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Please help me! can you get a concussion without hitting your head?

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Very rarely: It takes a bit of force to produce a concussion-so while in a rare circumstance one might turn the head fast enough(elderly) or rotate fast enough(e.G spinning car or amusemnt park ride) this would be uncommon.

Answered 6/17/2013

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