A Shock For Rock - Head Banging Is Bad For Your Head (And Falling For This Is Bad For Your IQ)
Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 11:07
in Health & Medicine
It must be December. Those cheeky pranksters at BMJ are at it again, this time releasing an authentic-looking study that says head banging is bad for your head. Let's see how many media publications that basically print news releases without bothering to read them get suckered again (we mean you, BBC). **** Head banging increases the risk of head and neck injury, but the effects may be lessened with reduced head and neck motion, head banging to lower tempo songs or to every second beat, and using protective equipment such as neck braces, finds a study in the Christmas issue published on bmj.com today. read more
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