Don't land on your Feet its too dangerous

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I know our Dr instructor always tell us if we take the horse away we should be on our feet :D However landing on your feet is extremely dangerous.

It can break you back or neck or cause a fractured skull, not too mention breaking ankles BADLY (like me) and knees etc

I had no idea how risky it was until I did mine and then trained as a first responder for the ambulance service
 
Me also! Snapped two ligaments in my knee, tore another, tore my miniscus and knocked a huge lump of cartilage off my femur. Four months unable to walk, nine unable to ride and two ops to fix it. Not worth it just to look smart!!
 
Its quite hard to choose the part of your body you land on in a fall :p

But agree - but then I think dismounting when your feet are very cold is dangerous too! resulted in a stress fracture of the foot for me :o
 
Watch parachutist when they land. Only those with modern wing type shoots ever land on their feet, everyone else rolls.

Edit: Only-Me: Not difficult, you need to land on your back if you are falling on normal ground or in a school. That way you can dissipate the energy of the fall.
 
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NeilM said:
Watch parachutist when they land. Only those with modern wing type shoots ever land on their feet, everyone else rolls.

Edit: Only-Me: Not difficult, you need to land on your back if you are falling on normal ground or in a school. That way you can dissipate the energy of the fall.
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Exactly!! so long as you roll that's fine :D

Parachutes should be available for riding too. My friend has joked for years for me to pack it, every time I told her I was going for a hack on my last horse LOL
 
True that I didn't mean to land on my feet but I did think on the way down ( one of those nothing falls that happens in slow mo) Ooo, I'm going to land on my feet. The lads will be well impressed ( lads as in lads and lasses not that I was show boating for the boys!) Now I know why my mother always told me to try and land flat out. Wise old mother ship!
 
jesstickle said:
True that I didn't mean to land on my feet but I did think on the way down ( one of those nothing falls that happens in slow mo) Ooo, I'm going to land on my feet. The lads will be well impressed ( lads as in lads and lasses not that I was show boating for the boys!) Now I know why my mother always told me to try and land flat out. Wise old mother ship!
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yep I have landed directly on my back several times even without my BP and the worst I got was a trip to the chiro and phsyio
Mine too was one of those nothing falls!!! but foot ended up facing the wrong way :eek:
 
NeilM said:
Edit: Only-Me: Not difficult, you need to land on your back if you are falling on normal ground or in a school. That way you can dissipate the energy of the fall.
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Lol, I know, its more remembering to not land on your feet! Ive always fallen onto side of back/hip - instinct I guess (well, apart from when I fell off onto my head over a hedge :p)

My first thought is either to hold onto reins (whilst swearing normally :o) or to move away from horse if he fell too.
Second thought is to get up! :)

The break fall that you teach is really good - ive been practising at home to try and get muscle memory :)
 
Stupid question here? But surely a 8 stone person, has the same weight dismounting, as when falling onto their feet?.. So how does it do more damage than dismounting? :)
 
Brontie said:
Stupid question here? But surely a 8 stone person, has the same weight dismounting, as when falling onto their feet?.. So how does it do more damage than dismounting? :)
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Because you don't just jump off, usually slide down. Also there is the speed to consider and placing the feet correctly. Dismounting is nothing like landing on your feet in a fall
 
and me!! fractured my tibial plateau and had to have it pinned and plated plus a bone graft from my pelvis as I had compressed the bone 2cm :(
A woman at my yard broke her back when she fell off and landed on her knees.

I just try and not fall off now...
 
I fell off jumping, knew I was going to do an unscheduled dismount so went to try and land on my feet. I landed on my right leg which took all my weight and I felt it snap.

If I had put both landing gear down it may have lessened the force through one leg.

Sat here, on week 11 since the fall, mending a broken ankle with plate, screws and pins in my tibia and damage to the cartilage surface which will mean traumatic arthritis will be my future :( and maybe fusion or ankle replacement.

I shall be going for lessons on how to roll once I am mended in the hope that I don't do anything like this again! :eek:
 
CarmaandFlin said:
I fell off jumping, knew I was going to do an unscheduled dismount so went to try and land on my feet. I landed on my right leg which took all my weight and I felt it snap.

If I had put both landing gear down it may have lessened the force through one leg.

Sat here, on week 11 since the fall, mending a broken ankle with plate, screws and pins in my tibia and damage to the cartilage surface which will mean traumatic arthritis will be my future :( and maybe fusion or ankle replacement.

I shall be going for lessons on how to roll once I am mended in the hope that I don't do anything like this again! :eek:
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Ouch I landed on both feet but still broke my left ankle
 
CarmaandFlin said:
damage to the cartilage surface which will mean traumatic arthritis will be my future :( and maybe fusion or ankle replacement.
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me too :( Thank god the NHS exists. I am truly truly thankful and grateful for the amazing job they did of fixing me up (and I hope the amazing job they will do when my knee needs replacing in the future) It's a long way off though so I try not to think about it!
 
Since I normally seem to be bucked off, often at speed, my main concern is getting clear of his great big ID feet that are pounding into the ground - compared to that how I fall pales into insignificance! Having said that I do seem to land on my back or side & roll &, touch wood, so far I've hobbled away from some potentially very nasty falls.
 
Nari said:
Since I normally seem to be bucked off, often at speed, my main concern is getting clear of his great big ID feet that are pounding into the ground - compared to that how I fall pales into insignificance! Having said that I do seem to land on my back or side & roll &, touch wood, so far I've hobbled away from some potentially very nasty falls.
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O I've been stepped on too when I've fallen off. Much the lesser of two evils!

Does anyone want to see the pictures. I have plenty as I'm a gruesome old mare!
 
soulfull said:
Ouch I landed on both feet but still broke my left ankle
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I probably would have still broken it then. :( Just glad it wasn't my back or anything else. I then landed on my butt and banged the back of my head! You have given me lots of good advice already Soulfull like the supportive footwear etc. I just hope its a long time before I need to have the joint replaced.

Glad your enjoying your riding and all is going well. :D
 
jesstickle said:
me too :( Thank god the NHS exists. I am truly truly thankful and grateful for the amazing job they did of fixing me up (and I hope the amazing job they will do when my knee needs replacing in the future) It's a long way off though so I try not to think about it!
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The NHS has done a brill job of fixing me too. Heres to hoping that years and years pass before we need our bionic parts putting in!!
 
CarmaandFlin said:
I probably would have still broken it then. :( Just glad it wasn't my back or anything else. I then landed on my butt and banged the back of my head! You have given me lots of good advice already Soulfull like the supportive footwear etc. I just hope its a long time before I need to have the joint replaced.

Glad your enjoying your riding and all is going well. :D
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Glad it was useful

I'm actually having a few bad days but that is probably because I have spent too much time at the yard and not done enough physio tut tut. Am intending to put that right tomorrow though
 
The trick is to try and relax and sort of go with the flow ,and since that is energy ,it means you dissipate it over a longer period of time.Which is good!My ambition in a fall is to roll and bounce for as long as possible,and I have walked away from some pretty horrific falls.
 
The key is to keep moving, however you hit the ground - or all that energy goes through the bit of you that hit it first. I fell off far too much as a kid, so automatically always roll and roll then get up straight away (learned from friends behind me yelling "Mooooove, I can't stop!"). I did the same when catapulted off my scooter last year, and the policeman who attended the accident said he was amazed I hadn't broken any bones.
 
even though no one asked for em......

My missing cartilage

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the staples which held me together

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o, and where I was stepped on

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Agree. Thought I was smart landing on my feet XC schooling 2 years ago... leg broken in 3 places + a fracture. Cue Air Ambulance, doctors in A&E manually realigning my leg, horrendous op, 5 days in hospital, further op and 8 weeks non weight bearing. These days I always choose to land on my fat backside :D
 
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