Life-threatening dangers involved in the trending TikTok milk crate challenge

A popular saying goes, “there’s no crying over spilled milk,” but within about 60 seconds of opening the TikTok app, you’ll quickly find that there is actually a lot of crying over spilled milk crates happening.

That’s right, the most recent viral challenge has taken the web, and also the hospitals by storm, after many who planned to put their best foot forward only to finish up with their worst injury and lying critical.

In case you don’t know what am talking about, this challenge, which was reportedly first showcased on Facebook, later making its way to TikTok, garnering over 15.3 million views, involves stacking plastic milk crates ascending like stairs during which challengers need to climb each of them up and backtrack without taking a tumble. And let’s just say, people are failing miserably a lot in order that many are even ending up with severe injuries.

Multiple people have failed on the primary few steps alone, while some are on their descent backtrack and just can’t seem to contain their balance. Despite the fact that one Houston woman who went viral, put literally everyone to shame while wearing heels to complete the crazy challenge. It’s however not for the faint of heart, and quite literally could land you in the hospital.

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Unsurprisingly, doctors are highly advising milk crate participants against partaking or doing this harmful stunt. Dr. Shawn Anthony, an orthopedic surgeon who focuses on medicine at Sinai in NY told the Today Show, “The Milk Crate Challenge is extremely dangerous, and we are seeing many orthopedic injuries as a results of the falls.”

He added that injuries can include broken wrists, shoulder dislocations, ACL and meniscus tears, also a life-threatening conditions like medulla spinalis injuries. Some celebrities have weighed in on the challenge, poking fun at the mindless trend, including Snoop Dogg, who made a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel with guest host Stephen A. Smith.

When he talked about a particular challenge, Snoop Dogg said: “I’m not gonna lie, his play-by-play had me rolling on the ground, but not as hard as this dude.”

All jokes aside, although it’s going to be entertaining to observer, this challenge is extremely dangerous and will be crazy caution (and maybe some full protective gear) do you have to choose to take the plunge.

But why take such a life-threatening risk if you have nothing to prove to anyone?