Thanks for contacting us. We've received your submission. <br>A German gamer has broken his neck while wearing a virtual reality headset after he moved too “intensely.”<br>Doctors claim the 31-year-old’s “repetitive” movements led to the neck being damaged — before part of the bone finally “cracked.”<br>The man went to the hospital after experiencing a piercing pain in his shoulders.<br>X-ray scans later revealed the man had fractured his C7 neck vertebra — which sits near the base of the neck above the shoulders. <br>Experts from the University of Leipzig Hospital, who treated the gamer, believe it is the world’s first documented of VR-related “stress fracture.” <br>Researchers say the unidentified man’s injury resembled ones seen in runners and soldiers as detailed in a medical journal, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-10033285/German-gamer-breaks-NECK-using-VR-headset.html?ito=social-facebook&fbclid=IwAR0B0SkhYSHkZ0OFRmLdKe8aa0Qk1B33lDgoRrX-REUnL8bXwXH3n8im_3g" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">MailOnline found.</a><br>Virtual reality headsets, worth almost £400, can weigh almost 610g, though medics in the German man’s case did not detail the brand used.<br>The man needed to wear a type of neck brace for six weeks to support his neck while it healed and he made a full recovery after 12 weeks. <br>The headsets are becoming increasingly popular equipment among gamers, with millions of them sold in both the UK and US in recent years. <br>Dr David Baur, an orthopedics and trauma specialist at the hospital where the man was treated, said the injury resembled “clay-shoveler’s fracture.”<br>This fracture is named after injuries recorded in clay miners in Australia in the 1940s.<br>Workers were injured after rapidly flinging material over their shoulders out of mining pits using shovels.<br>This injury has also been recorded in professional athletes like volleyball players and horse riders. <br>Dr Baur said: “Since the patient had been playing VR games for many hours weekly with lightweight devices in his hands and on his head.<br>“We conclude that a stress-type fracture seems to be the more likely reason for the dislocated fracture of the spinous process from the seventh cervical vertebra.<br>“The repetitive movements and intense gaming habits could have led to a fatigue fracture.”<br>Repetitive stress fractures of this type are a common injury in soldiers on long marches, researchers said.<br>Doctors did not detail exactly when the man was injured – but virtual reality headsets have become increasing popular among gamers in recent years. <br>More information can be found in the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="https://jmedicalcasereports.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13256-021-02880-9">Journal of Medical Case Reports</a>.<br><em>This story originally appeared on </em><a href="https://www.the-sun.com/health/4565426/gamer-breaks-neck-from-vr-headset/"><em>The Sun</em></a><em> and has been reproduced here with permission.</em><br>Share Selection<br><br><a href="https://nypost.com/2022/01/29/gamer-breaks-neck-while-wearing-virtual-reality-headset/">source</a>
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