In an embodiment, a device for reducing brain and cervical spine injury includes a headpiece sufficiently designed to secure to a users head, the headpiece having a first attachment member a support harness sufficiently designed to secure to the users torso, the support harness having a second attachment member and a telescoping member having a main tube and a series of progressively smaller diameter tubes nested within each other, wherein the smaller diameter tubes are adapted to extend and compress in a linear plane by the intake and outflow of fluid, wherein the telescoping member has a first engaging member for engaging the first attachment member, and wherein the telescoping member has a second engaging member for engaging the second attachment member.
