Hey, I was just watching 暴れ曲/Abarekyoku by Golden Bomber furi since it was the first featured video on this Bangya furi channel, and I invited my mom to come enjoy the good music and choreography when she told me, “hey… those head moves are a risk for brain injury”, which I did some searching and was appalled to find that it’s possible headbanging is a risk for brain injury, and it’s unfortunate there are not enough studies on this. In my searching, I did find EDM/rock/metal/dubstep bandmen and fans who did say they got headaches, neck aches and even alarming signs like concussions and bleeding after (years of) headbanging. What do you all think?

Couple of links as valuable contributions to the topic:

[Decades long headbanger… : r/CTE](https://www.reddit.com/r/CTE/comments/18m5dtf/decades_long_headbanger/)

[Study: Hits, Not Concussions, Cause CTE | Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine](https://www.bumc.bu.edu/camed/2018/01/18/study-hits-not-concussions-cause-cte/)

[TIL many rockers have suffered injuries from headbanging. : r/todayilearned](https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/7cdz1p/til_many_rockers_have_suffered_injuries_from/)

[Consequence – 4 Jul 14](https://consequence.net/2014/07/headbanging-can-cause-brain-injury-but-doctor-says-to-rock-on-anyway/)

[Headbanging can cause brain injury, but doctors say to rock on anyway](https://consequence.net/2014/07/headbanging-can-cause-brain-injury-but-doctor-says-to-rock-on-anyway/)

Man who attended Motörhead suffered brain damage, but doctors still encourage activity.

[https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/headbanging-risk/](https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/headbanging-risk/)

Head Banging A Risk For Brain Injury