‘I was thrown off a horse’: Handling the unexpected at uni

Have you ever broken a bone? Until my first year of university, I was one of those people who had never broken anything in their life. But that all changed when I was bucked off a horse during a riding session and fractured three vertebrae in my back.

Hours from home and with no idea that something like this would happen, I definitely wasn’t prepared. Life doesn’t always go to plan and injuries, especially, can’t always be anticipated. But knowing who can support you if something goes wrong can make the situation less scary.