(ANSA) - ROME, AUGUST 27 - It is a dangerous challenge that in recent days depopulated in particular on TikTok, so much so that the social media spread among young people yesterday announced that it had removed hashtags and videos on the subject.
The echo of the Milk Crate Challenge, the challenge to get on and off on plastic milk crates in the shape of a pyramid while remaining in balance, reverberated from the USA and for those who were even tempted the warning is that it is something dangerous.
Viral videos are fun, but "a broken neck isn't" experts warn.
In the challenge, participants are tasked with climbing stacked milk crates until they reach the top before returning down. Many of the attempts result in falls (some of which can be really disastrous) shooting into video. Rapper Snoop Dogg called the challenge the "bridge of death". And even some medical experts disagree.
Rajwinder Deu, a professor of orthopedic surgery at John Hopkins University, tells USA Today that because of the height of the milk crates, everything from head to toe is at risk of injury. "Much depends on the fall - Deu points out on the angle in which you fall and from which part of the body hits the ground first". Torn, fractured and even dislocated ligaments are just some of the injuries you may experience. In very serious and extreme cases, in which a brain or back injury is sustained, paralysis and death are also potentially possible. "With Covid hospitalizations increasing across the country - Baltimore City Health Department commented on Twitter - check with your local hospital to see if they have a bed available,"before trying the #milkcratechallenge ".
"I await the approval of the FDA before participating in the MilkCrate Challenge" had always joked on Twitter a few days ago the comedian Conan O'Brien. And the regulatory agency Usagli replied, "Although we deal with milk, we can't advise you to try it. Maybe enjoy a nice glass and return all those boxes to the supermarket?". "This challenge - concludes Deu - makes no sense from the point of view of security". (HANDLE).