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haha, listening to all these injury stories. You all have my complete sympathies. The doctors and nurses at our local hospital know me by name at the ER... and my orthopedist has become my primary care physician, LOL....

 

Is it any wonder that my husband looked at me one night when I got home from a ride all cut up, bleeding with a smashed elbow... he looked at me and said, "are you going to keep doing this sport?"

 

I said, "well, yeah, of course."

 

He said, "then I'm increasing your life insurance."

 

I hope the newbies who are reading Ridecamp don't think this sport is all about broken bones, bad hips and knees, etc.... To be honest, most of my horse related injuries came before I got into distance riding.

 

We do get banged up out on the trail, but I've seen some pretty awful accidents happen in an arena too. I think this sport has made me a much better rider and much better horsewoman. Yes, we take risks and ride places where other people might be afraid to walk, but heck, if we just sit at home in our rocking chairs eating bonbons and watchign tv, we'll die from something related to being sedentary.

 

So, anyone with a broken or strained or sprained body part, I wish you all the best and hope you do take the time to heal properly, and then ride on!!!!!

 

chris

rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> > Course, you could just do what Angie did and just go in for the 
> > surgery
> > right off the bat.
>
> Well....both times mine were plated the bone was displaced several inches
> from the other end it needed to reattach to. The first time they were
> kinda pointed up with a 3" gap, the 2nd time they were overlapping about
> 3" with a chunk folded down between the two ends. I don't think you can
> talk them into plating without they really think it won't heal
> otherwise...and it was STILL 6 weeks before I could ride. The plates
> aren't that fun anyway. You never realize how many people come up behind
> you and want to give your shoulders a massage until you have a plate that
> HURTS when they grab it. Right now I've just been trying to find time to
> schedule getting this last one removed. They say it could cause the bone
> to shatter if I land on it with
>  it in there. 
>
> I did do a 50 right at 6 weeks after the first plate. The doctor (whose
> daughter had horses so he knew me) told me I could ride in 6 weeks and
> made a followup appointment for me. I did a 55 that Saturday, went in on
> Monday and he said, "O.K. you're cleared to get on a horse now". I told
> him I did 55 on Sat. (I thought I'd followed directions perfectly) and he
> was not thrilled with me. The worst part was trying to hold Kaboot back.
> I had another rider with me who was willing to get in front and slow her
> horse down to keep it from hurting me. 
>
> After my second injury I must have had some of that damage these guys are
> talking about. I had to do physical therapy when I couldn't lift my arm
> very high and doctors started talking about rotator cuff damage but I
> kept working at it and have pretty much full recovery. 
>
> Six weeks is nothing...at least it's Feb/March instead of April/May.
> You're just missing a bunch of mud. Once
>  you've done the 9 months for
> pregnancy or a year off for a damaged tendon a couple of times 6 weeks
> for collarbone is chicken scratch. :-)
>
> Angie
>
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