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Ready for Impact

Get Your Head In The Game

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Abby Baldwin, DPT, OCS, SCS

Get Ready for Impact! Most athletes think concussions are just part of contact sports — but that’s changing. Research shows there’s a proactive way to reduce your risk of concussion and, by doing so, lower your chances of a non-contact lower body injury. Your neck plays a major role in how your body absorbs and responds to impact. Strong, engaged neck muscles help stabilize your head during collisions, reducing the forces that reach your brain — and the downstream effects that can alter coordination, balance, and reaction time. The “Ready for Impact” program is designed to make that protection simple and accessible: No equipment needed 3 minutes a day 3 weeks to complete You can repeat the program throughout the season or use your favorite go-to exercises before practices and games to keep your neck muscles engaged and your body ready for contact.

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Get Ready for Impact

Reduces concussion risk

Stronger deep cervical flexors and extensors increase an athlete’s ability to decelerate the head on the neck when hit, reducing peak linear and rotational forces that drive concussive injury.

Reduces downstream risk of injury

Training deep neck muscles to reduce concussion risk prevents the post-impact neuromuscular shutdown that increases ACL risk. Targeted neck activation improves cervical proprioception and keeps the vestibulo-ocular and postural stabilization systems online after impact—protecting against the 4.5–11× increased risk of non-contact lower-body injury following concussion/whiplash.

Improves bracing collisions

When athletes can quickly fire the deep neck musculature, they stabilize the head-neck segment before contact, improving bracing mechanics—critical in sports like basketball, soccer, hockey, lacrosse, and football.

Enhances visual tracking and reaction

Neck musculature directly influences oculomotor control. Stronger, more responsive neck stabilizers help maintain gaze stability during rapid movement, improving decision-making, ball tracking, and timing.

Reduces cumulative micro-trauma

Athletes with weak deep neck stabilizers fall into forward-head, inhibited-pattern posture that increases whiplash load. Strengthening corrects imbalance, enhances spinal alignment, and reduces repetitive strain throughout the season.

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