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1/24/2012 8:48pm
garage made neck braces.............
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Years ago, I bought the home-surgery kit from a local garage-dweller and
am still traumatized by the experiments I performed, so yeah, I'm not
too interested.
I would like to think that there is a large amount of medical research and reasoning behind a Leatt or Aplinestars brace.
The R&D behind this thing is likely fueled by a 12 pack of Schlitz.
Scary.
Soft foam is the way to go on these things. Thats my bitch on the subject for 2008.
Looks like a sad-ass football lineman's neck protector, and nothing more.
The Leatt looks to offer more compression protection, but that is dependent on proper setup. To me this shit is all snake oil still. Its a dangerous sport and no real research either way has been done on these things. For everyone said they have been saved by these things, I have someone tossing the brace into the closet due to an injury.
There are more neck injuries in Football then Motocross. Maybe they know something?
Most football players don't use that brace, so if that industry has the experience and knowledge you speak of, then it's probably saying that style of brace is of very little value.
Oh, and I didn't confuse anything. You said it appears to be the same as the Leatt. It isn't.
Pit Row
One other point about football injuries... the biggest difference is when playing football you rarely hit an stationary object at 20 to 30 mph however when you examine the actual collision speeds, football impacts speeds are in fact regularly higher.
This product is actually what football players add to their shoulder pads. It's sold by a company called Mueller, they have a patent on it, I'm only providing a service to install it. A company called Leatt braces sells a brace that attaches to moto-x cross chest protectors that costs $400 - $500. This is a cheaper alternative, and I think the leatt brace is too restrictive, causeing limited visibility by interfering with turning your head.
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Some moto-x riders add a neck roll to their chest protector, that is only 1 to 2 inches tall, that in my opinion only creates a fulcrum on your neck to possible make is easier to break. This protector i'm using is taller, and won't create a fulcrum effect.
All the strength training in the world won't protect a knee from damage in many circumstances encountered in MX or football. I wonder why those sports have such high incidence of knee injuries? I guess everybody is just out of shape.
Tell me a story about one of your Trannie-friends that grew a new ACL through strength training and steroid use.
Thanks for confirming everything I said, I guess.
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