Ridecamp: [RC] Update- Rain and no Riding

FROM   Roger Rittenhouse     roger@xxxxxxxxxxx
The ridecamp digest sure is slow -? seems I get responses before I see
the post to RC-   They all show up  but later. John T???

Anyway - since I am NOT riding, not even a short ride, and since this
weekend is the Longstreets Ride in GA and I am missing another ride, I
thought I would do some posting.

First the injury is a bit more serious then expected. I have had some
real bad days lately.
I seem to be having some sort of unstable moments, walking sort of
weeble wooble, not bad, but a few bad steps here and there.
And no Howard, its not the drugs and beer.
So I went to my chiropractor and we agreed I
need to see 'other professionals' I am just not healing very well.
My regular doctor had me start an anti- inflammatory, I have been on this
drug  randomly, but he now insists I take it every day. I am also
going to a orthopedists Dr next week- to have the MRI  re-evaluated
by someone else.  And to just look at the situation and see what
should be next.

I have no idea when I will be  OK to ride. Looks like the whole year is
shot.
Seems there have been a number of riders getting hurt this year.

I have tried the alternative forms of meds to help this problem. Let
me tell you I have not had very good results. Now that may well be
because I did not apply the remedy correctly but all the herbs and
the homeopathic meds did not do very much to help.
So I dont think we really need to worry about this form of medicine
making lame horses sound (aka Rule 13).

I have also taken enough MSM to help support the MSM mfgrs. It had
little to no effect. SO much for the anti- inflammatory properties of
MSM. I took up to 3 times the horse dose. Now I have been told humans
require higher levels of MSM then a horse to gain a pharmacologic
effect. But I have not found that level.

I tried static magnets  JOKE  NO help no way, Did a blind test, with
the wrap -  both with magnets and without. No difference. Now they may not have been
the 'correct' (higher priced) magnets  but it did nothing.
What DID work ok is the ELECTRO-Magnet. I have been using that from the
incident. Not a cure all but it helps when I am really sore.

What REALLY worked is DRUGS good old WESTERN hard DRUGS, CODEINE, and
the BEXTRA (valdeoxib)  and Aleve (naproxen sodium. This stuff really
works.  ( Note to Howard, yes at times the drug enhancing supplement
 does help)

So that's an update, not too great, sure miss going to the rides.
Biltmore - with all the cold rainy weather really trashed me. I do
think I will try to make the OD, I have not missed a ride there for
the past 10 or 12 years, either riding or working.

Horse looks great, going barefoot, keeping the toes short and opening
the heels. Had to cut back his feed, getting too fat.
Few other posts coming on other issues
Roger Rittenhouse



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