Shoulders - Please please help!

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Ozzie

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At PC camp I was told that when I ride I tense my shoulders... Even when I physically try and relax them they still look tense, and when I put them in what was apparently the correct postion, it was really very painful :confused: Apparently they're the same even when I'm just standing or walking (not on a horse) or sitting on a chair... It's just been troubling me, because I'm hoping to affiliate in dressage next year and this is obv going to hold me back... When I was younger I got a lot of compliments on my position and seat, but not any more, and I've seen a recent video of me riding and they're right, my shoulders look really wierd!

I have compared shoulders with my sisters, and mine are much more square than theirs, just naturally, which isn't the most cheering thing :rolleyes: Thing is, I have a form of arthritis that affects children, and can cause spinal problems (particularily shoulder and pelvis, but usually only in old people!!) and I am not exactly supple, I'm worried it's affecting my riding... Thanks for reading all that! Any advice? I know I sound completely paranoid but I have saved for four years to be able to afford a horse I can compete properly on, and I don't want something as stupid as shoulders losing me marks! :p
 
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"yoga and glucosamine!"

My dad does yoga and would be overjoyed if I took it up! Will definately consider it, I think it would help!! I can't have glucosamine as am a veggie!

Would a physio be free with the NHS?
 
i have a shoulder issue too - from spending too much time on the computer :o everytime it rains it aches.. however i had a ridden session yesterday with someone that does pilates/rolfing and sports physio - one of the best half hours i've had! she told me about the different muscles which are acting round my shoulder - and i can feel where i want my shoulder to be, but i couldn't physically get it to roll back ... she helped release a lot of tension and i've got to work on that myself, relaxing my shoulder blades down etc... she says my posture/position is great, it just needs to relax in it now. today, my shoulder/back aches still - but differently, its more a repositioning ache/awareness than the heated ache i had right through my shoulder. time will tell as to whether i feel better overall or not - but boy i could move through my back and shoulders witht he horse more... much more flowing rather than feeling the need to move with the horse and then moving my body with the horse.. if that makes sense... and no - its not an NHS thing..
 
Try when you're riding to really squeeze your shoulder blades back as tight as possible, make yourself really tense, hold for about a minute, then relaaaaaax, works on all parts of the bod if they're tight or tense.
 
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