EC Orthopaedics

Editorial Volume 16 Issue 6 - 2025

The Heads-Up on Neck Strengthening Devices: An Industry Hanging its Head

Jeff Hiserman PT*

CEO and Founder Spectrum Ergonomics and Occupational Health Services, USA

*Corresponding Author: Jeff Hiserman PT, CEO and Founder Spectrum Ergonomics and Occupational Health Services, USA.
Received: September 23, 2025; Published: October 10, 2025



Background

Neck Pain is defined by the Global Burden of Health 2015 Study as "pain in the neck with or without pain referred into one or both upper limbs that lasts for at least one day" [1]. With regards to the neck, this region is from the occiput to the first thoracic vertebra [2].

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  7. Titcomb David A., et al. “Evidence-based corrective exercise intervention for forward head posture in adolescents and young adults without musculoskeletal pathology: a critically appraised topic”. Journal of Sport Rehabilitation5 (2022): 640-644.
  8. Kang Hyojeong and Hoesong Yang. “The effects of modified chin tuck exercise on the cervical curvature, the strength and endurance of the deep cervical flexor muscles in subjects with forward head posture”. Journal of The Korean Society of Integrative Medicine2 (2019): 189-195.
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Jeff Hiserman PT. “The Heads-Up on Neck Strengthening Devices: An Industry Hanging its Head”. EC Orthopaedics  16.6 (2025): 01-05.

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