noblesteed
Well-Known Member
My baby boy is now 7 weeks old and I am itching to get back in the saddle! I have been quite poorly during pregnancy and an unstable pelvis which gave me sciatica amongst other things, and I had a difficult birth with stitches and epidural, so haven't ridden since October. Since then my horse has been hacked out by a teenager and hasn't been asked to do anything challenging or work correctly - he has taken HER for hacks by the sounds of it! Now I have lost 2 stone and am getting fitter I need to plan how I will restart my riding.
My horse has been lame and out of work for a about a month now, he just got the ok to turn out yesterday though we are waiting for test results. So I can;t get back on JUST yet...
When I DO get back on I expect he will be a handful (he is rather opinionated and can be sharp/spinny - not good for a dicky pelvis) and he will need to be shown I am the boss straight away to get him back on track, and he will need fittening up too. So I would rather get fit beforehand so maybe in a month (all going well) both horse and I will be ready to start again on a good note.
So... Are there any exercises for me to try on the ground first?
And... Would it be a cop-out to go and borrow a ploddy beastie from the riding school up the road just to 'test out' how my pelvis copes with riding? There aren't any non-spinny types on the yard I could borrow!!!!
What did other mummies do?
My horse has been lame and out of work for a about a month now, he just got the ok to turn out yesterday though we are waiting for test results. So I can;t get back on JUST yet...
When I DO get back on I expect he will be a handful (he is rather opinionated and can be sharp/spinny - not good for a dicky pelvis) and he will need to be shown I am the boss straight away to get him back on track, and he will need fittening up too. So I would rather get fit beforehand so maybe in a month (all going well) both horse and I will be ready to start again on a good note.
So... Are there any exercises for me to try on the ground first?
And... Would it be a cop-out to go and borrow a ploddy beastie from the riding school up the road just to 'test out' how my pelvis copes with riding? There aren't any non-spinny types on the yard I could borrow!!!!
What did other mummies do?
