I started riding shortly before my back screwed itself up, and for a long time the pain was so bad that riding was out of the question. I had to take a semester of school correspondence because I couldn’t even go in.
Since then, I’ve learned ways to control the pain, mentally, and it’s not gone but it’s only really bad when I’m stressed out or sit at the computer for too long.
I love horses so much, and I loved riding, it was a very instinctive thing for me. Well, at least the posture and guiding the horse with my knees and body thing (I never liked using the reins that much, and I’d have felt more comfortable without the saddle). But in any case, I really loved it, it was so much fun, and I want to go back to it when I have the time, whenever that may be.