Pain management

[eija]

I guess you've all heard the remedy for hangover: Place a stick under your toenail and kick it against the wall.

I tried something similar to my worsening sjs aches today: Wrestled with my 500 kg horse so that my arm was bruised against a door frame. Now it looks as if I had acquired a new muscle: Like half an egg under the nasty purple-bluish skin. And yeah, it hurts. More than my achy shoulders - but I don't think it helps me to sleep on my side tonight either 

[Joe S.]

Can you charge your horse with abuse and divorce it? Remember RICE.
R- Rest
I- Ice
C-
E- Exercise
Sorry brain fog. I may have it wrong. It was in my head before I started typing. Argh!

[Ark mom]

Compression! 

I think "elevation" too. 

Ouch, that does not sound pleasant.  My mom has about twenty horses.  They scare me!

[Joe S.]

Do not hold your breath that makes the pain worse. So breath.
Meditation can help reduce pain
Reflexology can direct endorphins to reduce pain
Carrot juice has everything your body needs to make endorphins. In fact you can get high on it.
An aspirin may help thin your blood to prevent clots. 

[olmphoto2]

Yes, Joe and Ark Mom:  Rest, ice, compression and elevation

[olmphoto2]

One good explanation, alternatives and related articles regarding RICE can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RICE_%28medicine%29

[Scottietottie]

Ouch eija!! 

That sounds painful! I hear where you are coming from. My broken arm has pushed my SjS symptoms to the back of my mind recently.

I hope you feel better soon but I think you maybe need to get it looked at.

Take care - Scottie 

[eija]

Can you charge your horse with abuse and divorce it?

Heh, nah, I like her too much to "divorce" her. Today the girls were speed-riding her and oh my she was fast! And again, during their galloping I forgot my pain - almost wanted to go myself, too


The arm is better already - it's just a nasty bruise that will take some time to heal. Ark Mom, I used to be afraid of horses, too, and it wasn't that long ago (less than five years) and now I have a horse of my own! Horses are my "therapists" and they're awesome in that job Would love to see your mom's herd...

[Joe S.]

Horses are excellent therapists! Is your horse a Clydesdale or a Belgian? They are a nice size for riding. The others just seem a little small when I sit on them.

[Ark mom]

Eija, there is one horse, I call it the "joke horse", who is merely 24 inches tall, a minature.  She bought it for my little girls to ride.  You cannot help but crack up looking at it because it is so small.

Most of her horses are rescues from abusers or mustangs who were going to slaughter.  She bought a couple of them to ride for fun.  She did break a couple of the mustangs, and those are ridable as well.   

[eija]

Joe they indeed are Mine is an unknown breed from Lithuania, probably a mixture of a half- or thoroughbred and a cold one. She's not heavy but sturdy enough and beautifully built, 153 cm (about 15 hands). Clydesdales and Belgians are beautiful, too.


This is my younger daughter riding her last weekend


Ark mom, those miniature horses are soooooo cute But they say that the rider must be under 25 kg, they can't carry more. Rescue mustangs? Ooooohhhh... My mare is sort of a rescue too, because she was going crazy when being a riding school horse: She needed to be one person's horse so I bought her a year ago. I often wonder where would she be now with all her problems if I wouldn't have fallen in love with her...

[Joe S.]

Great Picture.

[Ark mom]

Eija, love the photo!  Oh, yes, my little girls are 3 and 5 years old, much under the 25kg weight limit.  She has several other horses in the line up for when they outgrow the mini.  LOL! 

[engy]

Beautiful picture, thank you for sharing!

[slccom]

The miniature horses are being used as assistive animals. They live so much longer than dogs that they are really valuable.

If I wasn't allergic to the darned things, I think I could have gotten into horses. Of course, dogs are much more portable.
Sharon