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The helmet doesn't really help much against concussion as far as I know. It's the same with big boxing gloves or headgear. You cut less or don't break your nose

The helmet doesn't really help much against concussion as far as I know. It's the same with big boxing gloves or headgear. You cut less or don't break your nose but you still can get knocked out. The boxing part is first hand experience.

SketchySeaBeast 8y ago
Regardless of it being good protection, it's better than leather skullcap. Also, with boxing headgear you're fighting the gloves, which protect a fighters hands, but do nothing to soften the impact to the head.
- jedberg 8y ago
  The point is with leather helmets you won't use your head as weapon because you won't feel as protected.
  - SketchySeaBeast 8y ago
    Rugby is a game played without helmets and concussions are still a massive problem. Regardless of the usage of the head as a weapon it's still a game that features massive guys hitting each other at high rates of speed. Taking the helmet away has now meant that when the guy gets tackled from behind and lands face first in the dirt he's not worried about getting a concussion due to his broken neck.
- maxxxxx 8y ago
  In bare knuckle boxing they can’t hit full power because they have to worry about their hands.
  - SketchySeaBeast 8y ago
    That's what I meant - any gains in protection via the helmet is negligible given that the gloves allow you to hit harder.
Benjammer 8y ago
It's because in almost all cases, all the damage comes from your brain sloshing around in the fluid inside your skull and ramming against the front of your skull when your skull suddenly stops moving, it doesn't have a lot to do with surface trauma to your skull from the impact itself or anything like that. Until we can wear a helmet that directly augments the connective tissues inside the skull, we won't be able to solve concussions with head protection outside the skull.

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The helmet doesn't really help much against concussion as far as I know. It's the same with big boxing gloves or headgear. You cut less or don't break your nose

by maxxxxx 8y ago

SketchySeaBeast 8y ago
Regardless of it being good protection, it's better than leather skullcap. Also, with boxing headgear you're fighting the gloves, which protect a fighters hands, but do nothing to soften the impact to the head.
- jedberg 8y ago
  The point is with leather helmets you won't use your head as weapon because you won't feel as protected.
  - SketchySeaBeast 8y ago
    Rugby is a game played without helmets and concussions are still a massive problem. Regardless of the usage of the head as a weapon it's still a game that features massive guys hitting each other at high rates of speed. Taking the helmet away has now meant that when the guy gets tackled from behind and lands face first in the dirt he's not worried about getting a concussion due to his broken neck.
- maxxxxx 8y ago
  In bare knuckle boxing they can’t hit full power because they have to worry about their hands.
  - SketchySeaBeast 8y ago
    That's what I meant - any gains in protection via the helmet is negligible given that the gloves allow you to hit harder.
Benjammer 8y ago
It's because in almost all cases, all the damage comes from your brain sloshing around in the fluid inside your skull and ramming against the front of your skull when your skull suddenly stops moving, it doesn't have a lot to do with surface trauma to your skull from the impact itself or anything like that. Until we can wear a helmet that directly augments the connective tissues inside the skull, we won't be able to solve concussions with head protection outside the skull.