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Football Helmets Don’t Immobilize the Head During Impact

“Bio mechanical researchers have long understood that rotational forces, not linear forces, are responsible for serious brain damage. Including concussions, brain injury complications and brain bleeds.” (55) Rotational acceleration is defined as “when the head comes to a sudden stop, if it’s rotating, and the brain material is twisting inside the head and that can cause concussion and brain injury.” (56) Dr. Christopher Giza, MD pediatric neurology and neurosurgery at

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Football Safety and Helmet Weight

While significant research on football helmets has been aimed at reducing concussions, a recent study focused on the effect of “helmet mass (weight) on head and upper neck responses” concluded that the increased weight and mass of the helmet “is a possible explanation as to why there has not been a corresponding reduction in concussion rates despite improvements in helmets ability to reduce head acceleration”. Read the study abstract at

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Football Safety and Impact Anticipation

A football players ability to anticipate football impact and stabilize or brace the head and neck prior to contact is paramount to head and neck safety. Dr. Karen Johnson a recognized Canadian concussion researcher stated a “force to concuss a fixed neck is twice that of a mobile neck” while other research as supports that “bracing or cervical stiffness can reduce the magnitude impacts”. Learn more about how to stabilize

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Football MOUTH GUARDS & Reduced Head Acceleration

It has been well established stabilizing the head and neck in football is critical to reducing concussions. Some evidence now suggests that clenching on a mouthguard decreases head acceleration prior to impact in studies involving rugby drills/tackling and soccer heading. This research reports a significant reduction in head acceleration when clenching on a mouthguard although football research is inconclusive at this time. Read entire articles at Does Clenching Reduce Indirect

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Football Safety and Science

As reported by Life Science there are “5 ways Science could make Football Safer”. #1 Define Concussions, #2 New Helmets, #3 NECK STABILIZATION , #4 Mouthguards, #5 Helmetless Training NECK STABILIZATION Dr. Jamshid Ghajar, a neurosurgeon and director of the Stanford Concussion and Brain Performance Center and Erik Swartz, professor and chair of the department of kinesiology at the University of New Hampshire, agree that IMPROVING NECK SUPPORT is important

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DISCLAIMER

The Football Safety Academy acknowledges the coach has the responsibility to decide which football techniques should be taught for the well being and safety of his players and there is not one specific technique including the Hulk Shrug Technique or safety device that can completely eliminate the risk of injury from impacts related to football including catastrophic injury and death. To the knowledge of the Football Safety Academy no specific research has been done regarding the Hulk Shrug Technique, however the Football Safety Academy is actively pursuing this goal.

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