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OK, a little background for some of you. When I as 5 or 6, I spent the summer at my aunt's house and was primarily on horseback (apparently I was a very easy kid to take care of, wake up, eat, ride, eat, nap, ride, eat, sleep). I then took lessons with campfire in 6th grade, then got lessons at a barn for just over a year with an impressive lack of consistency (12 instructors in 14 months and they were contradicting each other). Then some time off, then I rode with the same barn for several years. During that time I met Dancer, had a spectacular fall (woke up in the emergency room kind of fall), lost my nerve for jumping (so kept being in the lower level classes since it was a hunter/jumper barn), got some nerve back, joined a light-contact joust troup and did the upside down jump of death (knight does a shoulder stand, spreads legs, we jump the low point). I bought Dancer and ended up moving her to another location (it was really hard to find time to ride w/out interferring with lessons). Then I got hurt. I blew my right rotator cuff in October 1991 (and the Cockroach missed the diagnosis so the half-assed PT was the wrong kind). *sigh* Didn't ride for quite awhile. Finally got to riding again but no instruction. Moved Dancer to the farm to breed her, rode there a bit, moved back 'home', rode lightly, then moved her back to re-breed. Had lessons for awhile there but then she was too preggers. After Echo was born (1996), I blew the rotator cuff again (August 1996) took about 7 weeks to get into PT but it was the right kind. I got movement back but the shoulder was still weak, sore, and goes numb in certain places. Then we tried to put Dancer back into work and she got an abcess and was off, then I was off. Then we retired her (it was too risky to her to try to bring her back into full work, she had lost too much muscle after Echo was born ... and she was in her 20s and they don't bounce back). In Spring/early summer 2002, I had my last ride at faster than a walk on ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
xpioti's horse and had an unwanted dismount and got my finger damaged (the x-rays say it wasn't broken but the knuckle still looks weird to me).
Since then I have had some walking out horses (Maggie and Echo) but that was over a year ago.
Until last night.
( riding lesson geeking )
The good news is that I am fairly sure I wasn't pinching with my knees. I was sitting back at least some of the time. I could keep my legs reasonably still with the heels down at least some of the time. I started to get a feel of Clint and could remind him to keep going before he broke. And I breathe while riding. The bad news is that I can't (yet) keep my legs still most of the time, I need to be more consistent sitting back, I need to work on my aerobic capacity, and I need to post WITH the horse.
xpioti's horse and had an unwanted dismount and got my finger damaged (the x-rays say it wasn't broken but the knuckle still looks weird to me).Since then I have had some walking out horses (Maggie and Echo) but that was over a year ago.
Until last night.
( riding lesson geeking )
The good news is that I am fairly sure I wasn't pinching with my knees. I was sitting back at least some of the time. I could keep my legs reasonably still with the heels down at least some of the time. I started to get a feel of Clint and could remind him to keep going before he broke. And I breathe while riding. The bad news is that I can't (yet) keep my legs still most of the time, I need to be more consistent sitting back, I need to work on my aerobic capacity, and I need to post WITH the horse.
