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Date Posted: 23:35:26 10/29/02 Tue
Author: Lisa A.
Subject: Re: Walking &Horseback riding
In reply to: DeeAnna 's message, "Walking &Horseback riding" on 17:16:16 10/28/02 Mon

>Hi DeAnna:

I too lost my left leg above the knee when I was seventeen, I have been adapting to one thing or another ever since. One of the things I love to do is ride horses. I haven’t been at it too long, but I have enjoyed every minute I’m in the saddle. I especially like the mobility riding horses gives me, as well as being outside, the camaraderie with other riders, the exercise, and the sense of accomplishment. To answer some of your questions, I ride with my prosthesis. I didn’t know if I would at first but after visiting with my instructor (a person who works with many people with disabilities) I decided that I wanted use my prosthesis. The horse that I ride most of the time is trained so riders can mount him from either side. I can get on without any help, but much prefer to have a boost up. (most riders call it getting a leg up) Once I get my right foot in the stirrup it’s a matter of getting my prosthesis on the other side of the horse. I can manage that too, but it’s much easier to have someone help me get it over and then put my foot in the stirrup.

My advise would be to get in contact with a stable that teaches people with disabilities to ride. I think they have a lot of insight on the problems you might encounter, I will have to say I didn’t come across any that I thought were all that difficult. The second thing I would do is get a good pair of boots, Ariat makes some with non slip bottoms and I also like Tony Lama boots. I ride western and have never tried English. You will need to get a zipper put in your prosthesis boot, but any good shoe shop can do that. Two other things that really helped me were riding briefs and a special type of stirrup that can be opened easily when getting on and off the horse. I think you can get them from other suppliers too, this company gives very good service.

I see that has gotten longer than I had anticipated so I’m going to talk about the type of prosthesis I use next time.

http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?PGGUID=30E072DF-7B6A-11D5-A192-00B0D0204AE5

http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30E0720A-7B6A-11D5-A192-00B0D0204AE5

Copy and paste the above links into your address area of your browser.

Good luck and enjoy yourself. It’s wonderful.

Lisa A.

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