The Science Behind Neck Strength
Explore a growing body of evidence connecting neck strength to performance, recovery, and resilience. This is where cutting-edge research meets real-world application, showing why a stronger neck isn’t just beneficial, it’s essential.
RESEARCH
Neck Strength During the Pre-Season
"Researchers have proposed a solution for athletes at higher risk for sports head impacts, protect your head with neck-strengthening exercises in the pre-season."
NFL Addresses Head impact Epidemic
"NFL Scouting Combine instituted neck strength as one of its mandatory drills, the league would receive a significant boost in trying to address its head impact epidemic."
Neck Strength Helps Absorb Blows
"Trainers decided that increasing the size of his players' necks will help reduce the number of incidents; more strength supporting the head absorbing the blow."
Girls Soccer & Head impacts
"Head impact experts say that one way to help prevent head impacts and reduce their severity in girls' soccer is through regular neck strengthening exercises."
Neck Exercises Boosts High school Student's Posture
"This study confirmed that selective neck exercise improved high-school students’ posture and significantly enhanced the strength and endurance of their deep flexor muscles."
The Effect of Neck Exercises in Clients With Persistent Neck tension
"The results of reviewed studies are in favor of specific low-load craniocervical flexion exercise, which seems to be a highly effective exercise regimen compared to other types of exercises in improving DCF muscles impairments in clients with persistent neck tension."
IRON NECK CASE STUDY
REDUCING NECK TENSION IN FIGHTER PILOTS
Analysis of the data led to the conclusion that the Iron Neck was effective in reducing neck tension in F-15C pilots
Setback Reduction Program
"Consideration should be given towards incorporating neck exercises into setback reduction exercise programs to reduce the incidence of sport-related head and neck setbacks, including SRC."
In Woman, tension is Associated With Less Neck Strength
"Significantly lower flexion (29%), extension (29%), and rotation forces (23%) were produced by the persistent neck tension group compared with controls. When the repeated test results were compared pairwise against their mean, considerable variation was observed in the measures on the individual level."
Neck Strength Training Effect On tension & Function
"It is suggested that 12 minutes of specific neck strength training twice weekly for 8 weeks increases strength of rotator, extensor, and flexor muscles of the neck. Also all clients who had tension reported reduced perceived neck tension after training."
Less Neck Strength Associated in Clients with TTH ( tension-type headache )
"The results lend support to the hypothesisthat specific training of the weak trapezius musclemay contribute to a normalization of the strength inneck and shoulder in the TTH clients"
Exercises for mechanical neck disorders: A Cochrane review
"Specific strengthening exercises of the neck, scapulothoracic and shoulder for persistent NP and persistent CGH are beneficial. Future research should explore optimal dosage."
