been a bit busy what with shooting and meeting up with old college friends but glad to report im still riding when i get chance and that i havent fallen off yet!
cant get the hang of this rising trot thingy yet though, stand up sit down slide to the left stand up sit down slide to the left pull...
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Hyperion - no offense meant it is my standard recomendation to any one in pain...that or 6mnths at grass or a bullet =)-
In the past I have used horse products (cooling gels, anti-inflamatory creams) on my own injuries and they work so much better than anything the chemist will give...
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To hell with Ibuprofen, you need 2 saches of bute (phenylbutozone) morning and evening for 2 days then cut it down to 1 sachet for 5 days with gentle walking out Am and Pm. No fastwork or hill work till your off the bute =)
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felicity i might be a man but i am not a...
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Oh dear! Yes, lots of stretches and a bit of warming-up beforehand too. Of course, the best thing to do is get back on that horse and get those muscles used to it
Do you do any other sport?
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other than walking with the lurcher and shooting not really!
ok so i knew i was going to be sore for a few days after spending two hours in the saddle for the first time in my life last tuesday but............
it saturday now and i still cant bend down with out feeling like some ones stabbing me in the back of my thighs with a red hot knife and if i try...
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Oh bless - he looks so snuggly but also a bit like a pea in a bucket too
I have to sort a crate out for young Henry, he will have to cope with a more bijou residence though as otherwise I won't be able to fit into the kitchen!
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hes grown into it a bit more now! lol!
dont know when were going out again though knowing the irl whos teaching me shes evil enough to make it fairly soon!
i feel like i been kicked by the horse rather than ridden it!
well i just got back from my second ever ride and i loved it!
we ended up being out riding for two hours not one and im really feeling it in my back and shoulders, my backside is just numb!
had a couple of little moments when callies back legs slid out from under him on drain covers whilst...
ok so todays the day! my second time horse riding!
im being picked up at twelve and were going for a longer ride today, last time was about twenty minutes round the local common but today were going round moors valley for an hour or so!
im a little bit nervous but really looking forward to it...
just by the biggest one you can find/afford!
i just went into pets at home and bought the biggest one they had! not sure how big it is but i can curl up in it and im six foot!
my twenty six inch tts lurcher is a year old and still uses it every day though i do close the door at night other...