A Strapping Success: Understanding and Promoting Helmet Use with Performance...
Tonya Johnston is a mental skills coach (and soon-to-be published author) who works with equestrian competitors. She discussed factors and motivations that contribute to behavior change, reasons why...
View ArticleHelmet Safety Standards and Certification – Dean Moran, SEI (2nd Helmet...
What does it takes to get a riding helmet certified for safety?. In an ASTM/SEI certified helmet, the “ASTM” is the standards to which the helmet adheres, and “SEI” is the third-party organization that...
View ArticleCowboy Hat To Cowboy Helmet: The Transition – Mary Miller Jordan (2nd Helmet...
Mary Miller Jordan is a successful barrel racer and Extreme Mustang Makeover competitor – who recently started wearing a helmet (read “A Cowgirl Change of Heart” by Lisa Kemp). She explained that in...
View ArticleCurrent Helmet Rules & The Future: A Discussion – John Long (2nd Helmet...
John Long, CEO United States Equestrian Federation put it well when he said that increasing helmet wearing among riders is both a push and a pull. “The changes that stick, and that mean something come...
View ArticleTraumatic Brain Injury in Equestrian Sport – Dr Chambless (2nd Helmet Safety...
Dr Chambless is a Neurosurgeon at Vanderbilt University and also an Event Rider. The most important thing we took away from Dr. Chambless’ discussion on types, diagnosis, and treatment of TBI is that...
View ArticleA Parents Perspective On Helmets – Kemi O’Donnell (2nd Helmet Safety Symposium)
Starting out the symposium was Kemi O’Donnell sharing her heart-wrenching story of losing her 12-year-old daughter Christen in a riding accident in 1998 (The Tragic Loss of Christen O’Donnell)....
View ArticleEquestrian Safety Fashion Show
The equestrians who participated in the rider panel at the helmet safety symposium also participated in a fun fashion show held during the lunch break. The fashion show was sponsored by Equisafety High...
View ArticleConcussion in Equestrian Sport – Dr Chambless (2nd Helmet Safety Symposium)
Dr. Chambless’ 2nd presentation of the day was on concussions. Simply, a concussion is an alteration in brain function resulting from trauma – and they do not require a loss of consciousness....
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