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Re: [RC] [RC] [RC] What do I need? - Laurie Durgin

I think that is what I have . My metatarsials hurt and burn and I get foot craps from pointing my feet, seems to be my weak link. I got an injection in one and it helped .Too many years of running, 4 babies and gardening by jumping up and down on the shovel in this southern clay.
Easy rides are my salvation too. Now if I can just find the right shoes . I have to add gels land footpads to everything-- and since most things have heel it puts pressure on those areas. So far the Ariat terrians work better than regular ariats or boots. And I hav ea pair of NIke trail shoes.
Surgery is too scary, though it hasn't gotten that bad I guess. I went under only once for broken nose and came up fighting everyone.


From: "Barbara McCrary" <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <ladurgin@xxxxxxx>
CC: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [RC]   [RC] What do I need?
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 11:35:09 -0700

I rode for years in regular irons, too, and developed a neuroma between 3rd
and 4th toes of left foot that hurt like fire when I rode. I finally had to
have it surgically excised. Then it took 3 years for the nerved area to
quiet down to normal. EZ Ride stirrups are the only things that now save my
feet from the pressure that caused the neuroma in the first place. I vote
for EZ Ride stirrups as a possible preventative measure.

Barbara

----- Original Message -----
From: <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ladurgin@xxxxxxx>
Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 7:00 AM
Subject: RE: [RC] [RC] What do I need?


> > Helmet and Easy Ride stirrups. Secure water carrying system. First aid
> > pack.(skip the splint boots unless your horse interferes, then keep
> > checking them to make sur eyou don't get sand, dirt under them--bad
> > rubs). (Tights to ride in,undies with no seams in delicate area). Maybe
> > halfchaps--
>
> Huh. I rode for years in regular irons with no problem. Just switched to
> EZRide stirrups as a consideration to creeping middle age and various
> other physical complaints. I have yet to carry a first aid pack with me.
> A "secure water carrying system" can be something homemade that will allow
> you to tie a cheap grocery-store water bottle to the saddle--the wonderful
> commercial adaptations are nice, but not a "must" to start out. I also
> rode for years in regular undies (until I got <ahem> "gravitationally
> enhanced" which aggravated the rub factor), and do admit that I love my
> high-tech riding undies--but again, we're talking the basic necessities
> for getting started here.... Also rode for years with knees wrapped in
> Elastoplast or Vetrap, over regular jeans, to keep the seams from chafing.
> Then moved "up" to leotards, shorts, and knee socks, before all the good
> endurance tights became available.
>
> You really don't know WHAT you need for your own self until you go ride
> and find out where your own personal "weak points" are. I sure wouldn't
> go buy anything besides the basics until I've found the sore spots--and
> then I'd recommend going out to see how riders have specifically dealt
> with those things, and try to figure out which solution would work for me.
>
> What I'm trying to convey here is that a newbie needs to go ride first,
> and then start cataloging what happens--and trying to seek solutions to
> those issues. Every horse and every rider has their own personal set of
> issues, and will have to find their own personal set of solutions. I
> think it is a big mistake to look at pictures of endurance riders and go
> try to deck yourself and your horse out to look like the pictures. What
> works great for one rider may actually cause a problem for another, so you
> have to define your needs by riding before you go shopping for the
> "extras"....
>
> Heidi
>
>
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> This weekend, many of you are at rides...25's, 50's or 100's. You are the
> lucky ones. I know you did whatever you had to do to get to 'em. I know
> that each of you go to 'em with different so-called "goals" in mind...but
I
> also know that each of you cares for your horse and realize that "carrying
> you" is the least of what he/she does for you. LIFTING YOU is the true
> effect.
> ~ Ryder
>
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