Jaw Arthritis

Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi, the hot dog eating champion was diagnosed with "Jaw arthritis"! He wrote on his blog, which is in Japanese, on Sunday that he injured himself while practicing for the coming 4th of July Nathan's hot dog eating contest! Please note "while practicing"! He titled the post "Occupational hazard" and said "my jaw refused to fight anymore." It seems pretty serious. He can open his mouth as wide as a fingertip only! "I was continuing my training and bearing with the pain but finally I destroyed my jaw'', he said. Scary..that must hurt real bad. He actually won Nathan's hot dog eating contest 6 times in a row, but he has to say bye for this year.

Beware hot dog eaters and BIG eaters, you might have jaw arthritis!!





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