Females – Head and Neck Training

Women and Neck Training

Ralph Cornwell is a Ph.D. in health promotion/human performance at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Prior to pursuing his Doctoral Degree, he was a collegiate strength coach.

 

According to a study published in the Journal of Athletic Training in 2007, female high school athletes suffered almost 40 percent more concussions than males did. It estimated that female players suffer about 29,000 concussions annually with boys suffering 21,000.

A new study to be published in the Journal of Athletic Training found that in high school soccer, girls sustained this type of head trauma 68 percent more often than boys. Female concussion rates in high school basketball were almost three times higher then boys and the girls took longer to return to play.

 

 

When there is an Epidemic in The United States we don’t just inoculate one section of the population we give the antidote to all that need it. In light of research and just common sense our female athletes need to be protected.

Because of physiological differences, women do not have to worry about getting ‘huge’ necks, but they can become very strong. The physics of kinetic energy dissipation applies to females as well as men. The female athlete can protect herself by strengthening the musculature around the cervical spine.

There are women athletes that do train their necks.

Their training is not dissimilar than the men who train theirs. They train the flexor, extensors and trapezius muscles that allow for increased neck stiffness and high-performance moves on the playing field.

Meagan is a ballerina and is very strong from head to toe.

I asked Meagan why she trained her neck. She simply said, “Ballerinas get put in awkward positions as they perform.  If your dance partner drops you while you are being pressed over his head, I want a strong neck.”

Title IX has afforded woman wonderful opportunities in sport. We must continue to protect their Civil Rights, as well as, protect them as they participate through the teaching of proper strength training techniques.

 

Evidence Based Protocol – Indiana Concussion Summit

When You attend the IndianaConcussion Summit what will you leave with?

You will know how to properly strength train the muscles of the head and neck. The Protocol you will be taught is the Only Evidence-Based, clinically tested method proven to lower concussion rates, reduce likelihood of spinal injury,and simply create an athlete better prepared for contact. The Protocol can be performed manually“handson“ or with the Head and Neck ISOlator machine.

This certification will give you the skills to better Protect and Prepare Your Athletes for Competition.

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 Preparing and Protecting Your Athletes For Competition

Strengthening the head, neck and surrounding cervical structures is the ONLY organic contingency within our control to prepare individuals to withstand potentially injurious forces.

PRIORITY ONE

The most important goal of the strength and conditioning professional is to PRUDENTLY PREPARE the individuals for the rigors of the task. As such, given the catastrophic consequences of a cervical spine and traumatic brain injury, the strengthening of the head, neck and surrounding muscular structures of the cervical spine MUST be considered PRIORITY ONE in the prescription and design of exercise.

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The Head and Neck Isolator

A strength coach who’s been called a “renegade researcher” says he’s made a machine that can cut way back on concussions.

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talk about the best chances of do whatever they can to keep their players safe on the field. wdbj7 New River Valley reporter Orlando Salinas joins us live from Blacksburg tonight with a story about a strength coach who’s been called a “renegad researcher” a couple years back i met this guy who looks like the hulk. Turns out he’s a Virginia Tech grad and he’s worked as a strength coach for the Washington Redskins. He tells me he’s made a machine that can cut way back on concussions. Ralph Cornwell is ripping open his first “head an neck isolator” machine that’s just been delivered in Blacksburg. It’s taken years to get this machine to market. Cornwell says athletes can have the best helmets possible, but that’s not enough. [Dr. Ralph Cornwell, independent researcher) “i mean you do hav a really good helmet and Tech does make a very good helmet but the brain is still moving inside the helmet.” Cornwell has teamed up with physicists, strength coaches and nfl trainers who say working the head and neck muscles are maybe more important than any other. Just a few days ago, the strength coach at Florida State University, bought one of Cornwell’s machines. (phone interview with Mike Bradley, Florida State University Strength Coach) “There’s a enormous amount of value in the machine. It’s critically important to be able to train your neck even in a sport like basketball. We get our share of head and neck injuries and concusssions.” Cornwell said he’s reached out to the Virginia Tech football team and offered to supply his machines for free, but was turned down. a handful of college programs have invested in his invention. Cornwell says the head and neck machine trains athletes to work several muscles in the head and neck area that are often overlooked. One high school football coach in Minnesota just bought six of Cornwell’s machines. (Dave Nelson, Minnetonka High School Football Coach) “i don’t know wha the percentage is of high school programs or college programs across the country that focus on strength and neck. i don’t know in college programs which one’s do, but it is a priority and those muscles can be strengthened.” Cornwell said he reached out to Blackburg High School’s new athletic director and offered to supply the machines and train student athletes for free, but was told “no thanks. “Every school tha we’ve been involved with changed. It’s a paradym shift. The head and neck is the most important thing because it doesn’t matter how fast you can fun, how much you can bench press, how much you can squat.” Cornwell says in a few weeks, he’s off for football country in Montana where other schools have purchased his head and neck machine. He also said his offer to supply vt with these machines, still stands. Live in Blacksburg Orlando Salinas, wdbj7.

HAMMER STRENGTH CLINIC CAL-STATE FULLERTON

Dr. Ralph Cornwel, Jr. and Mark Asanovich  travel to the West Coast to spread the word about training THE HEAD AND NECK.

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April 26, 2014

7:30 – 8:15am

Registration/Check In                                              

8:15 – 8:30am

Introduction & Welcome

8:30 – 9:10am

Mark Asanovich / Dr. Ralph Cornwell

Project Neck

9:20 – 10:00am

Charlie Melton

Director of Men’s Basketball Strength & Conditioning
Baylor University

10:10 – 10:50am

Tim Socha

Head Strength & Conditioning Coach
University of Washington

11:00 – 11:40am

Johnny Olguin

Director of Strength & Conditioning
Fresno State

11:40 – 12:30pm

Lunch Provided

12:30 – 2:30pm

Training & Technique Demonstrations

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CONCUSSION INTERVIEW WITH MARK ASANOVICH

A Must Listen Interview With Mark Asanovich On the Topic of Concussions at all Levels of Sports.

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CAN CONCUSSIONS BE PREVENTED?

CAN CONCUSSIONS BE PREVENTED?

There are several means by which Concussions  can be prevented.

1) If all organized activities  were prohibited, Concussions could be Prevented.

2) Federal Legislation outlawing all Sports participation at all levels, Pee Wee to PROFESSIONAL  ATHLETES we would Prevent Concussions.

3) Stopping individuals from operating  all motor vehicles, thus eliminating motor vehicle collisions, Would Prevent Concussions.

4) Banning water, snow skiing , sky diving and even running too Fast,Would Prevent Concussions.

Equestrian Sports would definitely  have to go if we  are going to Prevent Concussion.

WE WILL NEVER PREVENT CONCUSSIONS.

BUT that does Not mean we do nothing about the Concussion Epidemic. Coaches need to Protect Their Athletes by reducing and minimizing the risk of   sustaining a concussion.

Countless ACL prevention programs have been researched, developed
and implemented with a high degree of urgency to curb the incidence of these
injuries. Wouldn’t it then be logical to assume that if prevention protocols that
strengthen muscles around a joint that reduces tears of a repairable ligament;
are at least equal, if not the same sense of urgency for the reduction of cervical
spine injury and traumatic brain pathologies ••• to a joint that may not be
repairable???

WE WILL NEVER PREVENT CONCUSSIONS!

DOES THAT MEAN WE DO NOTHING?

No, we must prepare our athletes for the contact of their Sport. Through a Concussion Reduction Protocol that lowers forces associated with concussions and minimizes the effects of concussive and subconcussive forces.

Strengthening of the head and neck  musculature and the surrounding cervical structures ••• is
the ONL Y organic contingency within our control to prepare individuals to
withstand potentially injurious forces.

Coaches, athletic trainers, physical therapists, strength coaches and parents obtain the skills to Protect The Athlete.   Learn how You can Protect your Athlete.    Go to ConcussionPreventionProtocol.com