Endurance.Net Ridecamp Archives

Please Reply to: Jenny Powers jpowers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or 
ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
==========================================

Several years ago I worked in a for-profit brain injury rehab center in 
Scottsdale, AZ. A pretty, slim 40 yr old woman was admitted for therapy -- her 
husband was desperate to help her and quite able to afford the cost of the 
private hospital. She participated in the therapeutic riding program through 
the rehab center and I volunteered for the program. She was an accomplished 
hunter jumper rider and they lived on a large property in New England. She was 
injured while riding on her property, without a helmet, when her horse shied 
and reared, the woman fell and hit the back of her head. She will never regain 
her former life. It was so sad that she retained her love of riding but had no 
memory -- could not be left alone because she'd wander off, leave the stove on, 
leave doors open, couldn't drive, couldn't find her way home. Their beautiful 
life together was gone and her husband had lost his partner. I know of many 
other accidents resulting in head injuries since that time and wearing a helmet 
has saved the riders from serious long term injury. Wearing your helmet means 
you realize you've got something worth protecting.


=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net.
Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp
Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp

Ride Long and Ride Safe!!

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-