Bilateral THR I rode!

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Yep.:biggrin:

Ok...thought they were going to be made into one video.

C4
 
Way too funny Billy...maybe I will make a video wearing my boots:hysterical:

My hubby's family is from the Orkney's...his Grand Father won the BA in 1920:THUMB:

C4
 
A lot of my fathers family are from Wick up north I remember going all the way up there by car for my summer holidays when I was a boy it seemed like hours and hours in the car.
 
Well done C4! That milestone says it all! Thanks for sharing!
 
Ok, this cannot be a good sign...I finally have a saddle that fits my horse so I have ridden 2 days in a row. Cantered yesterday for the 1st time in about 3.5 yrs. That made me so happy even though my seat is not what it was....rode today...mostly posting trot....my femurs are throbbing..stabbing pains...both but esp. my left....deep in, not muscle type pain...bone pain....I have also been doing my farm chores in deep mud....I pray the riding is not causing this and now what?? I do not want to stop riding...I am just getting started:cry:Ouch!:cry:I have not come this far to find out I cannot do what I love....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRWz56Tm-fg

C4
 
Sorry you are hurting, Cfour.....if I had to guess, I'd bet your legs are hurting because of mucking through that mud! If you can, take some anti-inflammants and scale back on some of that activity for a few days. I think you'll feel better. I would also wait a couple of days until you're better before cantering again.

Try not to panic.....I seriously doubt you've done anything to your hips...it's that soft tissue talking to you!
 
Ok, like Advil?? Took that today. I have to do my barn chores daily so getting out of the mud is not likley until June around here!! I do not have any good drugs left....

I have a clinic to ride in Sat. and I need some saddle time before then:skeptical: Always something unexpected:sigh: feels like bone throb.....all that lovely snow has turned into mud within a week!!

C4
 
Hallo, C4,

Our granddaughter is 8, and learning horse riding. After a session she sometimes says her legs feel "so-ah". Apparently that's Scottish for "sore". She is saying this and she has nice new legs, not worn out ones that she might have if she were half a century or so older.

I've been trying to rehabilitate myself so that eventually I can do long walks again, and I have encountered similar sorts of problems along the way, namely overdoing it and suffering afterwards.

I think the key in your account is in saying that you did your cantering on two consecutive days. Let me tell you what I was told when preparing for marathons, oh, along time ago now.

Three rules:
(1) Never put in a hard effort on two consecutive days.
(2) Never increase your longest or hardest effort by more than 5% in any one week.
(3) After illness or injury, recover by going back in your program to a point as far back as the length of time you have been out of action.

When I have had problems with hip recovery it is when I have broken one or more of the above rules.

It might work for you.

All the best,

Alan
 
Alan, great post. I agree - C4 you need to scale back on the cantering a bit. Your body is not used to this activity. You need to work up to another level gradually.

Yes - try Advil and maybe some heat to get things to settle.
 
Great advice Alan..thanks! I only cantered Mon. Posting trot both days...I do think I need to shorten my stirrups on my new saddle. I am reaching too much for the stirrups.

Add that boot sucking mud I have to trudge through pulling a heavy wheel barrow...most likley the combination...just wonder why it feels like bone throb instead of muscle...had these pains long time ago...thought they were in the past!

C4
 
I don't think there is an answer to your "why" question, Cfour. Sometimes you just have to accept that you are going to have muscle and other soft tissue pain as you go through life. Take the Advil on a schedule for several days (not exceeding the maximum dose, of course) and hopefully that will take care of it for you.
 
I believe that there is a time after our surgeries that we feel great---we haven't done a great deal, but , for the most part, the surgical pain is gone and we think we are all healed up and ready to go.

I would, as the others have said, take a little bit longer to get up to speed, so to speak. You are doing a few things that your body is not quite ready for yet, and it is letting you know.

Remember what has been done to you surgically, and remember how long that it actually takes for your body to heal.

I do not know diddly about any equestrian stuff, but I do know that I was guilty of doing a few things too fast, as well.

Let your body rest, as you are doing things now that your body hasn't done for a while; it is also doing things now that you may have been compensating for while ago, too. Lots of rearranging of assignments down in the hips and the muscles. Some of this is new to them

We have a saying in officiating and in coaching---"mechanics is muscle memory." Perhaps, regardless of how many times you have done this in the past, your muscles have to relearn to do some of this again. Do you feel that your muscles are strong enough right now to handle the back-to-back sessions?
 
Hi C4Horses

Sorry to hear you are hurting I think you may have done a bit to much in a couple of days. It is hard work with horses and as we know takes a lot out of you on a daily basis. I have had the same sort of pain as you and had to take a few steps back again and take the anti inflamatories again. Soon got back to doing more again. This week seems to have been my best by far since the op.
Have ridden 3 times done lots of trotting and also lots of ground work in the stables and grooming of my 3 girls. I'm sure you will soon be feel better and I wish you all the best let us know how you are.
You and I know that we will never give up on our passion for riding !!:THUMB:
 
Sorry to hear you're hurting C4, you may be overdoing it.
I went through similar pain when I started riding more.
I posted a thread awhile back about "stem pain", this may be what you're experiencing.
Listen to you're body, if you feel pain back off a day or two. I know how frustrated you must feel, but patience is the key.
It's just another small set back in the healing process and we all go through them.:WINK1:

https://bonesmart.org/forum/showthread.php/stem-painii-10139.html?t=10139&highlight=stem+pain
 
Rode yesterday...did a considerable amount of trotting...no stem pain :biggrin: upper lower back ached...I think because they are muscles that have been dormant. Almost time to get my SI joints injected again.

Mounted Police Clinic tomorrow:rolleyespink:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXSew3jHkmM

C4
 
Good for you, Cfour.....sounds like it was/is muscles and soft tissues. They can be difficult sometimes...like cranky children!
 
Thanks...felt more like bone to me...like a tooth ache....I am sure it is /was the stem.

C4
 
I think it's much more likely to be where the muscles are joined to the bone - which is almost everywhere!
 
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