well I screwed the pooch...big time

wvfarrier · Post by **wvfarrier** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:47 am

I was riding a broncy horse and he tried to rub me off on a tree. The tip of my boot caught on it and it literally twisted my leg around so far that I was thrown out of the saddle. Broke the fibula at the top and bottom woth spiral fractures. Not clean through thank GOD. And it's not a weight bearing bone but by darn.... it's sore. I am more concerned with the pulled tendons. Have an MRI friday. Wish me luck on that one.

At least I've still got 10 days of vacation left

GonnePhishin · Post by **GonnePhishin** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 9:47 am

OUCH

Here's hoping you heal quickly.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:07 am

I didn't break my leg... but did end up gettin' drug down a gravel road when a similar accident (@$#% rank horse) knocked me off by rubbing me up against a telephone pole!

Just take it slow and do what the docs tell ya!

mikld · Post by **mikld** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:09 am

I'm not a horseman. Horses are big and have a mind of their own. At least motorcycles can't think...

jnyork · Post by **jnyork** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:13 am

Horses, motorcycles, 4-wheelers, all same-same. You ride them a while, they ride you a while.

earlmck · Post by **earlmck** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:35 am

jnyork wrote:Horses, motorcycles, 4-wheelers, all same-same. You ride them a while, they ride you a while.

That is true, but statistically speaking the horse mishap is about 10 times as likely as is the mechanical mishap.

Walker · Post by **Walker** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 11:08 am

Dang, my legs hurts just thinking about it. The first working horse I rode made straight for a low hanging branch that just cleared the saddle. I bounced better back then. Hope you feel better soon.

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 11:32 am

earlmck wrote:
jnyork wrote:Horses, motorcycles, 4-wheelers, all same-same. You ride them a while, they ride you a while.
That is true, but statistically speaking the horse mishap is about 10 times as likely as is the mechanical mishap.

That and getting to work on time without leaving the house at 6am is why I ride a motorcycle the 10mi to work every day...

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 12:02 pm

wvfarrier wrote:
I was riding a broncy horse and he tried to rub me off on a tree. The tip of my boot caught on it and it literally twisted my leg around so far that I was thrown out of the saddle. Broke the fibula at the top and bottom woth spiral fractures. Not clean through thank GOD. And it's not a weight bearing bone but by darn.... it's sore. I am more concerned with the pulled tendons. Have an MRI friday. Wish me luck on that one.

At least I've still got 10 days of vacation left

Good Luck with the MRI !

Vacation ?

R U having fun ? .

.

stew71 · Post by **stew71** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 12:20 pm

earlmck wrote:
jnyork wrote:Horses, motorcycles, 4-wheelers, all same-same. You ride them a while, they ride you a while.
That is true, but statistically speaking the horse mishap is about 10 times as likely as is the mechanical mishap.

At least you'll never get pulled over by a cop for speeding on a horse. On a Triumph Tiger however...doing 85 on I-5.....

JerryB · Post by **JerryB** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 12:21 pm

hope you heal fast, most of my hurting at 76 is from horses.

Daisyman · Post by **Daisyman** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 12:41 pm

Eeeww, I can feel that just reading about it. Thats got to hurt.

Post by **Chuck 100 yd** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 12:41 pm

Ouch for sure! Get well soon.
On the MC vs.Horse thing, you don't have to feed motorcycle through the winter and the bike won't jump the fence in the middle of the night while you are sleeping.

wvfarrier · Post by **wvfarrier** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 2:20 pm

I've ridden both motorcycles and horses. I prefer the horse but I'm biased. I grew up on horseback. Could ride before I could walk. With motorcycles it is not the bike you need worry about......it's other drivers.

Though I did manage to pick up my new winchester 357 mag today. I had to grit my teeth all the way there and get help to put it in the truck.....so worth it.

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 2:56 pm

UncleBuck wrote:OUCH Here's hoping you heal quickly.

+1

plowboy 45 · Post by **plowboy 45** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 4:06 pm

Dang it, hope you recover well
Dern thang is I been dealin on a 5 year old last couple days, now your broke bone got me thinkin

Get well

PLOWBOY

Tycer · Post by **Tycer** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 5:26 pm

wvfarrier wrote: Though I did manage to pick up my new winchester 357 mag today. I had to grit my teeth all the way there and get help to put it in the truck.....

Whoa there pard! Just 'cause you're a farrier and know how to fix this type of injury on a horse don't mean you gotta shoot YOURSELF!!! Why there's comfrey grown all over that will poultice that up fine. And snag a bottle of that DMSO from the barn too.

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 6:19 pm

Mmmmm DMSO... best... stuff... ever... (depending on what you mix in it and where you spread it...)...

(if you can't get any locally... PM me, and I'll hook you up. Got both Pure and Gel available up to Gallon size...)

jeepnik · Post by **jeepnik** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 6:35 pm

Spirals can be nasty. Prayers up. And if you think the fibula is a non-weight bearing bone, just wait till you try to put some weight on it. It will remind you real fast.

wvfarrier · Post by **wvfarrier** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:59 pm

I had to drag myself home through the woods since the bugger ran off. It truly sucked

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 9:16 pm

GOOD LUCK WITH THE MRI.....BEST WISHES AND HEAL FAST!

A WHITE HORSE NAMED MIDNIGHT TRIED TO DO THAT TO ME WHEN I WAS A YOUNG'N
I TRADED HORSES WITH A FRIEND OF MINE THAT COULD NOT HANDLE HIM....
HE RAN ME THROUGH THE WOOD TO SEE IF A BRANCH WOULD KNOCK ME OFF....
THEN RAN AT A FULL GALLUP ALONG THE FENCE LINE..AND TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING....
THREW MY LEFT FOOT ON HIS RUMP AND RODE HIM DOWN THE ENTIRE FENCE TO THE BARN.....
THEN HE SLAMED ON THE BREAKS TO TOSS ME OVER HIS HEAD....WHAT A RIDE!

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 9:58 pm

Hope you heal fast.

I like to watch other people ride horses.

walks with gun · Post by **walks with gun** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:08 pm

Cut your horse steaks thin and don't overcook. Roasts can be cooked with potatoes, carrots and rutabagas. Horses, choppers and ornery women, I've been thrown by em'all.

piller · Post by **piller** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:21 pm

Prayer for healing sent. Broken bones heal, but the soft tissue injuries hurt worse and longer. I have ridden horses a few times, and I am not even going to say that I am any good at it. I don't know anyone who has ridden a horse much who didn't get thrown or knocked off.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:03 am

piller wrote:Prayer for healing sent. Broken bones heal, but the soft tissue injuries hurt worse and longer. I have ridden horses a few times, and I am not even going to say that I am any good at it. I don't know anyone who has ridden a horse much who didn't get thrown or knocked off.

Only those who restrict their equestrian activities to the 25¢ version in front of the Rx!

rbertalotto · Post by **rbertalotto** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 8:26 am

Got rid of the two horses a few years ago..........If it doesn't have a throttle......I don't ride it!

Hope you heal fast!

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 8:47 am

Heal well.....

.45colt · Post by **.45colt** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 9:10 am

Ouch, Hope You get better in a hurry.

wvfarrier · Post by **wvfarrier** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 1:20 pm

Had the MRI today. Nothing unexpected. Just time and healing now.

JerryB · Post by **JerryB** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 3:26 pm

That Rossi .357 carbine will ride real good in a saddle scabbard.

jeepnik · Post by **jeepnik** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 3:52 pm

wvfarrier wrote:Had the MRI today. Nothing unexpected. Just time and healing now.

So, is it a weight bearing bone?

Seriously, glad to hear it's relatively straight forward. Heal fast my friend.

wvfarrier · Post by **wvfarrier** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 4:02 pm

Your tibia is a weight bearing bone. The fib is a re enforcing bone.

firefuzz · Post by **firefuzz** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 10:20 pm

Hope you heal up fast, spiral fractures are hard to heal sometimes.

A lot of the boys where I'm from thought we were Stoney Burke and had to try our hand at bronc riding in the local rodeos. I guess I did okay, stayed my 8 at least half the time, was really more interested in the barrel racers than riding to be honest. Worst I ever got hurt was by a 3 y/o gelding our neighbor bought for his 12y/o son that was only green broke. Dad told him I'd take the starch out of him for them and so I saddled up and didn't have a problem for a minute or two and then the rodeo began.

He figured out pretty quick he wasn't going to unseat me so he slammed my left leg into the telephone pole corner post of the corral an then fell on the same leg before I could step off. I was still in the saddle when he stood up, I knew my leg was hurt, but I was so durned mad I proceeded to flatten his ears with a 3ft piece of broom handle Dad handed me. Several minutes later I couldn't feel my leg anymore and had Dad snub his head to post and I fell when I got off.

Both bones in my left leg broke in two places. I got to hobble around on crutches in a cast for the next several rodeo's....I got a LOT more attention from the ladies and didn't even have to spit out any dirt.

Neighbor sold the horse cheap before I got the cast off. Probably a good thing...one of us might not have survived the next ride.

Rob

wvfarrier · Post by **wvfarrier** » Tue Aug 04, 2015 9:24 pm

Ya it truly blows. It's been a week and I still cannot weight bear on it even with the brace. The edema and bruising hasn't subsided either. I shoe horses for a living and occurred just as I was to come off vacation. Good thing I had some savings built up

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