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Re: Horse Collars

To: vintage-race@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Horse Collars
From: "Christopher H. Kang, MD" <chkangmd@qnis.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 21:28:10 -0700
> 
> I love my horse collar and my horse collar loves me.
> 
  I think the collar is a good idea, certainly the best so far for neck 
strain protection. It unfortunately doesn't protect the neck from
stretching in the axial (the direction your spine would strech if
someone was picked up by the hair if you had more hair than I do). The
collar helps to limit bending-but does not totally prevent "whiplash". 

 Solutions?? Maybe the "HANS" device (see autoweek 7-7-97). For now,
yes, use a neck collar. 

 Does anyone know how to fit one correctly? When I fit soft neck collars
for a whiplash, it has to provide uniform pressure/support all around
the  base of the skull, yet still allow a slight chin down
posture-trying to reproduce the spine curvature if you stood against the
wall with the back of the head, shoulder blades, buttocks and heels
touching the wall. I imagine that you could shave the collar to fit
correctly.

More than you wanted to know about neck collars! From someone who's only
got arm restraints! gotta get a collar!! good thing the car's not
runnig.

christopher

"the attnys say to disclaim every thing they could use against me, so I
am" :(

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