Equi
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But a horse/saddle ain't one!
Since moving to my new yard im incredibly lucky to have a highly trained instructor as my YO, she is fab in both walks of life. I usually have a lesson once a week with her in a group and we work on all the usual group lessony stuff which i adore - i have learned SO much! But noone else could make it today so i pinched her for a 30min balance work up on myself.
The issue; i always feel like im leaning on my left leg while my right flops about out of the stirrup sometimes, but my right leg feels longer. After making sure i looked balanced in the saddle at square halt, she played about with me a little (horse is a saint, he just stood while we wiggled my legs about and did exercises and stretches on him lol) and then i had to remember what we had talked about in walk and trot both with and without stirrups. I noticed a huge difference after a few goes, but i have a looot of homework left to do this week.
Basically, im collapsing my left hip, and firing back my right leg but im not actually moving my upper body, so in a group etc when there are a few people moving about and its a bit faster (courses etc) i can look like im ok but when focused on only me on a straight line, im sitting with my legs in totally different places and not really using my pelvis/lowerback at all. Not always, but an awful lot. This leads me to mess up my corners and unbalance my poor horse who just copes with whatever i give him.
I do have a known hip issue and a lot of weakness in the pelvis area but i keep putting off getting it looked at because i don't really like spending money on something for myself but i was quite happy to arrange saddle fitter and physio for my horse because i thought he maybe was a little asymmetrical/saddle not quite right. Instructor popped on at the end and rode him and confirmed both him and the saddle in her opinion are absolutely fine, so don't waste my money and go to the physio/chiro already! She also confirmed that my horse is horrifically bouncy in trot haha but she still managed to look somewhat graceful sitting to it, so another part of my homework is a few Pilates type exercises she taught me (we must have looked a right pair doing a lesson on the floor of the arena, horse having been abandoned at this point)
I know how important it is to keep yourself fit to ride, but id just forgotten for a little while. But im buzzing now and looking forward to my homework, if i can stand tomorrow.
Since moving to my new yard im incredibly lucky to have a highly trained instructor as my YO, she is fab in both walks of life. I usually have a lesson once a week with her in a group and we work on all the usual group lessony stuff which i adore - i have learned SO much! But noone else could make it today so i pinched her for a 30min balance work up on myself.
The issue; i always feel like im leaning on my left leg while my right flops about out of the stirrup sometimes, but my right leg feels longer. After making sure i looked balanced in the saddle at square halt, she played about with me a little (horse is a saint, he just stood while we wiggled my legs about and did exercises and stretches on him lol) and then i had to remember what we had talked about in walk and trot both with and without stirrups. I noticed a huge difference after a few goes, but i have a looot of homework left to do this week.
Basically, im collapsing my left hip, and firing back my right leg but im not actually moving my upper body, so in a group etc when there are a few people moving about and its a bit faster (courses etc) i can look like im ok but when focused on only me on a straight line, im sitting with my legs in totally different places and not really using my pelvis/lowerback at all. Not always, but an awful lot. This leads me to mess up my corners and unbalance my poor horse who just copes with whatever i give him.
I do have a known hip issue and a lot of weakness in the pelvis area but i keep putting off getting it looked at because i don't really like spending money on something for myself but i was quite happy to arrange saddle fitter and physio for my horse because i thought he maybe was a little asymmetrical/saddle not quite right. Instructor popped on at the end and rode him and confirmed both him and the saddle in her opinion are absolutely fine, so don't waste my money and go to the physio/chiro already! She also confirmed that my horse is horrifically bouncy in trot haha but she still managed to look somewhat graceful sitting to it, so another part of my homework is a few Pilates type exercises she taught me (we must have looked a right pair doing a lesson on the floor of the arena, horse having been abandoned at this point)
I know how important it is to keep yourself fit to ride, but id just forgotten for a little while. But im buzzing now and looking forward to my homework, if i can stand tomorrow.