Looking Back.
Clinical Research Takes Time to Complete. This Blog was Written Three Years Ago. The research process is complicated and must be approved by several organizations, The National Institute of Health and may need to be approved by at least One Institutional Review Board.
If this type of rigor and validity is not incorporated into a True Research Study. It is not a study at all. It is opinion, conjecture or just a good guess. There is only One Evidence Based Head and Neck Training Protocol.
concussionpreventionprotocol.com
Ralph Cornwell
Undergrad From University of Maryland/Radford University Va
Masters of Science from Virginia Tech
Doctor of Philosophy -Science Virginia Tech Completion Date 12/10
Former Strength Coach
Radford University
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
United States Military Academy at West Point
North Carolina Agriculture and Technology State University
West Montgomery High School, NC
Served as
Sport Performance Director and
Owner of 2 Sports Performance Facilities 1 in Blacksburg, Va, the other in Greensboro, NC.
I have been training on
Pendulum 5-way neck for about a month and have had remarkable results. The weight has steadily gone up on the exercises, but the amazing thing is
my neck circumference has increased by an inch and a half.
Never
gotten those types of results from any neck machine and I have tryed
them all. I am currently preparing for my Ph.D. case study which
involves the question: If you increase the circumference of the neck
through resistance training and increase the stiffness ratio,as soft
tissue becomes stronger, along with trapezius strength increases thus
reducing the deformation rate during contact(impact) would you not
decrease impact forces to the head, neck area and transfer or dissipate
the forces throughout the trapezius,upper back muscles and ultimately
have those forces absorbed through the stronger back muscles, hip/glute
area transferring those forces finally to the much stronger lower body
muscles.
Also, would this not help to reduce or
lessen the rate of concussion or more importantly would it not lower the
subconcussive forces
of small impacts that seem to cause as much or more long term damage to
the athlete. Would a bigger stronger neck not raise the tipping point
in which we start to see real long-term brain damage, Well, that's what I
intend to find out. I will be setting up my lab at the Virginia Tech
campus where I am completing my Ph.D..
The
pendulum neck machine
will be an intricate part of the case study and I want to share the
data with all the coaches out their so we can better protect our
athletes from harm. We cant' forget it all starts with the neck. The
vulnerable part of the human anatomy with respect to contact sports or
life in general is our cervical spine which supports the skull which
incases our most important component with regards to life -our brain.
