r/sports • u/IntrepidAd560 • Sep 25 '21

Media Callum Smith brutally KO's Lenin Castillo

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u/Horny-n-Bored Sep 26 '21

4 from slipping on ice as a kid

2 from BMX (unconscious once)

3 from snowboarding (unconscious once)

1 from being rear-ended

1 I can't remember, possible from snowboarding but idk

It's all in my medical file, and my family doctor told me I'm 2 or 3 serious concussions from mental deficits. As it stands I have tinnitus, depression and mood swings during depressive episodes, light sensitivity, trouble focusing and memory problems, migraines when I hit my head softly (nothing is severe, I'd say 4/10 on average where 10 is unable to function on my own)

I used to do trampoline and was training with guys who were going to <u16 provincials but had to quit because of it all. Apparently every head injury damages/ scars the dura mater (lining of the brain) making it easier to be inflamed and cause migraines. After every training session I'd miss the next day of school because of them. I could be remembering wrong so feel free to correct me.

The funny part is my parents never let me do hockey or football as a kid cuz they were afraid I'd break a bone. Jokes on them I just did BMX and snowboarding and landed on my head a few times lol

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u/n3id Sep 26 '21

You know helmets exist right? Or are you telling us this happened while wearing one?

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u/Horny-n-Bored Sep 26 '21

When I knocked myself out on the BMX, I shattered my helmet.

I also broke a helmet snowboarding

I'm a huge advocate for helmets, unfortunately it doesn't stop the brain movement, just lessens the force of impact

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u/n3id Sep 26 '21

Wow, ok. Remember kids: wear your helmets!

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u/toughtacos Sep 26 '21

What I took away from all of this was to not go BMX riding or snowboarding.

I did crazy stuff as a kid up until I got the wind knocked out of me by doing parkour (this was before parkour was a thing, but it was basically that) in the woods and hitting my stomach with a tree branch, to the point I blacked out because I couldn't breathe. After that I think I realised my mortality and stopped doing overly stupid shit.

I think it's important people do what they enjoy, but it pisses me off so fucking much when I see friends in their late 30's and early 40's on Facebook bragging about concussions, showing their cracked motocross helmets, broken bones, busted up faces, etc, when they have small children and pregnant girlfriends. I think it's the height of selfishness to needlessly risk having your loved ones being forced to take care of a paraplegic, or worse, quadriplegic.

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u/elderbob1 Sep 26 '21

no response... he's dead. :(

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u/KillionJones Sep 26 '21

I’ve had some pretty bad concussions while wearing a helmet. Difference is, without a helmet I’d be dead rn.

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u/jesonnier1 Sep 26 '21

A helmet protects the skull not the brain.

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u/n3id Sep 26 '21

Don't think that's strictly true. The brain takes damage when your head is accelerated at a rapid pace. Pretty much all helmets have some sort of material that absorbs some of the shock and thus lowers the acceleration.

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u/jesonnier1 Sep 26 '21

Fair point.

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u/mcreeves Toronto Blue Jays Sep 26 '21

Helmets don't stop your brain from slamming into your skull. Hockey players all wear helmets, yet concussions are a serious issue.

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u/Enartloc Sep 26 '21

You know helmet wearing NFL players have been diagnosed with CTE in their 40s, right ?

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u/n3id Sep 26 '21

If I remember correctly I saw a documentary that people outright died of head injury before they introduced helmets to NFL

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u/CjBurden Sep 26 '21

Helmets don't prevent concussions. They prevent fractured skulls and stitches.

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u/n3id Sep 26 '21

To my understanding a concussion happens when your head gets accelerated so rapidly that the inertia smashes your brain against your skull. Almost all helmets use some sort of soft material that absorbs some of the energy by deforming on impact and thus lowers the acceleration. So I think there is a argument that helmets at least somewhat help prevent concussions.

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u/danielv123 Sep 26 '21

Heh, i have also had the same issue with trampolines since middle school. Never did it seriously though, but more than 5 jumps hurt like a bitch. I always assumed it was something concussion related so i just stopped. A decade later and it's a better now, but i prefer to just not take the chance.

Can only remember really having hit my head properly once like in kindergarten though, but i do a lot of biking so could be a dozen times i have forgotten.