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Re: [RC] Horses staying in shape and knees - Chris PausOh dang. As a fellow member of the bad knee club, you have my sympathy. I wish I had some words of wisdom. I had the meniscus repair and it's been downhill ever since... I'm holding off a TKR as long as I can. chris --- Catfish Daniels <CatfishDaniels@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi everyone: Just recently two topics were discussed, to which I sorta didn't pay much attention to. Today I wish I had, and any comments/suggestions would greatly be appreciated - and I apologize for the repeat. This morning I mis-stepped why standing on the back of my truck, and landed with a fully extended knee below - hyper extended it pretty badly. Anyway, can't walk or put weight on it, it's pretty swollen. It feels like a prior meniscus injury I've had 18 months ago to which I elected to physical therapy and exercises rather than the recommended surgery. Long story short, same swelling, same knee. No sympathy, please.my own stupidity. My question are these: 1) For all 100 milers: If this injury is the same as the last one I had, I won't be back in the saddle for about 4-5 weeks, about beginning of July (if I'm lucky). I'm on the entry list for this year's Tevis Cup. I know timing is very bad, but given what I've got to work with, how long can I "sorta" expect for my horse to stay in shape without being exercised? My mind's playing tricks on me, and I swear he already gained 900 lbs when I missed this morning's training ride. Tevis is July 31st. 2) As for the recent discussion about knee problems, what is the best experience any of you have had with different knee braces for best support while riding? Just like last time, the doctor's orders (and I'll see him on Tuesday) will be either surgery and/or lay off for a good while. And obviously that Tevis is "out". Stupid on my part - yes - but any suggestions on how to successfully "attempt" to break the doctor's orders would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much for any suggestions you may have. I'm sorry to bother you guys with this sorta stuff. Catfish DBL Realtors ===== "A good horse makes short miles," George Eliot Chris and Star BayRab Acres http://pages.prodigy.net/paus ============================================================ It is how we "feel" deep inside that matters, cause each of us knows the truth, regardless of how we try make it complicated. It just isn't. ~ Frank Solano ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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