Naughty right leg! Help!!

Ginn

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Coaxed someone into taking a few pics of me schooling over the weekend and aside from needing some lunge lessons to work on most areas (lack of lessons for last 8 months is showing :eek: - instructor has been contacted!) the one thing that seems particularly bad is my right leg. No matter what length I put my stirrup the angle of my heel would suggest I live in 6inch heels!! :eek: Left leg behaves perfectly, right leg doesn't! Interestingly she is much more switched on to the L-leg than the R-leg, probably because she hasn't got a clue what the R one is actually doing (nor do I looking at the pics!!) Looking at it I need to get my right hip more open so that the thigh can drop down and back, allowing weight to drop through the back of my calf and *hopefully* into heel but even when thigh is loose and down very naughy lower right leg is doing some very bizarre things!! I've also noticed I seem to turn my whole R lower leg (not the L one though) out so the back of my calve is against her sides??? Odd?! But may explain her one-sidedness hence wanting to fix this pronto!

So short of tieing some heavy weights to the back of my boot, any exercises I can be doing on/off horse to correct the problem until I get get some lunge lessons booked?
 
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Blitzen

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Have you tried some wedge stirrup treads? They will help turn your foot in, and guide your heel down.
Just an idea, as it would only cost a couple of quid, might be worth a try?
The wedge-y treads helped sort out my errant left toe, which used to point out almost at a right angle when I was riding DR length, and helped strengthen my ankle which in turn kept my heel down. x
 
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