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Can one get a concussion from headbanging (moving head back and forth really fast, like at a rock concert)?

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Dr. Charles Gordon answered

Specializes in Adolescent Medicine

Very unlikely: Your brain is surrounded by fluid and you would have to accelerate and then decelerate it as if you were traveling in a car. The fastest human sprinters, and they are running in the clear, can run at up to about 16 mph. "Myth busted"!

Answered 11/9/2017

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