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I am a bit behind on posts, so bear with me.  I did want to add my two bits 
about injuries.

First, I suffered an injury to the muscles, tendons, and nerves of my right 
shoulder, collarbone, and upper back (due to a stupid user error with a 
large TB mare).  It was not properly diagnosed at the time (back in 1993) 
and I am still working on ways to manage pain problems in that area.  
Fortunately, it does not hurt as much while riding as it does the day after 
so I just have to keep the Advil on hand.  Moral: Make sure you get 
diagnosed correctly and don't settle for only one opinion if you have any 
doubts.

Secondly, I broke and severely sprained my ankle in a caving accident two 
years ago.  It still causes me a lot of pain (mostly walking on hard 
surfaces - solution, don't go shopping).  It turns out the main reason for 
this is a chip of cartilage in the ankle joint that did not heal back 100%.  
I was told they could remove it, but they would have to break another bone 
to get to it due to its location in the joint.  Needless to so, this is not 
high on my To Do list.  However, it may not hurt to have some MRIs done just 
to make sure you don't have something loose in there that they could remove 
in a less destructive manner.

My 2 cents,
Nikki



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