Your life hasnt ended.
I spent most of my life with no riding - because I promised OH when we married that I wouldnt ride. It wasnt a joke. My mother's aunt was killed by her horse and we know other people who have died riding.
And you didnt.
Riding is so so dangerous that no Doctor would recommend anyone, even a fit person to do it, unless they loved it so much they were willing to accept the risks as a fair exchange for the psychological and physical benefits. Lots of us on NR have been told by consultants that we mustnt ride.
As time passes, your injury may well be of less significance in being able to ride again than your keeping fit and not putting on weight. People who have urged you to look after yourself and concentrate on physio and getting better are totally right. Train for re-mounting a horse even if you dont expect it to happen.
Whether it happens will then depend on you personally weighing up the risks in light of your physical condition when your treatment is over.
One of the things about horse riding, is that elderly and infirm people can ride on a horse. When I went for my first lessons aged 62 I knew disabled kids rode. I just had no idea that people (riders) would be so horrid about anyone wanting to ride who couldnt put their heels down or sit straight on a horse.
Your main problem may be that you wont be able to ride exactly as you did before the accident and you may need a thick skin to persist in spite of what experts and teachers yell at you. Find a good teacher, skilled in helping people to get a good seat on the lunge and understanding of physcial problems.
Finally I want to say how sorry I am you fell dismounting.I fell dismounting in my second lesson and I saw a man in his 80s have difficulty at the same RS. It was then decided that I should dismount a different way. One reads a lot on NR about people who have difficulty mounting a horse and there is not enough thought about try and dismount the proper way. But now I think I will accept things as they are.
If you have a fragile leg after the accident, plus the fear of falling a second time, that problem of dismounting will be something on which a good teacher and proper care will see you through. But it is not necessarily something that will look after itself.
So as you lie in bed or watch telly, I hope you will do some horse and NH reading and DVD watching and plan a new and different life - rathen than lament the loss of your old one.
I spent most of my life with no riding - because I promised OH when we married that I wouldnt ride. It wasnt a joke. My mother's aunt was killed by her horse and we know other people who have died riding.
And you didnt.
Riding is so so dangerous that no Doctor would recommend anyone, even a fit person to do it, unless they loved it so much they were willing to accept the risks as a fair exchange for the psychological and physical benefits. Lots of us on NR have been told by consultants that we mustnt ride.
As time passes, your injury may well be of less significance in being able to ride again than your keeping fit and not putting on weight. People who have urged you to look after yourself and concentrate on physio and getting better are totally right. Train for re-mounting a horse even if you dont expect it to happen.
Whether it happens will then depend on you personally weighing up the risks in light of your physical condition when your treatment is over.
One of the things about horse riding, is that elderly and infirm people can ride on a horse. When I went for my first lessons aged 62 I knew disabled kids rode. I just had no idea that people (riders) would be so horrid about anyone wanting to ride who couldnt put their heels down or sit straight on a horse.
Your main problem may be that you wont be able to ride exactly as you did before the accident and you may need a thick skin to persist in spite of what experts and teachers yell at you. Find a good teacher, skilled in helping people to get a good seat on the lunge and understanding of physcial problems.
Finally I want to say how sorry I am you fell dismounting.I fell dismounting in my second lesson and I saw a man in his 80s have difficulty at the same RS. It was then decided that I should dismount a different way. One reads a lot on NR about people who have difficulty mounting a horse and there is not enough thought about try and dismount the proper way. But now I think I will accept things as they are.
If you have a fragile leg after the accident, plus the fear of falling a second time, that problem of dismounting will be something on which a good teacher and proper care will see you through. But it is not necessarily something that will look after itself.
So as you lie in bed or watch telly, I hope you will do some horse and NH reading and DVD watching and plan a new and different life - rathen than lament the loss of your old one.
