[Ansteorra] Very interesting story on concussions

[Chris Zakes]

At 10:55 AM 1/28/2011, you wrote:
>Salut cozyns,
>
>I believe the minima are sufficient to keep us from killing or
>permanently crippling ourselves. Any armor you add beyond that will
>serve to lessen some of the pain. Some. Never all.
>
>The goal of a martial art is to learn to be a weapon. Weapons take
>wear and tear. This is unavoidable. I fought and enjoyed myself for
>over a quarter-century. That probably played a role in wrecking my
>spine, but I was born with a scoliosis, so I always knew it was a
>possibility. If I'd have known it would be this painful, I would have
>stopped earlier.
>
>Nah. I wouldn't have given it up for anything.
>
>In any case, I'm certainly not going to whine that it was the helmet's
>fault.
>The only perfectly injury-proof armor would be a Newt Suit (or
>possibly a tank), and you can't feel blows in a Newt Suit.
>
>If you want to avoid all possibility of an injury, play WOW or some
>other game.
>
>En Lyonel


But wouldn't that cause Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, from too much 
mouse/keyboard use?

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