Germn doctors have reportedly treated a 50-year-old man who had suffered a brain injury from headbanging during a recent Motörhead show.
The patient complained of severe headaches and had had no prior history of head injuries or any issues with substance abuse. However, he had recently been headbanging at a Motörhead show. The Hannover Medical School did discovered the patient had a brain bleed. According to their case study in medical journal the Lancet, the doctors drilled a hole in the man’s head to drain the blood out. After that, his headaches subsided and eventfully dropped all together. In a follow-up examanitation, doctors found a benign cyst, which may have caused the fan to be even more susceptible to injury.
"We are not against headbanging," Dr. Ariyan Pirayesh Islamian, said. "The risk of injury is very, very low. But I think if (our patient) had (gone) to a classical concert, this would not have happened."Dr. Colin Shieff, a neurosurgeon and trustee of British brain injury advocacy group Headway, also added that, "There are probably other higher risk events going on at rock concerts than headbanging. Most people who go to music festivals and jump up and down while shaking their heads don't end up in the hands of a neurosurgeon."
