Headaches

I have felt the same way sometimes. I figured it was the pressure changes in my sinus every time I fired. The sound waves still travel through you and might change the pressure in the sinus cavity. Just a thought that I had. I was going to ask a doctor about it but have not had a chance yet.

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I wouldn't rule out dehydration. Did you ever blow your nose after shooting on an indoor range? Lots of black stuff there, and I think it tends to suck moisture out of your mucous membranes or just dry them out. Anyhow try getting that stuff out because it probably doesn't do you any good regardless and see what happens.

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Will some one please define 'concussion', as used a number of times in this thread, so that it will make sense in this context, maybe the self-proclaimed 'scientist'?........

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Doug Huffman wrote:

Will some one please define 'concussion', as used a number of times in this thread, so that it will make sense in this context, maybe the self-proclaimed 'scientist'?........

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That would be me.

The use of the term "concussion", which is defined as mild brain trauma, from its Latin roots for violent shaking, in the context of this thread, for me, goes back to old WWII movies.

The bomb falls on the surface and kills the people hiding in the tunnels and the smart man that is always present in these movies says, "Well the concussion got them".

The hero solider to his buddies, "We need to get them out of that cave, I will use this concussion grenade to get them." He throws the grenade to the mouth of the cave and it goes boom. When they search the cave they find dead people with no marks on them.

The misnomer as applied here is to the associated "shock wave" from the blast of the bomb or the grenade, or the firing of the round at the enclosed shooting range.

It is known that the term "concussion" refers to the brain trauma condition, but from my early days of movie going, it has been broadened to include the shock wave which produces the brain trauma.

This concept still applies here, along with the allergies from the black gunk in your nose and the hearing protection that is not adequate and so on.



Thanks Doug, for asking.



Personally I have learned a lot from this thread.

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Sa45auto wrote:

Doug Huffman wrote:

Will some one please define 'concussion', as used a number of times in this thread, so that it will make sense in this context, maybe the self-proclaimed 'scientist'?........

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That would be me.

The use of the term "concussion", which is defined as mild brain trauma, from its Latin roots for violent shaking, in the context of this thread, for me, goes back to old WWII movies.

The bomb falls on the surface and kills the people hiding in the tunnels and the smart man that is always present in these movies says, "Well the concussion got them".

The hero solider to his buddies, "We need to get them out of that cave, I will use this concussion grenade to get them." He throws the grenade to the mouth of the cave and it goes boom. When they search the cave they find dead people with no marks on them.

The misnomer as applied here is to the associated "shock wave" from the blast of the bomb or the grenade, or the firing of the round at the enclosed shooting range.

It is known that the term "concussion" refers to the brain trauma condition, but from my early days of movie going, it has been broadened to include the shock wave which produces the brain trauma.

This concept still applies here, along with the allergies from the black gunk in your nose and the hearing protection that is not adequate and so on.



Thanks Doug, for asking.



Personally I have learned a lot from this thread.

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I dropped the yellow card as gently and respectfully as possible. I'm throwing the red flag.

There is no index entry for 'concussion' in my freshman Physics 101 textbook, Fundamentals of Physics, by Halliday, Resnick and Walker - 4th ed., nor in The Handbook of Chemistry and Physics.

It is not a 'misnomer' but egregious error from those that should know better.

There is a misnomer, properly and archly used, in this thread.

To a 'scientist', I was trained to never ask a question to which I did not have sufficient foundation to detect gross error. Believe nothing you read or hear without verifying it yourself unless it fits your pre-existing world view.

'Scientist' is a claim to a way of thinking, much like 'pastor', rather than a predicate.

Either we are equal or we are not. Good people ought to be armed where they will, with wits and guns and the truth. NRA KMA$$

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Doug Huffman wrote:

Sa45auto wrote:

Doug Huffman wrote:

Will some one please define 'concussion', as used a number of times in this thread, so that it will make sense in this context, maybe the self-proclaimed 'scientist'?........

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That would be me.

The use of the term "concussion", which is defined as mild brain trauma, from its Latin roots for violent shaking, in the context of this thread, for me, goes back to old WWII movies.

The bomb falls on the surface and kills the people hiding in the tunnels and the smart man that is always present in these movies says, "Well the concussion got them".

The hero solider to his buddies, "We need to get them out of that cave, I will use this concussion grenade to get them." He throws the grenade to the mouth of the cave and it goes boom. When they search the cave they find dead people with no marks on them.

The misnomer as applied here is to the associated "shock wave" from the blast of the bomb or the grenade, or the firing of the round at the enclosed shooting range.

It is known that the term "concussion" refers to the brain trauma condition, but from my early days of movie going, it has been broadened to include the shock wave which produces the brain trauma.

This concept still applies here, along with the allergies from the black gunk in your nose and the hearing protection that is not adequate and so on.



Thanks Doug, for asking.



Personally I have learned a lot from this thread.

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I dropped the yellow card as gently and respectfully as possible. I'm throwing the red flag.

There is no index entry for 'concussion' in my freshman Physics 101 textbook, Fundamentals of Physics, by Halliday, Resnick and Walker - 4th ed., nor in The Handbook of Chemistry and Physics.

It is not a 'misnomer' but egregious error from those that should know better.

There is a misnomer, properly and archly used, in this thread.

To a 'scientist', I was trained to never ask a question to which I did not have sufficient foundation to detect gross error. Believe nothing you read or hear without verifying it yourself unless it fits your pre-existing world view.

'Scientist' is a claim to a way of thinking, much like 'pastor', rather than a predicate.

Either we are equal or we are not. Good people ought to be armed where they will, with wits and guns and the truth. NRA KMA$$

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Doug I answered your question simply and respectfully. I knew that you knew what the definition of "concussion" was and I referred to that definition. I indicated where my use of the term "concussion" originated, for your information and enlightenment, as you could not know why I used the term thusly.

I am sorry for you if you only ask questions to which you already know the answer. I, a scientist, ask questions to gain knowledge. I operate on an axiom from my first year Chemistry class; "The only dumb question, is the un-asked question"

If you don't like my use of the term "concussion" in my posts, then in your mind, just substitute the term "shock wave" and we can all be happy.

I made reference to being a scientist in an earlier post and did it in regard to using the scientific approach in determining why the headaches, and you were the one who wanted the "scientist" to define concussion.

If you don't like me referring to myself as a "scientist", I am sorry that you don't, but I am licensed in states from theEast end of this country to the West and have been practicing for over 33 years.

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WEBSTER'S II New Riverside University Dictionary

Concussion - noun, 1. A hard jolt: SHOCK. 2. An injury of a soft structure, especiallly the brain, resulting from a violent blow.

Wow - looks like you are both right and there is no misnomer.

If it was used in the "Brain Trauma" context, then you could replace concussion with brain trauma in the earlier posts:

"In door as compared to outdoors could also have to do with perceived brain trauma from firing and the firing of others."

and

"My wife cannot stand to shoot at an indoor range, but has no problem out of doors. She can not tolerate the brain trauma, especially from others near by."

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