Pelvis out of alignment (again)

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My horse is a Sec D. He's 14yo, fit and ridden several times each week (hacking, lessons etc). last March, October (& yesterday), he had his back checked and it seems on all occasions his pelvis is out - dropping down slightly on off-side.

Long story, but this could be why his saddle often slips to the right, at the rear?? My saddle is being re- fitted next week. In the meantime it's been suggested that I see an osteo or chiro to correct any imbalances as of course I could be contributing to the problem.

Anyone had similar experiences with horse pelvis and thus saddle probs??

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Sorry to be sceptical, but I think that's what all 'back people' say!

"Yeah, he's not too bad, but his pelvis is slightly out" and hey presto, they put it back in!

ps, I'm still a sucker for it though, got Harvey's back done on Saturday and the above applied.... as usual!

My friend has the same problem as you (and me), but her instructor said that one thing to check was that she didn't always trot on the same diagonal. Both of us rarely school, so neither of us pay much attention to which diagonal we are on. The instructor said that her horse was deliberately making sure she was on her horses 'preferred' diagonal and sure enough, when she changed he clearly didn't like it!
 
His pelvis was not out of alignment - physical impossibility.

More likely to do with a generally poor fitting saddle, and rider position, hence compensation in the way he's carrying himself.
 
I know 2 horses who are slightly dropped on one side of pelvis and that is just how they are built. But it might be worth you having a look at Joni Bentleys website , just google it. There is a lot about one sidedness ( dont think that a proper word :-))
 
I have similar problems they use the term pelvis out, what they actually mean is the muscles on one side spasm and cause tightness which pulls the pelvis 'out' they release the muscles and hey presto

AS for the saddle that could be the chicken or the egg but glad your getting it done, now is the ideal time too.

He is likely to be weak one side like all horses and you need to work both sides to make him equal otherwise it will keep happening.

With my one horse it happened regularly for 2 years then eased off and only happened occasionally as he got stronger never happened again.

Very very common
 
Thanks all.

He usually does an hours lesson/schooling each week, with either myself or my daughter. On these occasions he is obviously worked evening and on the correct diagonals etc. However, I am probably a bit lazy when hacking - so this is something I will make a concerted effort to look out for and try and work him evenly.

The saddle is 12 months old. Fitted by a master-saddler, who is the same person now involved. When standing with the saddle on the fitter believes it's about as perfect as you can get! It's just when hes ridden the problems start. We've altered flocking, used balance straps, a correction numnah and even tried different saddles. What ever we do the back end shifts to the right. So, the chiro has 'fixed' his back and we will see how it all goes next week.

I had a one hour lesson today on a different horse and we focused on my position (I'm quite novicey). My RI said that she would not have particularly noticed before, but as we were focusing on this I probably do, very slightly, ride heavier to the right. However, her view is that it's really quite minimal and she'd be suprised if it affected the horse!
 
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