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Oh no! Heal Fast!

Mysterious pain are the worst thing, especially when it takes all sorts of tests to find anything out. I hope they can diagnose something quickly and that it can be fixed.

Thanks everyone! I will be sure to update again after the MRI!

@WhiteMountain lol after i fell (and almost couldn't get back up because it hurt so bad) I hobbled as fast as i could through the snow down to the pen and threw a broom at her :)) The proceeded to chase her into a corner and made her stand there and wait until Classy (the other horse) finished her grain before i let her go eat her own hay. All the while i was standing there crying my eyes out because my knee hurt so bad. I still have a mark/scar from where i landed. Lol and it was only like, 11am so that's how my day started

lol Funny thing is i am a master certified equine massage therapist but as part of the basic certification we practiced on each other. So i know the basics of massaging people. So i'll have to massage my own knee :))

Oh my gosh, I’m certified as well! Which school did you go to?

I hope massage helps you as much as it’s helped me.

@BlaxkDiamond i was certified through Therasage EMC by Greg Gage. I went to college at Ohio University Southern for Equine Studies and he had done clinics there in the past but my second year there, they made it an actual class (which means i got credits for it and my financial ad covered it!). The basic certification, which is what the class was, was 4 days long, all day classes. Then at the end of the last day, after out hands on evaluation, he would pull us aside and tell us how we did and if he would recommend us for the master clinic. He said i did exceptionally well and he would definitely like to see me do the master clinic (he only takes 4 people per master clinic). So when the opportunity came up, and at a discounted rate because of short notice, i immediately took it! The master class was held at the NRHA (Reining) Futurity in Oklahoma City. We got to work on some of the best reining horses in the world and meet a lot of top trainers in the reining industry! It was the best experience of my life and i wish i could go back!

As for the MRI, it wasn't as intimidating as i was making it out to be lol And i also got headphones to listen to music. I chose country music. And i was only in there for 20 minutes so it wasn't bad at all. They also gave me a warm/heated blanket. I was just about to fall asleep when they pulled me out :))

Thanks Sandy! I'm nervous as to what the results will be. I'm not sure if we can afford surgery right now so hoping for another answer. I need to be able to keep working in order to pay my student loans :(

That sounds like a great massage training experience. Mine wasn’t as exciting as yours but I learned a ton and would recommend it to any horses person. I went to Western Montana school of Equine massage.

Since the MRI wasn’t very “helpful”. Another thing you might try is a Ciropractor... that is another reason thing that you’d want to research. And I’d highly recommend that they have Ex-rays on your knees as well as the ability to look at your MRI. That way they know what’s going on in your knee.

I have an inconclusive MRI as well, they said my MRI was clear. But the fact I couldn’t brush my hair convinced them I did have something wrong. That injury took 6 months of PT to mostly heal, and they Never figured out what was wrong with my shoulder. It still gives me trouble sometimes. “You hung your jacket up wrong” it says “now I think I’ll hurt for a week” never mind I hang my jacket up the same way every time. So just because they cannot find something doesn’t mean nothing is wrong with it.