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From the Guardian...
Headbanging does create risk of brain damage, says study
"We identified a definite risk of mild traumatic brain injury from headbanging," Dr Andrew McIntosh, of the University of New South Wales (UNSW), told the Australian newspaper. "We would suggest a proper public health warning, as for smoking." The results of his research were published in the Christmas edition of the British Medical Journal.
Researchers at UNSW's school of risk and safety sciences found that risk of neck and head injury was directly related to song tempo. The average heavy metal song, with a tempo of 146 bpm, is likely to cause mild injury if the head's range of motion is greater than 75 degrees. Songs like Motley Crue's Kickstart My Heart - at 180 bpm - are among the most dangerous, leading to anything from mild headaches to mosh-induced strokes.
McIntosh and co-author Declan Patton advised that "Adult-oriented rock" is much more safe, as it involves a slower rate of head-bopping. We are not quite sure what "adult-oriented rock" means, but we suspect the music is less cool than AC/DC.
The study's authors also observed the headbanging of cartoon characters Beavis and Butthead. Listening to the Ramones' I Wanna Be Sedated, Beavis kept his "angular head velocity" within safe limits, they wrote. Butthead did not. "It is well understood, however, that cartoon characters are able to tolerate greater than normal impacts without injury," the study drily noted.
Injury can also be avoided by the use of a neck brace. Or, McIntosh advised, "learn to ballroom dance. That's the takeaway message".
So I'll be bringing the neckbraces to Coachella this year....
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Comments (18)
You promise to bring the neckbrace? heehee
I saw AC/DC last week...and my brain does feel a little injured...I've been drinking Christmas beers as therapy and it appears to be working well
thats right...someone else can supply the beer!
The older I get -- the more my neck hurts after a show -- just went to see Oasis and I was in mid-90s head bobbing form -- day 2 is always the worst.
My head hurts so bad anyway, I'm just holding my lighter up.
BTW....bpm = bangs per minute?
Bops per minute?
I actually know a guy who is a bass player (was in a band, now gives ocassional lessons) who actually messed up several of his upper vertebrae from headbanging over time.....he is in his mid forties but physically now, cuz of the damage, is in almost constant pain, and actually had to quit his "day" job (which was not labor intensive at all)--point is, I never thought so much about how much damage it can really do---and I have "head banged" quite a bit at certain concerts!!
Be careful, that's all!
I don't doubt the findings its just the context....an analysis of beavis and butthead?
LOL, well, yeah, I forgot to mention something about that, haha!
--Beavis kept his angular head velocity within limits.......um, ok
Heh, hmm-hmm-hmm-heh, hmm, hemmm----hard to write his laugh!
From "Bring the Noise" to "Bring the Neckbrace." Whoda thunk it?
I'm waiting for another story where they say 'PSYCH!"
if this is true, i would have been a frikkin genius instead of just insanely intelligent. i'm inclined to say that i'm living proof that headbanging is perfectly safe unless you actually bang off the floor or yr guitar or something else hard.
i think it all depends on who you are, your physical makeup and just how hard you 'bang'... I dislodge brain matter every time i try and wind up being dizzy for hours.
I demonstrated a speed metel headbang, double horns and all, for my nephew last month and I still can't remember anything that happened between Halloween and Thanksgiving of this year. So yeah, article makes perfect sense.
then clearly you had your head angled at 76 degrees...
Trust the Australains to investigate this. Some uiversity aademics also had an investigation into how long a piece of string is. It's seven inches. I am not making this up.
clearly they don't have enough to 'study' down under...
Dachmo - That's the funniest thing I've read all day.