Would you ride with arm cast on?

He is quite a chunky boy supposedly 14.2 but looks bigger - he has very good manners on the ground. I already get him in not just when I ride but sometimes just for some tlc so will continue to do that. Haven't got a school sadly or could do more.
 
I would on my rock solid highland..... Perhaps not on anything prone to bolting bucking or putting the head down and sodding off
 
I would if I could .... doesn't mean you should though!

I have ridden with one hand at times I couldn't use both. Heck, I saw a man dislocated his shoulder out hunting, stand up, then whacked it against a tree which I presume put it back in. He then proceeded to hunt the rest of the day using only one arm. Reckless? Yes, but us horsey flock are bonkers :)
 
I am probably not the best person to offer advice here :D
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Foot smashed up, broken all my metatarsals and went out hacking on a newly broken 4yo .. also took my hunter out cantering on the bridlepath! I just rode with one stirrup :O I had to convince someone on the ground for a leg up.

I have a photo somewhere of me jumping my 5yo in two arm casts :o I broke both of my wrists in a fall but carried on riding, I was very told off by my physio as the breaks were quite bad and I could have caused serious damage falling off...but she then said that I had helped my recovery by riding, as my muscle had not wasted (that's how she knew!). Of course she told me if I had fallen off, I would have probably had to have plates in !

I would think light riding on a sensible horse with a light mouth would be fine, just don't be an idiot like me and jump 3ft courses on your new youngster !
 
I fractured my spine a few weeks ago when I fell off and was riding again 2 weeks later as I had to compete at the Sunshine Tour that weekend. Had worked too hard not to go, although I was in a heck of a lot of pain.

I was stupid though, don't listen to me!
 
Suby2 said:
I wrenched my thumb by catching it in the stock fence. Was quite painful but got worse when I was doing up a girth. Cue visit to GP who sent me to A&E for an X ray. I have a partial thumb fracture which they are treating as a full one and have a cast up to just below my elbow.
The timing is really bad as I have just taken on a loan pony and I am keen to carry on getting him used to his new surroundings. We only go on steady hacks and he has been a really good boy so far.
I know I shouldn't ride but .....

P.S. Cast will probably be on for six weeks!
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I shattered a bone in my little finger and had a full plaster cast on for 6 weeks but kept on riding during that time as I was self employed so couldn't afford not to. During that time I had to have my hand replastered twice as I wore off the plaster around the fingers from holding reins so the cast wasn't giving any support to my finger. Despite having physio, I still have a wonky finger and limited movement in that finger and it really aches on cold days or if it gets knocked so I would avoid riding if possible.
 
Agree with all the above! I put my foot in a rabbit hole and got an avulsion fracture/sprain which wasn't diagnosed for a few days while I hobbled around on it; then I rested it and managed about 2 & a bit weeks before I tried a quiet plod round the school, and went from there ok! BUT...know from my daughter's experience wrists can be complicated things. She came off a bike and managed to crack one elbow, and also injured the other wrist. Xray didn't show anything obvious but Dr was suspicious, so strapped & re xrayed 2 weeks later. Again nothing obvious, but Dr still concerned, so MRI done 4 weeks after the fall, and showed a scaphoid fracture, meaning a cast for the next 4 weeks! Scaphoids can be a real problem due to blood supply/necrosis if they don't heal properly, so maybe on that note, just do lots of stuff on the ground....hope you heal quickly and all goes well with the pony!
 
I'm starting to get arthritis in my thumb joints and it flared up the other week. I rapidly found out that – who knew! – you need your thumb for most things in life. The pain wasn't just inconvenient, it was depressing.

If your thumb needs rest to get properly fixed, fix it properly. If you don't, you might get away with it for a while but in ten, twenty years' time there will be problems and pain. I "worked through" an elbow injury a couple of years ago and I still have pain from it – I probably kickstarted osteoarthritis in the joint. So yeah, listen to your doctors! :)
 
I did. I came off my new horse when I'd only had him a few weeks, and broke a bone in my wrist, six weeks (was actually eight in the end) in plaster. I didn't ride for two weeks and didn't have the strength to do up the girth, but once I was up I was away, just have a walk in the school, a trot, a canter, let's go for a hack, just a steady one, sod it lets gallop flat out along this fire break! The reason it had to be replastered after six weeks was that the gear knob in the car had ground away the plaster...
 
I have done with the last 2 arm breaks (neither injuries horse related). The first one was tricky as my thumb was in plaster so it was awkward to grip. The last time I did it, I still had good grip. I was still doing all the jobs, hacking and having lessons. Though I did have to hide it when I went to a trekking centre with some friends! Ultimately it's up to you, you know how it feels and what you are capable of.
 
I would probably still ride but not go out hacking. If you have no school, please wait until you have the use of both hands. The pony is on loan to you and riding him out is taking chances not only with your health but with the pony's safety. If you came off because you cannot control him well enough during a spook he might end up loose in the countryside. I would be seriously unimpressed if the loan horse was mine. There are always risks when riding but this is an avoidable one and you are responsible for this animal's welfare.
 
I did when I fractured my wrist. Was great as it taught me not to drop my left hand (that had been a bit of an issue) as the cast would scrape the pommel of my saddle.

I belong to the "if I can, I will" brigade. I also got told not to drive - like that was ever going to happen. How on earth was I going to get down to the horses? Or go to work?
 
Depends on how bored I got / how soon I lost patience for one-armed lunging and handwalking... Going to be honest that probably yes at the point it stopped being painful. Wouldn't make an attempt to hold the reins in injured hand and may have fun as I erm have a dressage girth... I wouldn't go galloping across fields or anything where pony is likely to get strong and make me wish I had 2 hands but we've had a go at a few different activities that require one-handed riding at walk, trot and canter so I do at least know I have reasonable steering and breaks and would be ok doing quiet, boring stuff.
 
I would on my trusty little cob, I'm quite lazy and only really ride one handed anyway but I wouldn't on a horse I didn't know inside out
 
Yes I did when I broke my wrist, I had three hunters clipped out in full work, I had just paid my sub and I was well versed in the hip flask/reins/horse one handed juggle.
 
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