My boss's mum had a driving competition with the Shetlands yesterday and I was backstepping for her. I was bounced right off my feet during a river crossing - partly due to only holding on with one hand, as the other was holding Penny's BP to try and keep her in her seat! - and I came down hard, smacking my upper chest against the bar in front of me.
I was winded despite being in a decent BP (am very glad I was wearing it!), my chest got increasingly sore throughout the rest of the day, and it was also getting painful in my upper back at the same height as the chest tenderness. I guessed it was just muscle pain and a jolted ribcage so put myself to bed early with a hot water bottle and Ibuprofen.
Needless to say I woke up this morning in a lot more pain, front and back but especially in front, I couldn't breathe properly and found myself getting dressed in tears. I am pretty good with this sort of pain and need chiro treatment quite often, so kind of knew it was a bit worse than usual!
Boss's mum insisted taking me for an X-ray - though I just wanted to go straight to my chiro, he works minor miracles on my body on a regular basis and I fear I may worship him just a little too much :redface: So off we went to the walk-in clinic, 2hrs and lots of euros later I am home with a diagnosis of bruised cartilage and a cracked rib where it meets the sternum. The same rib was out of place around the back, which accounted for the corresponding back pain. Both explaining the breathing difficulty, thankfully nothing more sinister.
Seriously how have I managed to fall off horses about 200 times and not get a proper injury, and then crack a rib whilst backstepping without even coming off the carriage! Just glad I had a BP on is all I can say!
((On the plus side - the ponies were AMAZING as usual, they won their category by a total of 30 seconds and also had the best time of the day across all classes :dance
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I was winded despite being in a decent BP (am very glad I was wearing it!), my chest got increasingly sore throughout the rest of the day, and it was also getting painful in my upper back at the same height as the chest tenderness. I guessed it was just muscle pain and a jolted ribcage so put myself to bed early with a hot water bottle and Ibuprofen.
Needless to say I woke up this morning in a lot more pain, front and back but especially in front, I couldn't breathe properly and found myself getting dressed in tears. I am pretty good with this sort of pain and need chiro treatment quite often, so kind of knew it was a bit worse than usual!
Boss's mum insisted taking me for an X-ray - though I just wanted to go straight to my chiro, he works minor miracles on my body on a regular basis and I fear I may worship him just a little too much :redface: So off we went to the walk-in clinic, 2hrs and lots of euros later I am home with a diagnosis of bruised cartilage and a cracked rib where it meets the sternum. The same rib was out of place around the back, which accounted for the corresponding back pain. Both explaining the breathing difficulty, thankfully nothing more sinister.
Seriously how have I managed to fall off horses about 200 times and not get a proper injury, and then crack a rib whilst backstepping without even coming off the carriage! Just glad I had a BP on is all I can say!
((On the plus side - the ponies were AMAZING as usual, they won their category by a total of 30 seconds and also had the best time of the day across all classes :dance
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