when can I ride (a horse)

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Hi there;

I wonder if any of you out there are horsewomen. I ask because my surgery is next Wednesday (1/31) and I ride on a mounted drill team, we practice on Thursday nights. I know of course I won't be up and about the day after surgery... but how long do you think I should plan to not practice for? I don't want to push myself and cause problems.

For any of you who are not familiar with mounted drill, we ride at a gallop usually (we do a lot of trotting at practices) and perform sychronized riding routines. Anyhow, it is not easy riding (and boy am I looking forward to doing it thinner, I am almost to big to do it now- definitely too big to ride as well as I can).

Anyhow, that's a bit about my situation... I was going to take 2 weeks off and return to practices on what will be 3 weeks and 1 day after surgery.

any ideas or input would be appreciated :)

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Great question and let me know what you find out. I am 8 days post op and feel like I could ride now. But should I?

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I asked the nurse, who has a LAP-BAND^® and rode a week after surgery and she said to wait until the 2 week mark. She said riding before then won't hurt my band probably (or incisions) but I would be very sore around the port. I'd rather not risk any trouble, it's worth waiting to have a happy healthy band, tummy, and port! :nervous

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