lower back pain to right side while riding.

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daisydog

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Hi!!
As soon as I go into trot my lower back on the right side feels tense and uncomfortable and then aches for days after and feels really stiff! I ride 4 times a week and I'm in pain!! my saddle feels like it's slightly to the right but when I look down it doesn't look it, nore do I have to correct it. I don't feel tense when I'm riding but maybe I am? maybe I'm crooked. I have no idea what's going on and when my boy is going nice I have to stop and rub my lower back!

does anybody have any ideas what's going on?

any ways in which I can tell if im crooked when riding?
 
Do you ever get any problems with your back at any other time?
I think you'd be better off getting yourself properly examined by a physio / chiropractor / osteopath. My chiropractor picked up a problem with my lower back before I was even aware of it - I was doing a lot of driving up and down the M1 (to visit my elderly infirm mother) and he thought that all the time I spent in the car, lopsided, meant the muscles above the pelvis on the left hand side had shortened. Do you have anything you do where you might sit crooked (at work, for example) that could be causing a problem?
 
Thanks for your reply, no back problems what so ever totally fine until I ride, takes a few days to get better then I ride again and it happens all over again. I will book a chiro and I think im going to get a saddle fitter out asap!
 
Horses are naturally crooked and stronger on one side than the other as are people and maybe both of you need some physio to straighten yourselves out.

I had a horse once that was undermuscled one side and initially I thought it was the saddle but it was actually the horse.

Best way to see if you're crooked is to get someone to watch you riding from behind, maybe even film it so you can see.
 
Awwwccchhhh!!

Get yourself to someone like a physio or chiropractor OP. This sounds like it could be sciatica but could be a lot of other things too, so best to get a professional on it.

AND...... don't forget your horse either. This is vitally important. I'm lucky in that I have someone who does both of us (McTimoney). You really do need to get your horse looked at as well as yourself.
 
Get yourself a lumbar/back support. I never ride without one. It makes such a difference. I had a herniated disc in my lower back, sciatica and sacro illiac pain. Now, so long as I wear my back support whilst riding and any heavy work such as mucking out, I am pain free.
 
Wagtail said:
Get yourself a lumbar/back support. I never ride without one. It makes such a difference. I had a herniated disc in my lower back, sciatica and sacro illiac pain. Now, so long as I wear my back support whilst riding and any heavy work such as mucking out, I am pain free.
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wagtail, interested in this. What sort of back support do you use?
 
Definitely get yourself looked at. I am incredibly crooked and twisted through my pelvis and have been, unknowingly, for years. My crookedness has made my horse crooked and we now both have regular sessions with a McTimony chiropracter.

I also had a session on a mechanical dressage simulator and that was a real eye opener as to just how crooked I was sitting even though I felt I was pretty straight. I was then 'placed' (read that as pushed and pulled about) into the correct straight position. It felt so alien but every time I ride now I have to really think about how I sit, but all of this has definitely helped with my back pain. It would definitely be worth you getting someone to assess how you ride too.
 
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