Woman picked up own head after horse fall

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A HORRIFIC fall from a horse left a woman with such a severely broken neck she was forced to pick up her own head.

Thea Maxfield, who runs a stud farm in Oxfordshire, England, suffered a "hangman's break" a clean break of the upper cervical vertebra when she fell from her dressage horse.



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An x-ray of a hangman's fracture, so called because it was common among people sent to the gallows. It involves a clean break of the upper cervical vertebra



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I had to see that .... just could not resist

 

Man that's one tough woman. Glad that the story had a happy ending.

 

I know they always say you have to get back on the horse, but it seems a little different in this situation.

 

I read it and sympathised. I remember my sister in law being hospitalised after her horse ran amok and went full pelt into a metal gate, but this is just a tad worse.

 

brave or what, most people would have just laid there, gordon...

 

The neck and spine can take a surprising amount of puishment. With so many moving bones, it has to.

The REAL sensitive areas in relation to bones are the RIBS. This is because of the proximity of the vital organs that the Rib Cage protects. Ribs are VERY sensitive, much more sensitive than the spine.

 

No doubt about that VB. I broke some ribs in a skiing jumping (landing) accident. Good thing for whiskey.

 

I remember falling on my boy's playpen (on a rabbit's ears! )and cracking ribs. That was bloody painful......

 

Was she Hessian?

 

Wow, pretty amazing and unbelieveable!!!

 

like this?

 

I've had lots and lots of broken bones over my life-time, in fact the only set I have which are pretty much "original equipment" are the ones from my left hip to my left ankle. I've had just about every other set broken at one time or the other.

I say this just to let you guys know that when I was a real youngster (about 11) my Dad and I were halter breaking a young stud, and he managed to kick me in the chest, break four ribs, and puncture my left lung.

The next thing I remembered after the impact was the sound of someone screaming, as I was laying under a hay bunker. Until I went to try to draw a breath I didn't realize it was me. That was one of the more painful experiences of my life, or at least the ones I remained conscious through.

That said, that is one tough lady, good thing she made it through the experience. That is one of those things the "experts" tell you not to move for fear of making it worse. Amazing.

 

What wouldn't we do to find an excuse to get a drink

 

All I got to say is ... OUUCH!!!