Riding horses is self destructive behavior

[little_critter]

If you've been following the latest re the rugby bodies being taken to court with regards concussion, you'd absolutely be saying the players were pretty much told to get on with it. One was laughed at because he could barely stand up post a head clash. The rules are too little, too late imho.

I think the equestrian industry needs to wake up and be acutely aware of what's happening in rugby circles, because other sports will start following suit and it's going to get very very messy. So little is known about concussion and brain injuries, especially in children, and it doesn't take much to get a concussion either. I genuinely wonder how many kids go to school on a Monday with a banging headache, post falling off their pony or a rs pony over the weekend, let alone adults heading into work...

For all of those you saying you;ve only had one or two across decades - those are the ones you're aware of.

BEF published updated guidance in Feb of this too, which is interesting https://www.britishequestrian.org.uk/assets/EXTRA_Docs/BEF_concussion_guidance.pdf

I wasn’t saying we, and other sportspeople shouldn’t be careful and I agree the clubs and governing bodies should encourage / make participants take care of their health.
I was saying that the use of the term “self destructive behaviour” is demeaning, and I doubt that football / rugby players are told that participating in their favoured sports is self destructive.

 

[marmalade76]

So little is known about concussion and brain injuries, especially in children, and it doesn't take much to get a concussion either. I genuinely wonder how many kids go to school on a Monday with a banging headache, post falling off their pony or a rs pony over the weekend, let alone adults heading into work...

For all of those you saying you;ve only had one or two across decades - those are the ones you're aware of.

BEF published updated guidance in Feb of this too, which is interesting https://www.britishequestrian.org.uk/assets/EXTRA_Docs/BEF_concussion_guidance.pdf

Yep, that's why I said looking back I reckon I've had several and I do now wonder how it's affected me

 

[Time for Tea]

Any sport taught and played in school is mainstream and acceptable to the public and the medical profession. Anything pursued privately is rather the opposite.