Bad backs in humans and horses

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Just wanting views on this really...

I have had a bad back for few years now after prolapsing a disc, and it's still extreamly bad, I am currently under going physio and now due to see spinal specialist.

I really want to have another horse like you wouldn't believe, but without my back being better then I don't see me getting new one in the future, as I wouldnt want to put horse's back out and then cost loads in their physio aswell as mine again..etc etc..

So those with bad backs how do you cope on daily basis, since I dont have horse anymore and even when I did have them I struggled on and on as my animals needed attending to.

Do you wear back supports with everything you do? how does it effect your abilities to ride, muck out etc, as i'm thinking of when and if I do get new horse to put it on part livery to help ease the pressure my back would have mucking out etc...

Thanks peeps :D


oh and if you know anyone that would like to help re-do my signature that would be excellent too :D :D
 
My back hurts a lot due to sitting at a desk since I was 5 years old (that's 41 yrs) and I doubt it will improve as I get older although I've never had a prolapsed disc.

I continue to ride because one day I won't be able to.

I ride badly and off-centre, but so far the horse hasn't objected (phew).

He's on full livery, the lucky lad, so that I don't have to lift a barrow too often.

Keep doing the physio, pilates, exercises, whatever it takes.

Alternatively, buy an easy to care for pony and take up competitive driving, I have done so in the past and it's lots of fun.

Good luck and don't give up.
 
i wear a back support when i muck out and ride. i can manage to much out my own horses but mucking out at work is a task, i cant do water buckets and it aches when i ride, i just dont over do it, if im really bad one day i dont ride and lunge instead, it soon settles down.
 
Am hoping that they can do something with my back as I really do want to get back into saddle and own again...I'm ready to own again but alas my back is not lol

Does wearing a back support really benefit you?
 
I had a discectomy last year and now am back riding up to 3 or 4 hours a day when I have the chance, having had the best part of a year off in pain. I still get sore, but nothing like it was. My horses live out so I poo pick rather than muck out and in the winter I only lift small amounts of haylage at a time. The most stress I put on it is doing their feet (I trim my own, just shoot me now....) but I have worked out a system to reduce the strain to a minimum. I think generally the riding helps my back stay strong, especially through developing good abdominal muscles - I couldn't believe how much they wasted when I was off! None of my horses have had back problems, but they are all ridden in BALANCE saddles and I'm fairly light for their size, and I think I'm reasonably straightened out again now.
 
I have a prolapsed disc - fairly recent. Must admit if horse wasn't on full livery, he would have had to go on full livery or be turned away. A friend with a similar problem says her back support is really helpful, so have bought one in readiness for riding again.
 
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