4-Way Neck Machine

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Equipment & Set Up

• Neck Machine

Primary Muscles Involved

• Sternocleidomastoid
• Obliquus capitits inferior
• Obliquus capitis superior

Starting Position

• Seated on pad with feet flat
• Flexion-face flush with pad.
• Extension-back of head flush with pad.
• Lateral Flexion-side of head flush with pad (left and right sides)

Movement Execution

• Flexion-flex at neck, chin to chest.
• Extension-extend at neck, eyes to sky.
• Lateral Flexion-laterally flex at neck, ear to shoulder.

Safety & Spotting Techniques

• Do not load the athlete with a weight they can not take through a full range of motion.

Common Errors & Corrections

• Hiking at shoulders
  1. Reduce the load.
• Not going through a full range of motion
  1. Reduce the load.
  2. Adjust seat to proper height.