cnrandall

The discussion in these neck braces is fascinating. I come from a Motorsport background and witnessed the introduction of the HANS device. The HANS device uniquivicably limits hyper extension of the neck and will stop the base of the neck fractures which kill drivers and also limits the common whiplash injuries. I have a bad neck from a big crash about a decade ago which still effects me and I'm sure that injury would have been lessened or avoided if I was wearing hans. Despite that there is still the argument that prevention is better than cure and a hans device does limit the movement of your head in the car. I've only recently got into MTb and these neck braces do not, to my eyes, compare to the HANS device. There is no evidence other than anicdotal that they are of benifit and when crashing a bike the consequences are far more chaotic than crashing a car where you are firmly strapped in. Logically, put a short, sharp load through the centre of a long collar bone it's going to break - does the resistance of that break really save you neck or are you putting a traffic cone in front of truck without brakes? Maybe I'm wrong, doesn't seem as black/white as a HANS device though.