Obviously, wading into a pit can result in severe bodily injury, but according to the British web site www.DailyRecord.co.uk, headbanging onstage or at a show can also be pretty dangerous. Recently, the bassist for Scottish emo-metal band The Day I Vanished, Richard Allan, suffered a detached retina from banging his head during a performance.
"I was at the bar after the gig and noticed things were blurry," Allan told the DailyRecord. "I thought I'd maybe been looking at a light for too long. The doctors said I'd need an operation, which is a massive shock."
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* In 2005, Evanescence guitarist Terry Balsamo suffered a stroke from banging his head so hard he tore an artery in his neck.
* Boston University brain specialists determined that headbanging can cause whiplash. According to their study, 10 out of 17 teenage heavy metal fans they examined suffered neck pain. Girls were more severely impaired since they "banged their heads more violently to shake their long hair."
* Headbanging can also cause a concussion, writes www.health-forums.cn. "When you headbang [too much], you begin to feel woozy," reports the site. "The blood is not moving the way its designed too inside the human body, thus is the woozy affect. So, imagine you being woozy for too long and no blood is going to your brain at a good pace. What happens? you either faint or can lose consciousness for an extended period of time, which some would say is a concussion."
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