Why is it so dangerous to get punched in the back of the head (Prichard Colon) as opposed to the front or side?
In: Biology
In addition to the whole brain stem thing other people are talking about (I GUESS your brainstem is important…) there’s also a difference between a hit you see coming and a hit you don’t.
Your body does an incredible amount of instinctive bracing to prevent damage. If you don’t see the hit coming (because it’s from behind, your eyes are closed, or it’s a sucker punch) then you can’t tense up your muscles to prevent your brain bouncing around. Same goes if you are off balance, which is why k/a power in a fight has a lot to do with timing.
That thing you’ve heard about drunk people doing better in a car collision because “their bodies are loose” is not really backed by science and might be total bs.
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