Broken collar bone :-(

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tikkitti

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My 13 year old has managed to break her collar bone, in tag rugby of all things:(How long should I realistically give it before I let her jump etc again? It's so hard cause it's a case of do as I say not what I do, what I'd of done as a teen and what I want her to do are entirely different things:oops: x
 
Ouch! I broke my arm playing tag rugby when I was the same age! I can't remember how long it took and obviously was and arm not collar bone, I'd get advice from GP.
 
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They said she should be ok to participate in contact sports within 6 weeks. My daughters argument is riding isn't a contact sport, but mine is it is if you fall off:D I'd prefer her to do the full 6 weeks, she thinks I'm totally unfair:rolleyes:. x
 
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tikkitti said:
They said she should be ok to participate in contact sports within 6 weeks. My daughters argument is riding isn't a contact sport, but mine is it is if you fall off:D I'd prefer her to do the full 6 weeks, she thinks I'm totally unfair:rolleyes:. x
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I agree with the advice you have been given, your her Mum at the end of the day, tough if she doesn't like it, you know best.
And while she's right that riding isn't a 'contact' sport, it does come into the top ten most dangerous sports! I definitely wouldn't be letting her go jumping, no matter how safe the pony is or how good a rider she is.
 
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Its 6-8 weeks for most bones, but as I understand it a collar bone is worse than a wrist as immobilizing it is more difficult. I guess ride when the doc says but keep it to quiet rides for a couple of weeks to build back up before jumping again???? I'm sure telling a teen that is pretty hopeless though, you're indestructible at that age :rolleyes:
 
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I think it may take longer and once back on board she may find she doesn't feel as strong, my friend broke her collar bone and struggled with her horse jumping as he's quite strong it hurt when she tried to take a pull.
 
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As she's a teen I don't think she fully appreciates what she's done TBH, one pony she rides is quite a handful and very sharp( my daughters made friends with the floor on many occasions and it's thrown me too :oops:and I've rode it only about a dozen times) and if I'm being honest none are 100% sensible rides. The other issue that worries me is my daughters confidence outweighs her ability. I think she's going to have to just stay grounded for a while yet;) I have told her she may be able to do aprils PC rally( end of April) IF she does as she's told and gives her collar bone a rest. I'm now expected to keep ponies fit on top of my own:(. x
 
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Ouch!! My daughter rode with her cast still on when she broke her arm, but only ambling down the lane in walk. Yes the horse could have spooked and she could have fallen but it seemed so unlikely. Just as likely for her to slip and fall doing other things. After the cast came off I did not expect her to ease back in gently but allowed her to do what she wanted. Doc said once it had healed it had healed and did not need building up slowly. Having said that, it was quite weak and ached a bit so she did not go mad. I think if had restricted her she might have wanted to do more! Being allowed to make her own mind up took that need to prove a point or fight me away and she was quite sensible in the end.
 
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Ouch! Hope she feels less sore soon.

When my son was in the school rugby team many years ago he went in for a scrum and broke his opponent's collar bone! I was mortified!!! Being called Tom earned him the nickname Thomas the Tank.
 
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I was going to say quiet hack only but certainly no jumping. But as you say horse is a handful I think ground her is the best option for March.
 
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I think it is lunatic the way NR folk question the six weeks rule and bring up their kids to ignore doctors.
I guess if we didnt have the NHS and the risk of extended treatment meant high medical bills to pay we wouldnt be so cavalier about it. But no, the tax payer can foot the bill and the doctors relied on to do extra work.
 
Thing is they said after 4 weeks she could participate in sport but not contact sport till after 6 weeks. My daughters arguement is that riding isn't a contact sport but my arguement is that it is if you fall off:Dx
 
I have broken my shoulder three times and the first time I got back on too early, was riding and about to fall off onto that shoulder so twisted in midair to protect it and landed awkwardly on my other shoulder and guess what, broke that! My doctor said no riding for 6-8wks and I had to go back for the all clear before I was allowed back on. Also my shoulders are stuffed now, as I didnt do the exercises, got back on too early etc, and I'm suffering now with them never going to be as strong as they should be!
So as horsemad as I was (and still am) I would recommend waiting until bone healed before riding!
Even hacking or flatwork you're still using the muscles surrounding it and you end up sitting uneven in saddle as your body subconciously tries to protect it and that can take years to get out of the habit! Plus as others have said, no strength when going to stop, can do more damage for pulling back or turning etc.
I'd definitely just put your foot down and no riding until doctor clears it.
 
My friend recently broke her collar bone falling off her horse, it was about 3 months before she was allowed to ride again.

Listen to your doctor! I just think it's stupid to go against their advice and risk not healing properly. I know kids are impetuous - and there's a certain kudos among equestrians for continuing to ride even in the most challenging of circumstances - but you only get one body, you need to look after it!
 
She isn't riding until after 6 weeks like was advised for a contact sport( I know it's not contact but is high risk)and TBH if I can stretch it it will be 8 weeks. ATM I'm the worst mother in the world and she isn't happy at all, TBH she's 13 so is rarely happy anyway unless getting her own way so her her sulking is run of the mill ATM.:rolleyes: x
 
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