I am working on getting the full study.

The greater number with whiplash just makes for a stronger argument that strength training the neck prevents whiplash and the resulting concussions.