horseyhorsehorse
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Had an unlucky couple of weeks riding
I fell off a few weeks ago when the horse spooked and bucked me off - and landed right on my head! I didn’t lose consciousness or feel dizzy so assumed I was ok (and got back on, cantered both reins etc), but actually ended up feeling a bit ‘foggy’ for the next few days so think I may have had a mild concussion - eek! Plus was more sore and stiff than I’d ever been from a fall, so all in all wasn’t a great experience.
Yesterday I was supposed to have a confidence building lesson off the back of the first fall - ha! Working on the lunge with no stirrups and no reins (on different horse) who spooked one way - and I toppled off the other way! Shouldn’t have been a bad fall but had this explosion of pain across my lower back which was terrifying.
I’ve got lower back issues (not aggravated by riding) anyway so ended up being sent to A&E where they took it extremely seriously and checked for all sorts of damage. Luckily nothing broken, but I’ve been sent away with three different types of painkillers and told it will be incredibly sore for at least a week.
I’m currently absolutely terrified at the thought of getting back on. It seems slightly irrational because I know I wasn’t seriously hurt in either fall, but all I can think of was shaking and crying in a corridor at A&E thinking that I might have done permanent damage to my back. When I shut my eyes I just relive both falls.
What can I do?? Am I being completely irrational and need to buck up??
I fell off a few weeks ago when the horse spooked and bucked me off - and landed right on my head! I didn’t lose consciousness or feel dizzy so assumed I was ok (and got back on, cantered both reins etc), but actually ended up feeling a bit ‘foggy’ for the next few days so think I may have had a mild concussion - eek! Plus was more sore and stiff than I’d ever been from a fall, so all in all wasn’t a great experience.
Yesterday I was supposed to have a confidence building lesson off the back of the first fall - ha! Working on the lunge with no stirrups and no reins (on different horse) who spooked one way - and I toppled off the other way! Shouldn’t have been a bad fall but had this explosion of pain across my lower back which was terrifying.
I’ve got lower back issues (not aggravated by riding) anyway so ended up being sent to A&E where they took it extremely seriously and checked for all sorts of damage. Luckily nothing broken, but I’ve been sent away with three different types of painkillers and told it will be incredibly sore for at least a week.
I’m currently absolutely terrified at the thought of getting back on. It seems slightly irrational because I know I wasn’t seriously hurt in either fall, but all I can think of was shaking and crying in a corridor at A&E thinking that I might have done permanent damage to my back. When I shut my eyes I just relive both falls.
What can I do?? Am I being completely irrational and need to buck up??