First lesson back after a long break...the pain!!!

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Just finished my first lesson after nearly a decade break and my god I ache! Tomorrow I might not be able to walk!

Hoping my body can get back into the swing of things within a couple of months or am I being a bit optimistic?

Hot bath and foam roller here I come!
 
Oh dear!! I ride every day and still ache!! I usually find its the day after the day after!! I would of thought after a few months the pain will lessen!! Take it easy! X
 
i have just ridden for 1 and a half hours on a friends horse after not riding anything for 6 months.....most of me aches and im doing it again tomorrow!!!!!!! hope it gets easier....
 
Could the horse be too wide for you? Older people like me often cant sit wider horses, and this can be a problem as many riding schools give new clients a safe wide cob. Even a pony may be harder to ride than a horse.
 
bucking the trend and saying the more you do, the easier it will get (IME ;) )

I feel really stiff and old if I DON'T ride. I have a desk job and riding is great physio for me when I'm all hunched and wonky :lol:
 
I rode yesterday for the first time in several months, my pocket rocket cob has been so busy taking kids around pleasure rides and hunting that I don't get a look in.

An hour and a half, I needed a forklift to get me off her, I then lent on her for several minutes before I made it back to the box. Two pills washed down with a can of cider and the afternoon asleep.

All I can say is thank the lord I have been on my feet all day today at work, because if I had been at my desk I would have been stuck.
 
I recently had the best part of a month out of the saddle when my horse had an injury (now fully healed and back in work, hurrah!) and when I got back on oh my word did it hurt. I rode for 15-20 mins, just in walk and trot to see how he went, and I couldn't walk properly for 2 days afterwards. Consistency if definitely the key.
 
Remember to warm yourself up before getting on - so many people (me included) just get straight on without stretching/doing a few cardio exercises to get the muscles ready.

Other than that, stretch as soon as you get off, i.e. before you stiffen up
 
I rode the next day also and although it was a major struggle getting on it did loosen me up a bit!

Definitely need to warm up and stretch more before and after
 
HOw often are you planning on riding? When I used to have weekly lessons I used to be in serious groin pain for a couple of days afterwards. Since changing to riding at least 4 days a week (on my own horse) I find it much less painful as my muscles are being regularly used rather than getting a once weekly torturing! That said if I end up having a break then I will feel it for a few days after but the best remedy is to get back on the horse!
 
I'm getting to ride twice a week. Once at a riding school where I have a private lesson and then once a week I ride a horse I help look after. The riding school lesson causes me much more pain
 
i have just taken a horse on loan and from tomorrow will be riding daily ...when you are old everything seems to seize up and only having ridden twice in the last 6 months i will probably be pretty bad for the first week...hoping it will get better!!!
 
Having lost 5 stone I have ridden our 14.2 for the first time riding in 20 yrs, never been so uncomfortable in my groin/hip, love the riding but the pain is making it unbearable. Went and had lesson on mechanical horse, instructor said all good and was surprised I hadn't ridden for so long and that horse was so much less painful, don't really know where to go from here
 
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