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Suns_PSD 9/12/2008 9:23am
9/12/2008 9:23am
Sure, he fell on his shoulder after getting cross rutted and losing the front end after landing from a small double.

Going off memory here but he said he broke his clavicle, cracked his adam's apple, and cracked/ broke 2-3 upper ribs.

It was a shoulder fall that should have never resulted in such severe injuries.

Basically if you have been listening these are common injuries for Leatt wearers.
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Cygnus 9/12/2008 9:47am
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Suns_PSD wrote:
Sure, he fell on his shoulder after getting cross rutted and losing the front end after landing from a small double. Going off memory here but...
Sure, he fell on his shoulder after getting cross rutted and losing the front end after landing from a small double.

Going off memory here but he said he broke his clavicle, cracked his adam's apple, and cracked/ broke 2-3 upper ribs.

It was a shoulder fall that should have never resulted in such severe injuries.

Basically if you have been listening these are common injuries for Leatt wearers.
So he won't be riding again because he is scared ? Those don't sound like career ending injuries.
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SteveS 9/12/2008 9:55am
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todder wrote:
Not to start a whole Leatt vs everyone else but the doctors say the majority of catastrophic spinal injuries come from the neck going forward too...
Not to start a whole Leatt vs everyone else but the doctors say the majority of catastrophic spinal injuries come from the neck going forward too far. That EVS doesn't have a front shelf thingy like a Leatt. More of a fancy neck roll. In my super humble opinion.
drmarkr wrote:
Where did you read/hear this mechanism of injury??

I'm interested in seeing such statistics.

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Hyperextension injuries to the cervical spine constitute 25-50% of all severe traumatic cervical cord injuries.1,2,3 Frequently these involve fracture of the posterior element and/or fracture of the anterior inferior tip of a dislocated vertebra with associated encroachment into the spinal canal.

http://www.nature.com/sc/journal/v40/n10/full/3101344a.html

The majority of sports-related c-spine injuries with neurologic problems are actually from axial loading (compression), which is what the whole spearing issue in football is about.
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todder 9/12/2008 11:41am
9/12/2008 11:41am Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 8:25pm
We have 4 leatts now and I had to adjust them all to fit each rider correctly, especially the back support. That can go in and out. I can't see how the EVS can be a fit all with everyone being different size especially in the shoulders. I'm sure its much better than not wearing anything though.

I've broke my collar bone 3 times in the past and once it didn't heal correctly so it sort of sticks out. I was worried about all the collar bone hype but my leatt comes nowhere near my collar bone. Collar bone is a very common injury and people want to blame it on something. Everytime I've gotten hurt I blame me for crashing.

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Foster576 9/12/2008 12:30pm
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todder wrote:
We have 4 leatts now and I had to adjust them all to fit each rider correctly, especially the back support. That can go in and...
We have 4 leatts now and I had to adjust them all to fit each rider correctly, especially the back support. That can go in and out. I can't see how the EVS can be a fit all with everyone being different size especially in the shoulders. I'm sure its much better than not wearing anything though.

I've broke my collar bone 3 times in the past and once it didn't heal correctly so it sort of sticks out. I was worried about all the collar bone hype but my leatt comes nowhere near my collar bone. Collar bone is a very common injury and people want to blame it on something. Everytime I've gotten hurt I blame me for crashing.
Collar bone is way common but luckily it doesnt take long to heal! Id rather take my chances with a few more broken collarbones (3-5 week heal time give or take) and wear my Leatt than take a chance at breaking my neck.
To each their own though.
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EVS Sports 12/10/2008 9:30am
12/10/2008 9:30am
Hey VitalMX users!

Here at EVS, we’re no strangers to questions on the RC EVOLUTION race collar. So we put our heads together and came up with the all new RC EVOLUTION mini site. The website within a website is featured directly on the EVS home page and is an all-encompassing destination for those of you with questions.

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teggers 12/10/2008 11:09am
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drmarkr wrote:
Where did you read/hear this mechanism of injury??

I'm interested in seeing such statistics.

Magoo's was extension....

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I saw my brother break his neck and his head rolled forward into his chest. I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that for this type of crash, the Leatt would have helped. That front shelf (in my opinion) would have decreased his injury.
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mooch 12/10/2008 1:38pm
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Suns_PSD wrote:
Sure, he fell on his shoulder after getting cross rutted and losing the front end after landing from a small double. Going off memory here but...
Sure, he fell on his shoulder after getting cross rutted and losing the front end after landing from a small double.

Going off memory here but he said he broke his clavicle, cracked his adam's apple, and cracked/ broke 2-3 upper ribs.

It was a shoulder fall that should have never resulted in such severe injuries.

Basically if you have been listening these are common injuries for Leatt wearers.
Sounds like a pretty scientific study you have here...

Guess what, I fell on my side and broke my collarbone and a bunch of ribs and I wasn't even wearing my Leatt at the time. Hmmm amazing how a person can break ribs and a collarbone without the help of a leatt. Also amazing how people can jump to conclusions.
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mxrose3 12/10/2008 2:18pm
12/10/2008 2:18pm
I thought there was som pretty good reading material on the EVS website regarding the development of the RC Evo race collar. The number one area of focus was on 'Axial Compression' (Pushing the head straight down onto the spinal column). To me, it looks like the EVO does this better than all of the race collars.
They also mentioned that their research indicated that allowing a fair amount of forward flexion was more beneficial in helping a tuck-and-roll motion when crashing, and they purposely did not add additional support on the front because of this. They believe they have just enough on the front.

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