boxcarhorse
Well-Known Member
Hi
In July I came off my horse and fractured my sacrum (lower back) in two places. Now, over 5 months on I'm still struggling to ride and am regularly in quite a lot of pain when I do. I've tried one-to-one pilates, but that ended up with my entire back going into spasm and I couldn't even work for two days - I think he pushed me to far to fast. I'm seeing a physio and chiropractor and while I'm OK just walking about and doing 'normal' things I'm really struggling to ride. I guess it doesn't help that my interest is dressage and I've got a wide and big moving horse.
Has anyone been through anything similar and if so, if you've any top tips on how to get back to a point where I can ride for 45 mins and be relatively pain free I'd really appreciate it as its really starting to get me down and means I some days I can't ride properly at all.
Thanks in advance
In July I came off my horse and fractured my sacrum (lower back) in two places. Now, over 5 months on I'm still struggling to ride and am regularly in quite a lot of pain when I do. I've tried one-to-one pilates, but that ended up with my entire back going into spasm and I couldn't even work for two days - I think he pushed me to far to fast. I'm seeing a physio and chiropractor and while I'm OK just walking about and doing 'normal' things I'm really struggling to ride. I guess it doesn't help that my interest is dressage and I've got a wide and big moving horse.
Has anyone been through anything similar and if so, if you've any top tips on how to get back to a point where I can ride for 45 mins and be relatively pain free I'd really appreciate it as its really starting to get me down and means I some days I can't ride properly at all.
Thanks in advance