Ridecamp: Re: [RC] there is no way that young and small a body can ride astride a horse that many hours without damage

Heidi,

Before I post this let me point out a few things --
I'm *not* an AERC member, I do *not* have children,
and I'm *not* in favor of the AERC making rules about
minimum ages for juniors. I do not believe in rules,
regulations, and people telling other how to raise
their children. I only posted because I saw no other
young people posting. Do you think your kids would
tell you if they hurt when they rode? Depends on how
much they like riding, doesn't it? 

> You're right that we are not apt to agree.  The
> reality I've seen is
> hundreds of kids participating in equine sports with
> no damage, unless as
> Bob said, they come off the horses and suffer
> fractures.  

You said in an earlier post that there are no
concussion injuries for riders from riding. Having
never been to an endurance ride I'm just guessing here
that most of y'all sit the trot at some point of the
ride? That puts considerable concussion on your back,
hips, knees, and ankles. Posting trot? Repetitive
motion injuries of the knees. 2 point? Concussion on
the knees. 

For my years as a H/J and Dressage rider I rode with a
neurologist's wife and worked around their farm with
him. According to him there was considerable
concussion on the knees, ankles, hip, and back from
dressage work. H/J flatwork was less concussion. 

>The recent post from Ms. Caldwell is the first time
>I've ever heard someone suggest that early riding was
>damaging--and I notice that she was doing more
intense
> equine sports than endurance.  

More intense? From some of the stories I've heard, and
the four or five months of training I've put in on my
horse my H/J and dressage days were a walk in the park
compared to Endurance. 

(going back to lurker statues now...)
Stephanie

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