Bust a move and bust your neck.

Turns out break dancing is more of a literal activity than previously thought. According to a new study in the American Journal of Medicine, break dancers have a high rate of injury and rarely give themselves the time required to heal.

According to Reuters:

In interviews with 144 professional and amateur breakdancers, German researchers found that injuries to the spine, knee, wrist, shoulder and ankle were common, especially among professionals.

Not one of the professional breakers had an injury-free history, while only 4 percent of the amateurs did, the researchers report in the American Journal of Sports Medicine. Wrist and hand fractures, thighbone fractures, slipped spinal discs and concussions were among the acute injuries study participants reported.

Hmmmm. And I always thought that spinning around on your head on a cement surface was a good thing. Odd.