Head, Neck, Traps - Rogers Athletic

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TCU Hire

Darl Bauer, a Master Strength and Conditioning Coach, the highest distinction in the strength profession, was recently hired by Texas Christian University as TCU’s

4.10.2026

Kinematics and Kinetics

Kinematics and kinetics are used to determine the forces acting on the body. Greater neck strength and activating the neck muscles in bracing for

3.20.2026

Coaching Cues

When looking for training modalities for the trapezius, examining the literature you will find that a unilateral or one arm shoulder shrug will elicit

12.5.2025

Gut-Brain Axis

In athletics we seldom think of our musculoskeletal system as one of our body’s organs. In actuality, our skeletal muscle system is the largest

11.7.2025

More Than Important

When you study kinematics, that is the motion of objects, you study it without considering the forces that cause the motion. In athletics, forces

6.27.2025

Risk Reduction

A 2024 study published in the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Risk Reduction of Concussion in Athletes: Do Neck Size or Neck

4.25.2025

Protect

Typically adults walk anywhere from 4,000 to 18,000 steps per day. Walking 10,000 steps per day has been a target for changing a sedentary

2.28.2025

Coaching Movement

Normal neck lateral flexion is somewhere between 20-45 degrees of motion. Athletes with larger neck circumferences tend to fall into the lower ranges of

2.21.2025

Upper Division

The trapezius muscle is subdivided into three areas: the upper, middle and lower division. The muscle is a stabilizer of the scapula and operates