Do you know what you need two arms for? Dressage.
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Apparently only one arm is needed for being a bad-ass though |
I suppose I could take up western dressage, but I really don't want to; it just doesn't appeal to me. And Nilla doesn't know how to properly neck rein anyway.
I already had to cancel my lessons. I've gone back to trail riding, but even that is really difficult to do one handed. Nilla sort of neck-reins in that I can maneuver her around with one hand and a lot of leg pressure. The hardest part is that I constantly revert to using my right arm. I tell myself I'm only going to use my left arm and then...
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© Birth of a Beauty TV show |
Bad right hand, bad.
I don't even realize I'm doing it.
My Doctor and Physical Therapist both work with local professional athletes so they know what they're doing and they're used to crazy people wanting to keep doing things despite having injuries (these same people helped me go from breaking almost every bone in my back to a pack trip through the Sierras in a little less than 8 weeks). So they've both said I can ride and I can use my right arm if I need to, it'll just slow down the healing.
But I can't do any of the training I should be doing to accomplish the
goals I have this year. And I'm generally just really tired of things going
wrong. So I'm having a bit of a pity party for myself right now.
On the plus side I did got this cool ion battery-powered steroid injection patch for my elbow. This is the future here people. I am the bionic woman. Well, at least I am for a few hours before I have to take it off.