Do you wear a helmet every time you ride?
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Great to hear everyone's opinion. BTW, I can not force my adult family or friends to wear helmets on my horses, although I would like to, but I can make sure every child that rides here wears one. My 9 yr old cousin loves to ride the horses and I let him know the importance of wearing the helmet. Great point vyshtia, it is probably time to replace mine.
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Troxel makes a helmet that looks like a western hat!
http://www.troxelhelmets.com/images/helmet/63.jpg
In theory they look like a good idea, but in real life they are humungous! The profile is far larger to account for the helmet.
Troxel makes a helmet that looks like a western hat!
http://www.troxelhelmets.com/images/helmet/63.jpg
In theory they look like a good idea, but in real life they are humungous! The profile is far larger to account for the helmet.
Never wore a helmet.Never will... Just my personal preference.Its the law in Florida now that if you are riding in a rodeo 15 and under have to wear a helmet.Or maybe its 14yrs? I dunno.But It should be a choice not a law.
If I fall off and get seriously hurt or killed,who's fault is it? Mine.I get so sick of people that wear helmets get there panties in a wad because of people that don't put helmets on their kids.Its a parents choice and it should stay that way.
(Not talking about yall just people in general).
If I fall off and get seriously hurt or killed,who's fault is it? Mine.I get so sick of people that wear helmets get there panties in a wad because of people that don't put helmets on their kids.Its a parents choice and it should stay that way.
(Not talking about yall just people in general).
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That is very true. But think of the person who will be changing your diapers if you are a quad or paraplegic.
That is very true. But think of the person who will be changing your diapers if you are a quad or paraplegic.
I don't, and the odds of me doing so are unlikly, I even came off into a rocky ditch one day on my head, the first thing I did was reach for my hat but that is just who I am and what I'm ok with. I think everyone who wants to ware one should, I'd never think less or more of anyone eather way.
just a note, the cowboys and cowgirls will hold onto their hats, we are mule headed. but bull riders and some others around rodeo are liking helmets more and more.
just a note, the cowboys and cowgirls will hold onto their hats, we are mule headed. but bull riders and some others around rodeo are liking helmets more and more.
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That is very true. But think of the person who will be changing your diapers if you are a quad or paraplegic.
My choice
That is very true. But think of the person who will be changing your diapers if you are a quad or paraplegic.
My choice
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I am sorry, I don't mean to be rude, but there is a very large amount of incorrect information here.
The size of what you hit your head on has nothing to do with anything; only the part of your head that hits it matters, and how hard and abruptly. A helmet lessens the suddenness of the impact, thus the skull and brain do not decelerate as quickly and you do not get injured as severely.
The reason "there is nto much inside" the helmet is because it is SUPPOSED to COMPRESS to absorb shock, that is why they use that styrofoam-y stuff. If it were solid it would just transmit the impact to your head as if you were wearing nothing. Think about how football helmets are designed! That is why they need to be replaced after a fall or other hard impact, too.
Riding helmets do in fact protect nearly the whole skull, except for the face and jaw areas. Obviously it is possible to wear a helmet and still get hurt, but so what? The helmet is still considerably decreasing the rate of head injuries and head-injury deaths, and those are what account for the MAJORITY of riding injuries and the MAJORITY of riding-related deaths.
Tabulation of hospital and riding-association statistics has shown, in a number of studies, that as helmet wearing becomes more common, severe and fatal head injuries become substantially less common.
IIRC there was a somewhat more recent study that looked for whether there were more neck injuries among helmet-wearing riders who fell, and there were NOT; but I do not have the reference for this offhand.
Now, some or all of the above may be different from the situation with motorcycle or bicycle or football or hockey helmets, I dunno (I am totally not going to even open those cans of worms), but that is irrelevant; what matters here is that, when you ride horses with an equestrian-designed helmet on your head, you become significantly less likely to be injured seriously (head injuries being the most common cause of hospitalization or death among riders).
It is still a personal choice, but it should be a choice made on an ACCURATE picture of the information available.
Pat
I am sorry, I don't mean to be rude, but there is a very large amount of incorrect information here.
The size of what you hit your head on has nothing to do with anything; only the part of your head that hits it matters, and how hard and abruptly. A helmet lessens the suddenness of the impact, thus the skull and brain do not decelerate as quickly and you do not get injured as severely.
The reason "there is nto much inside" the helmet is because it is SUPPOSED to COMPRESS to absorb shock, that is why they use that styrofoam-y stuff. If it were solid it would just transmit the impact to your head as if you were wearing nothing. Think about how football helmets are designed! That is why they need to be replaced after a fall or other hard impact, too.
Riding helmets do in fact protect nearly the whole skull, except for the face and jaw areas. Obviously it is possible to wear a helmet and still get hurt, but so what? The helmet is still considerably decreasing the rate of head injuries and head-injury deaths, and those are what account for the MAJORITY of riding injuries and the MAJORITY of riding-related deaths.
Tabulation of hospital and riding-association statistics has shown, in a number of studies, that as helmet wearing becomes more common, severe and fatal head injuries become substantially less common.
IIRC there was a somewhat more recent study that looked for whether there were more neck injuries among helmet-wearing riders who fell, and there were NOT; but I do not have the reference for this offhand.
Now, some or all of the above may be different from the situation with motorcycle or bicycle or football or hockey helmets, I dunno (I am totally not going to even open those cans of worms), but that is irrelevant; what matters here is that, when you ride horses with an equestrian-designed helmet on your head, you become significantly less likely to be injured seriously (head injuries being the most common cause of hospitalization or death among riders).
It is still a personal choice, but it should be a choice made on an ACCURATE picture of the information available.
Pat
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But it's not THEIR choice... Think beyond yourself. Would you like to be condemned to caring for a loved one like that the rest of your life?
But it's not THEIR choice... Think beyond yourself. Would you like to be condemned to caring for a loved one like that the rest of your life?
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