Headbang Health Hazard

[rata]

---

Stiff neck mo dira!!!


A study publish Thursday says headbanging could be hazardous to your health.

WARNING: Headbanging to Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer or Anthrax could be hazardous to your health.

So concludes the first-ever study, published Thursday, of the fin-de-siecle dance style in which afficionados of heavy metal jerk their heads up and down to a fast and furious beat.

Declan Patton and Andrew McIntosh at the School for Risk and Safety Sciences at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, attended hard rock and heavy metal concerts to observe headbanging techniques.

They then worked up a biomechanical analysis, culminating in a "theoretical headbanging model."

In their offbeat study, published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ), the pair say that thrashing about like an electro-shocked rabbit may cause similar effects to whiplash.

A typical death-metal rhythm of 146 beats-per-minute or faster, combined with head-banging arcs of at least 45 degrees, is "predicted to cause mild head and neck injury," they say.

With faster tempos and a wider arcs, "there are definite risks of mild traumatic brain injury."

Anecdotal evidence also points to the potential health hazards of thrash rock, the paper says.

"In 2005, doctors believed that Terry Balsamo, the guitarist from the band Evanescence, experienced a stroke from head banging," it notes.

So what can be done?

Metal fans could wear a neck brace while headbanging -- or stick to listening to Michael Bolton, Celine Dion, Enya and Richard Clayderman, joke Patton and McIntosh.

To teens who still prefer Ultra Vomit to easy listening, the paper offers a practical example of what to avoid.

It applies the "theoretical headbanging model" to cartoon wunderkinder Beavis and Butt-head, dancing to The Ramones' "I Wanna Be Sedated" at 164 beats per minute.

The range of motion of Beavis' head is about 45 degrees, which is below the injury threshold.

For Butt-head, though, the prospects are not so great.

He headbangs with a range of motion of about 75 degrees, with the risk of "level one" head injuries -- headaches and dizziness.

Agence France-Presse - 12/18/2008 12:16 AM GMT

[rata]

hasi pa.........

[DEMONOCIETY]

Metal fans could wear a neck brace while headbanging -- or stick to listening to Michael Bolton, Celine Dion, Enya and Richard Clayderman, joke Patton and McIntosh.

ewwwww ngil-arag advise oi

[b|tcH_g0dd3sS]

ewwwww ngil-arag advise oi

hahahah Correct! I'd rather not follow it but I'd heed the one on head-banging.

[DyslexicHeart]

Metal fans could wear a neck brace while headbanging -- or stick to listening to Michael Bolton, Celine Dion, Enya and Richard Clayderman, joke Patton and McIntosh.

I think I would be more prone to stroke if I will continuously listen to My Heart Will Go On...

[flush]

woo metal at its finest...head bang mo ani oh. metal

[balut_man]

i love the sarcasm.

[fosing]

Metal fans could wear a neck brace while headbanging -- or stick to listening to Michael Bolton, Celine Dion, Enya and Richard Clayderman, joke Patton and McIntosh.


...and look like BATMAN headbanging.hahaha

[CASHFLOW]

bitaw murag matay-og atong ulo if mo headbang ug kusug

[rata]

kanang bassist sa devildriver kay payter kaayo mo headspin sa...sakita kaha ana inig ka butnag oi..hehe


si Pil Anselmo kay na operahan namana sa una tungod cge head bang daw.