Top neurologist issues shocking warning: Deadly motor neurone disease ‘more likely’ in men who exercise intensively

Only 12 -hour intensive physical exercise can increase the risk of fatal motor neuron disease (MND), one of the best neurologists in England.

At the beginning of this week, Lewis Moody, the British Ragbi Legend and World Cup winner, shocked fans after he announced that he was only identified as 47 years old.

His diagnosis has created new concerns about the potential role of some sports and exhausting activities in the development of the disease.

Union player and Scottish International Doddie Weir died in June 2024 in November 2022, such as the Rugby League star Rob Burrow.

Leicester and Gloucester Rugby star Ed Slater were given the same diagnosis in 2022.

Now, Professor Dame Pamela Shaw, a world leader at the University of Sheffield, is a world -leading researcher and neurology expert, especially in men, ‘exhausting physical activity’ and Mnd ‘there is a connection between Mnd’.

Research, ‘more than 12 hours a week strong clinical activity, those who undertake’ he added.

Uncevolurable situation affects the brain and nerves, peeling the ability to move to patients, eating, and eventually breathing.

British Rugby Legend and World Cup winner Lewis Moody shocked the fans after explaining that only 47 was diagnosed with motor neuron disease (MND).

While talking about Sports Agent Podcast PodcastHe said: ‘I have always been shot as a Mnd neurologist, MND tends to be in form and active people, whether professional sports people or small old ladies walking five miles every day.

In other words, it rarely happens to people who pioneered a still lifestyle.

Our work shows that there is a connection in men rather than women.

But this is complex, because clearly exercise is usually a good thing for you.

‘We have described it as strong clinical activity for more than 12 hours a week.’

“It seems to really push your motor system.

So, every day tiring education. I think people are probably not a risk factor. Most athletes do not develop MND.

“We are very cautious and careful about it, because we do not want to determine people from making healthy exercise levels that protect many different diseases.

Only 47 years old, Lewis Moody is more than ten years than an average person diagnosed with Mnd. In an interview with the BBC on 6 October, his sons,-17-year-old Dylan and 15-year-old Ethan-Habers told us that he had surpassed with emotions’.

Lewis Moody’s diagnosis has created new concerns about the potential role of certain sports and exhausting activities in the development of MND. In the picture, during the 2007 World Cup

But I think it’s a connection, but it’s not just exhausting physical activity. There must be something about a person’s genetic structure. ‘

A new study written by Professor Shaw and published in the magazine EbiomedicIt increases the risk of ‘frequent exhausting exercise’ MND, but only in genetically vulnerable people.

During fatigue exercise, low oxygen levels in the body can lead to a process called oxidative stress in motor neurons-some of the largest and most oxygen saving cells in the body.

This can lead to damage and eventually causing cells to die in people with genetic vulnerability.

The results also reflected the findings of a Swedish study. European Journal of Epidemiology This included cross -country skiers who joined Valmasaloppet, a 90 km challenging race.

The fastest skiers at the top of the performance spectrum were four times higher than the overall population.

However, the skiers that ended in the middle of the package had a 50 percent lower risk than the average.

Last year, Durham University researchers also found more than one concussion for retired rugby players.

30 retired players with a story of shaking team, blood caused proteins in their blood and found that they made more prone to the disease.

However, many studies assessing the risk of developing certain sports and MND development have caused mixed results.

Experts believe that this is probably because they are small studies that contain very few participants to produce solid findings.

Professor Shaw also told Sports Agent Podcast for this reason it was too early. To give MND exact advice on how people with genetic risk factors should manage their exercises.

“But if we can understand biology, people can make conscious choices,” he added.

‘There may also be preventive strategies. For example, buy an antioxidant cocktail before running.

But we’re not that stage yet. There is more dissolution to be done. ‘

At the beginning of this week, Dr. Nick Cole, President of the MND Association Research Association, said: ‘We know that MND was caused by a environment, lifestyle and genetic mixture.

Rare and untreated condition affects the brain and nerves, peeling to patients, eating, eating, and eventually breathing. In the picture, Rob Burrow in 2013

Leeds Rhinos star Rob Burrow (in the picture) last year with Mnd last year after a four and a half -year war, he died only 41 years old

‘Sports may be one of the factors that contribute, but there are many other issues we have researched to find effective treatments we need in Mnd biology.’

The situation is most common in people over 50 years of age, the average age stands between 60 and 67.

Only 47 years old, Lewis Moody more than ten years than an average person.

In an interview with BBC on 6 October, Dylan-17-year-old Dylan and 15-year-old Ethan-Haber tells his sons.

Bir There is something about looking at the future and not wanting to do it, ”he said.

“ I do not understand where you go. We understand this. But for now, there is definitely a reluctance to look at the future on the face. ‘

MND is not easy to detect or diagnose at the beginning – patients can find hard or weak hands, legs or feet.

Other common signs to experience Twitches, spasm or muscle cramps.

Progressive disease is usually divided into subtypes, but symptoms often overlap.

Lewis Moody’s most common Mnd type Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), which is the most common type of pain, is one of the most severe with a gradual bulbar paralysis (PBP).

This first affects the muscles that control and swallowing, both faster than subtypes such as primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) and progressive muscle atrophy (PMA).

There is no effective treatment to stop MND’s brutal walk – in the UK, about 5,000 adults have MNDs, and a person’s risk of developing the situation throughout his life has one in 300.