Technology
Electrical stimulation
Electrical Muscles Stimulation (EMS) has been an accepted practice in sports physiology for over half a century. Eliciting muscle activation through electrical stimulation allows the body to work efficiently, train precisely, and develop muscle. While safely applying stimulation to the muscles supporting the head with the Xneck system, in tandem with our individualized exercise program, we are able to develop the muscles of the neck to help minimize head trauma.
Exercise Regimen
Correctly implementing exercises that strengthen the muscles supporting the head into our user's training regimen, we promote concussion avoidance and proper rehabilitation. Our novel exercise program, rooted in accepted exercise physiology principles, increases neck strength, flexibility, agility, and endurance, while also promoting a healthy head posture.
Implementing our product
Understanding the Xneck system helps users better develop their own strength, flexibility, and quickness. Over time and experience with the Xneck system, the individualized exercise program will progress to keep up with the body's adaptations. Our product is designed to meet the needs of all users and help develop everyone to be their best. With a user friendly interface, implementing the Xneck is easy and effective.
OUR APPROACH
Prevent
Strengthening the neck while improving posture and flexibility can help reduce the severity of whiplash and concussive forces to the head.. Using the Xneck system as a training tool, we are able to take preventative measures in protecting the head from trauma during sport activities. By training the muscles supporting the head in tandem with electrical stimulation, we've create a technology that gives our athletes a safer route to pursue what they love.
PRotect
Athletes who participate in contact sports are bound to face hard hits, creating situations players, coaches, and fans do not want to see. However, with the Xneck system we can help athletes avoid those situations through better reaction speed, withstand the hit with proper posture, and recover from those situations with more strength and flexibility than traditional training.
Rehabilitate
If our athletes have suffered from a concussion or head-related injury, proper return-to-play protocols need to be followed. By using the Xneck system as an additional tool during rehabilitation, we can help mitigate recurrence of the injury. The Xneck system allows Athletes to get back in the game with confidence.
Research
Muscle Development and Decreased Concussions
Streifer, Michael & Brown, Allison & Porfido, Tara & Anderson, Ellen & Buckman, Jennifer & Esopenko, Carrie. (2019). The Potential Role of the Cervical Spine in Sports-Related Concussion: Clinical Perspectives and Considerations for Risk Reduction. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy. 49. 1-22. 10.2519/jospt.2019.8582.
Eckner, J. T., Oh, Y. K., Joshi, M. S., Richardson, J. K., & Ashton-Miller, J. A. (2014). Effect of neck muscle strength and anticipatory cervical muscle activation on the kinematic response of the head to impulsive loads. The American journal of sports medicine, 42(3), 566-576. Article
Viano, D. C., Casson, I. R., & Pellman, E. J. (2007). Concussion in professional football: biomechanics of the struck player—part 14. Neurosurgery, 61(2), 313-328. Article
Gutierrez, G. M., Conte, C., & Lightbourne, K. (2014). The relationship between impact force, neck strength, and neurocognitive performance in soccer heading in adolescent females. Pediatric exercise science, 26(1), 33-40. Article
Electrical Stimulation and Muscle Development