Seat savers, which one?!

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Just to give you a little history, i suffer with ehlers danlos syndrome and needed an op to my pelvis and during which suffered a femoral nerve palsy which means i have no feeling and limited control over my left leg. I have also had my left ankle stabilised. Since having my op on my ankle last December I was six month out of the saddle. When I properly started riding again I started to get a heavy feeling in my right seat bone. Which later became a full on bruise. I've had the saddler thinking panni has lost a bit of weight over the winter and she confirms that both of my saddles fit really well with no movement and they remain straight even when panni was gooning around in the wind! I'm pleased that it is not the saddles and they are not hurting my girlie. My tush has obviously lost alot of muscle since my op so my saddler suggested using a gel type seat saver as they are dressage legal now. The next option would be to try the korrector pad or the flair convertion.
Has any one else on here got one or tried something similar? Heather moffett or other? What are your thoughts?
 
I am sorry to hear about all your problems.

I have HMS and I use the Heather Moffat seat saver and I love it - very comfortable, makes me feel much more secure in the saddle and easy to put on and off.
 
After I broke my pelvis I found the Heather Moffat the best. For what its worth, and maybe it will help you, I still feel as if I sit unevenly. However I do a lot of work with those big inflatable balls that you sit on, and I am sitting evenly even though it feels as if I am not. My physio said that probably there is a bit of nerve damage around the area that was broken which means i don't actually feel things properly. So if the ball and the mirror tells me I am straight, I have to re-learn the slightly lop sided feeling as meaning I am straight. Hope that makes sense. The ball, by the way, has done wonders for my riding generally!:)
 
Thanks for these replies!
Wimble I too only have feeling in one side of my pelvis so although I'm riding straight it feels odd. I don't mind if it feels odd with a seat saver as long as it takes away the sharp pain Im getting from sitting straight on the saddle.
 
Can I ask how they attach? There's someone who rides at the yard that could do with one (suffering similar problems with seat bones) but she rides a mix of horses so would like to easily switch it from saddle to saddle.
 
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