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 No Fear
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Location: TN | I have just found out that almost all the cartiledge in my left knee is gone. I am doing therapy and taking supplements to try and save my knee. I can't ride for two weeks but when I can ride again I want to protect my knee to the best of my ability. So any of you that have knee issues, surgery, etc. please let me know what works for you to help keep the strain away from your knees. I know there are some stirrups you can buy but don't remember where I saw them....thanks in advance for your help.... |
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Sock Snob
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| Try synvisc, it is given once a week for 5 weeks. They you can repete this every six months. what it is ha, just like we give horses. The arthritis make the joint fluid watery and the synvisc replaces the thin fluid. I have kicked surgery down the road for 3 years.
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 I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | I've also been on the HA injections and can't say enough about how well they work. I've been told by 3 different orthos I need a full knee replacement.
I use the Nettles half breed stirrups I got from RockyRoad. They made a huge difference before I started getting injections.
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I have both of these and they are great on knees..Nettles Stirrups and these are the Halfbreeds, they are wooden so they give just right to help take the pressure off your knees, and the Walls Slanted.
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No Fear
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Location: TN | Southtxponygirl - 2014-08-02 4:29 PM I have both of these and they are great on knees..Nettles Stirrups and these are the Halfbreeds, they are wooden so they give just right to help take the pressure off your knees, and the Walls Slanted.
Thanks for the replies......
I am going to check in to these stirrups..... |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | bracer41 - 2014-08-02 4:39 PM Southtxponygirl - 2014-08-02 4:29 PM I have both of these and they are great on knees..Nettles Stirrups and these are the Halfbreeds, they are wooden so they give just right to help take the pressure off your knees, and the Walls Slanted. Thanks for the replies......
I am going to check in to these stirrups.....
Rockyroad on here sells the Nettles stirrups and she can give you a better deal on them then anybody else, send her a pm.. But you can google and they will come up, good luck  |
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The Resident Destroyer of Liberal Logic
Location: PNW | Southtxponygirl - 2014-08-02 4:29 PM
I have both of these and they are great on knees..Nettles Stirrups and these are the Halfbreeds, they are wooden so they give just right to help take the pressure off your knees, and the Walls Slanted.
Ditto this. Especially the Walls.
I've had both ACLs repaired, my medial and lateral miniscuses in my right knee, my lateral miniscus in my left knee, and my PCL in my right knee ALL repaired. By the time I was 20. Thank you high school volleyball and basketball.
All my saddles have Walls on them, I also keep the fenders turned with wooden dowels. I have found that even the slight pressure from trying to fight the fenders is what causes the majority of my pain. Also, use a mounting block as often as you can. My PT also recommended me to do quad/ham strengthening exercises to help stabilize the joint since my ligaments are so questionable. |
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No Fear
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Location: TN | Awesome! Thanks again so much!!! |
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I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | The Walls and the Walls slanted didn't help me at all. I couldn't get rid of them fast enough to buy another pair of the Nettles. |
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Location: Texas | I usually use the Walls slanted/twisted stirrups, but I went on a trail ride today with my neighbor and friends. I used my saddle that had the Nettles stirrups on it, not thinking I'd be riding long. We rode 14 miles, and 5+ hours, and my knees did fine. |
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  Angel in a Sorrel Coat
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Location: In a happy place | I don't know anything about the Tommie Copper products other than what I see on television but I am wondering if you should get one of the knee thingys. She is some kind of athlete and says that is what kept her competing in all of her athletic endeavors. It is thin enough that you could easily wear it under your jeans. |
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I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | sorrel horse ranch - 2014-08-02 5:50 PM I don't know anything about the Tommie Copper products other than what I see on television but I am wondering if you should get one of the knee thingys. She is some kind of athlete and says that is what kept her competing in all of her athletic endeavors. It is thin enough that you could easily wear it under your jeans.
I have the knee brace and I'm actually wearing it right now but I will say...Even when my knee was hurting I could get in my saddle and ride with the Nettles pain free. The Tommie Copper works well when I walk. It is thin and I don't know if it actually gives much support but it does give me pain relief. I'm over due for injections and with my new great Obamunation health care crap, I have a $6,000. deductible so I'm trying to wait until I can't stand it anymore as the injections are very expensive. |
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Angel in a Sorrel Coat
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Location: In a happy place | Nevertooold - 2014-08-02 6:42 PM sorrel horse ranch - 2014-08-02 5:50 PM I don't know anything about the Tommie Copper products other than what I see on television but I am wondering if you should get one of the knee thingys. She is some kind of athlete and says that is what kept her competing in all of her athletic endeavors. It is thin enough that you could easily wear it under your jeans. I have the knee brace and I'm actually wearing it right now but I will say...Even when my knee was hurting I could get in my saddle and ride with the Nettles pain free. The Tommie Copper works well when I walk. It is thin and I don't know if it actually gives much support but it does give me pain relief. I'm over due for injections and with my new great Obamunation health care crap, I have a $6,000. deductible so I'm trying to wait until I can't stand it anymore as the injections are very expensive.
I am here to tell you all about doctors etc. and Obama Care. What a nightmare. |
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Location: Here | Nevertooold - 2014-08-02 4:28 PM I've also been on the HA injections and can't say enough about how well they work. I've been told by 3 different orthos I need a full knee replacement.
I use the Nettles half breed stirrups I got from RockyRoad. They made a huge difference before I started getting injections.
I agree. also look into the Bregg Fusion OA brace. This brace has gotten me back up and walking. Sure wish. i would have found it a long time ago. the ones the medical supply and pt places want to put you in dont support or stay up. if yours isnt several the milder version will work great. I started with it and then went to the fusion. cant say enough great things about. bregg braces
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No Fear
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Location: TN | I think I'll try the Nettles...
SG I just bought some PHT products for my mare....are there any products good for human knee? |
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Sock Snob
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| I love those synvisc shots when pain flairs up, i use a flector patch they are hard to,stay i put them on at night they can help pain. I have rheumatoid arthritis and both of my knees are bad, as well as ankles and feet, back shoulders, and any joint in my body.
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Blessed
Location: Here | bracer41 - 2014-08-03 12:47 AM
I think I'll try the Nettles...
SG I just bought some PHT products for my mare....are there any products good for human knee?
I sleep with a pair of the 3n1 around my knee every night |
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 The Bird Lady
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Location: The end of the Earth, SE AR | My husband has had 3 knee replacements. His first replacement has to be replaced after 21 years because the plastic piece in it fell apart. A "revision" as it is called requires them to cut, chip, chisel, the old metal and knee out of his leg bone and then they had to drive the new metal ends into his bone farther than the original so it would "take". It requires alot of carpentry on the leg bones.
He was riding horses again in 4 weeks. His recovery involved pain pills so he could push through the pain and exceed daily expectations on his therapy and get back to normal activities twice as fast as they predicted.
When the time comes for you all to have a replacement, he said you will have wished you had done it sooner. |
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No Fear
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Location: TN | SG. - 2014-08-03 7:59 AM bracer41 - 2014-08-03 12:47 AM I think I'll try the Nettles...
SG I just bought some PHT products for my mare....are there any products good for human knee? I sleep with a pair of the 3n1 around my knee every night
Yay because that is one of the items I just bought....
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No Fear
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Location: TN | What about riding bareback? Those of you who have knee problems do you do okay with bareback? |
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