Holly Mason: Surviving the

Equestrian Bio-mechanical Specialist, Holly Mason, discusses her strategies for dealing with the ’halo’ brace after being bucked off a horse and cracking the top two vertebrae in her neck. Her holistic approach to healing involved massage, acupuncture, chiropractic, and exercise, in addition to follow-ups with her Orthopedic doctors and a home health care nurse - a modern blend of allopathic and homeopathic medicine. Holly describes practical solutions for living with the halo, including tips for sleeping, reading and the simple exercises and walking that helped her reduce the predicted 12 - 16 week time frame in the halo to 10 1/2 weeks.