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BTW -- forgot to add -- I don't really recommend a summersault.  I  
think it is too easy to have a neck injury.  However, my last fall  
was head-first over the left shoulder on a steep downhill (he jumped  
when he should have walked).   A summersault was my only "rolling"  
option.


On Aug 21, 2007, at 3:58 PM, Beth Walker wrote:

> I couldn't load the link Jim gave, but it **sounds** kind of like  
> what I try to do.  I try and remember to **Roll**.   I try NOT to  
> brace, only enough to tip me into a roll, or (at least once) a  
> summersault.
>
>
> On Aug 21, 2007, at 3:33 PM, Val Nicoson wrote:
>
> > Got a question for all of you who are getting dumped by your  
> > horses....how in the world do you land without breaking anything?   
> > I've been dumped by two red horses which resulted in first my left  
> > and recently my right wrist being shattered...ouch!
> >
> > Both are healed and I am riding again.  We've decided no more red  
> > horses for me though...the first was a gelding getting my left  
> > wrist...the last one was a mare getting my right wrist...hey, at  
> > least I'm balanced out now, right? <g>
> >
> > SO any advice on how to land better might be helpful...I did say  
> > "might"...only because most times I am pretty stiff and attempt to  
> > reach out and wham...broken wrist.  I am naturally a pretty stiff  
> > person when it comes to falling.  I am also in my mid-50s so  
> > there's a definite loss of flexibility to go along with it all.
> >
> > I've found when I come off sideways that at least I haven't broken  
> > anything...yet.  But going over those left shoulders head first  
> > gets me every time.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Val
>
>
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