Best stirrups for old knees

[spoo]

What stirrups do people recommend for joint pains, especially knee pain?

 

[Jambarissa]

The best will be flexi endurance stirrups. Use cages with them and you can wear well cushioned trainers/walking boots or whatever else you find comfortable.

They are ugly tho, I'm working up to it

 

[Kaylum]

Wider stirrup leathers may also help. Some saddles the bars are not positioned correctly so this doesn't help.

 

[splashgirl45]

I used flexi stirrups and found it really helped my hips

 

[Afon_34]

I found free jumps (Cause they've got a wide foot bit) & wide stirrups leathers helped me (Not old knees but a buggered one )

 

[Barton Bounty]

I find flex ons are a game changer fir hip knee and ankle problems

 

[Cowpony]

Flexons. I haven't tried any others, so there may be something better out there, but these definitely help my knees

 

[saddlesore]

Flexons or free jumps with wide stirrup leathers

 

[eggs]

Flex-ons are the best I have tried. I have arthritis in my knees, a ruptured ACL and plated and pinned ankle.

 

[Spotherisk]

I loved my Metalabs, they were a game changer for me. Stopped all knee, ankle and hip pain immediately. They look quite traditional which I really like. Now I’m retired from riding I must stick them on eBay!

 

[sbloom]

It's very personal and it depends on your exact issue, sorry! For some a 90 degree slot for the leather really helps, if it's toroque on the knees that's the problem. If it's a lack of support under the knee to help stabilise it then stirrups will make less difference. If it's a problem caused by the saddle making your thigh unstable then again stirrups may not be the fix.

You could look at stirrups with suspension as a preference to hinges, hinged stirrups take away our proprioception which is already hugely reduced from the feedback we get when standing on the ground.