Cramp

[Spyda]

Does anyone else get cramp in their hips when riding? I seem to get cramp in my hips at the slightest thing these days, like getting into the car yesterday. I haven't ridden in 10 years but know when I was young (about 19 or 20) it started happening and caused me a lot of aggravation. Not sure why it started happening, nor best way to get over it before I start back in the saddle.

 

[Equus Leather]

Hmm, not in my hips, but I get cramp in my right leg when I ride, think it's tension related though.

There's prob exercises out there for loosening hips I imagine, just be careful what other sites might pop up when you search google for it!

 

[Ezme]

I can get crap in my hip. V painful as there so many muscles around there. Repeated cramp can be a sign of a lack of trace magnesium in your system, banannas are supposed to be great for this. But this is only one cause, a Mc Timmony Chiropractor also helped me as a by product of him sorting my back. Or maybe try warming up before riding, something we should all do! I have a book called the "injury free horse" which is about preventative massage and have exersizes for riders too, and william fox pitt doing lunges.... lol

 

[Drummer]

I don't get it in my hip but almost every night I get it in my right arm and leg. Quinine helps which is in tonic water and iron bru!!