Old Injury

[Tarlor]

A few years ago, my pony fell head first into the ground and I went over her head. I ended up with fractured fingers, bad scratches and a sprained ankle, not bad considering we were slowing from a gallop. Anyway, now and then, if I have been riding for a few hours like at pony club or out hacking, my ankle seizes up and it hurts. Does anyone else suffer old injuries? Would strapping my ankle help?

[Mehitabel]

i'm an old crock. i cracked a vertebra in my neck falling off, and that is stiff in winter, and i also suffer with some old car crash injuries, torn muscles and tendons and a broken wrist. i find keeping the injury sites warm really helps - i always wear a scarf or poloneck in winter, and need to keep my shoulder, where the muscles and tendons tore, warm too. i wear a sports wristband when it's cold as well, or bandage it, but it;'s more warmth than support for me.
it depends on the kind of injury though, what's best for it.

[Skyhuntress]

I sprained my left ankle 6 times and my right 4. I could NEVER keep my heels down without a horrible tremor starting in my ankles, and then like yours, they'd start to swell up..

So when I rode, I did put a tensor bandage around both ankles to give it a bit more support (also I found half-boots gave me more as well)

Then I also started working out with ankle boots and weights to develop strength in my ankles again