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Started by nautee, August 7, 2011 · 2 Replies · 2,118 Views
falling from a handstand (no elevation, just the plain handstand) onto your head on concrete - how harmful is it, potentially?
Not that I plan to do that 
On occasions I've had to wait somewhere I've considered using that wasted time well and getting up against a wall, and would have, except the floors were concrete or hard wood.
Learn how to roll and cartwheel out of a handstand. Safety options.
Blairbob said:Learn how to roll and cartwheel out of a handstand. Safety options.
I am doing this now most of the time, but there is the occasional time I'll collapse or drop. ; when I don't have enough forward motion I get my head tucked in, I land on the fleshy upper thoracic spine and get the wind knocked out of me. I'm very, very happy my spinous processes don't show at all through the fat & muscle.
Never did this on my head; a couple of times early on it happened too quick for me to tuck and I landed more on the neck than chest, but it's a small possibility.
The reason I'm considering practicing in odd places is because dropping instead of rolling is getting rare. Rare is still not never though ...