The horsemanship industry, for all its lofty ideals and bleeding-heart woo-woo mindfulness garbage, is failing to protect riders. Horse injuries have spiked 139% in riders 65+, despite total injuries across all age groups are lower. And the severity of the injuries has increased. This means that when falls happen, despite widespread use of modern safety gear like protective helmets and vests, traumatic brain and spinal injuries are actually MORE frequent. The data is clear: the modern horsemanship industry is failing to promote safety. Modern riders and horses are LESS well trained and LESS capable than ever. Helmets are the only thing holding back this flood of incompetence.
This episode is a call for a re-orientation of horsemanship instruction toward SAFETY and away from nebulous concepts like "connection" and "attunement". Because that stuff isn't working. And it's pretty hard to be "attuned" when your pelvis is broken.
[Citations]
Equestrian Related Injuries: A National Database Study | AOAO
https://aoao.org/2024/04/24/equestrian-related-injuries-a-national-database-study/
Sports and Recreational Injuries - Injury Facts
https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/home-and-community/safety-topics/sports-and-recreational-injuries/
Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Injuries Related to Individual and Team Sports: An Analysis of the NEISS Database Between 2017 and 2021 - PubMed
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37900862/
Sports and Recreational Injuries - Injury Facts
https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/home-and-community/safety-topics/sports-and-recreational-injuries/
Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Injuries Related to Individual and Team Sports: An Analysis of the NEISS Database Between 2017 and 2021 - PubMed
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37900862/
Injury Patterns and Associated Demographic Characteristics in Children with a Fracture from Equines: A US National Based Study
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/11/12/1443
Illustrations of three key branching points of the survey:
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/llustrations-of-three-key-branching-points-of-the-survey-A-C_fig1_347862914
[PDF] Horse Riding Accident Statistics in 2023 (U.S. Data)
https://www.biamo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/HorsesOnly-Horse-Riding-Accident-Statistics-in-2023-website-article.pdf
Spinal Injuries from Equestrian Activity: A US Nationwide Study - PMC
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12250276/
Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Injuries Related to Individual and Team Sports: An Analysis of the NEISS Database Between 2017 and 2021 - PubMed
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37900862/
Covid-19-and-final-2020-NEISS-estimates-March-December-6b6_edited20210607_0
https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/Covid-19-and-final-2020-NEISS-estimates-March-December-6b6_edited20210607_0.pdf
Injury Patterns and Associated Demographic Characteristics in Children with a Fracture from Equines: A US National Based Study
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/11/12/1443
Spinal Injuries from Equestrian Activity: A US Nationwide Study - PMC
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12250276/
Equestrian Related Injuries: A National Database Study | AOAO
https://aoao.org/2024/04/24/equestrian-related-injuries-a-national-database-study/
Equestrian Related Injuries: A National Database Study | AOAO
https://aoao.org/2024/04/24/equestrian-related-injuries-a-national-database-study/
Injury Patterns and Associated Demographic Characteristics in Children with a Fracture from Equines: A US National Based Study
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/11/12/1443
Sports and Recreational Injuries - Injury Facts
https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/home-and-community/safety-topics/sports-and-recreational-injuries/
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