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I wonder whether some type of riding where she isn't sitting the trot 
would be ok.  Or maybe riding a gaited horse...
Laney

Susan E. Garlinghouse, D.V.M. wrote:
> A good friend of mine who rides dressage was in a pretty bad accident a 
> few years ago and to make a long story short, had to have three 
> vertebrae surgically fused last week.  I’m not sure of the exact 
> vertebrae involved, but it was in the region of the lumbosacral 
> junction.  Obviously, she’s pretty depressed because she thinks her 
> riding career is over.  There is a new appliance available that 
> stabilizes and still provides some pretty amazing flexibility, but 
> apparently it was not an option in her case.
>
>  
>
> Does anyone have experience with this sort of procedure and whether she 
> has any chance of riding again at anything beyond a rent pony plod?  She 
> was riding at 4^th level dressage and while I suspect that might be a 
> stretch, maybe lower levels are still possible?
>
>  
>
> Susan Garlinghouse, DVM, MS

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