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RE: [RC] [RC] Sore back while training - Laurie DurginJust finished my "Centered Riding II " book;"Esamine some of the places that riders tend to feel pain. Teh most common trouble spot is the lower back. Theis pain comes from hollowing the lower back excessively and sitting on the front of the seat bones. When you sit a horse and you allow your lower back to hollow, you tip your pelvis down in front and up in back.This position causes stress to the lulmbrosacral joint... because you place it in a much steeper angle than norm\al. It also puts the joint directly over the seat bones instead of slightly behind them, and thsi produces jarring. The result is pain in the lower back, as well as tenssion tin the hip joints. This swaybacked position will also produce a rounded upper back, a shortened back of neck, and protruding chin. In turn, this position of the upper body can cause pain in the shoulders-t he shoulder blades and collarbones...The best remendy for this awkward and apinful position is simply to center and grow. This may seem like an over simplification, but in fact, centering and growing allows your back to lengthen and widen, releases your sacumn down, and lets you balance further back on the rocker of your seat bones which is the middle of them, thus relieving sths stress and the associated pain at the lumbosacral joint. ... Sitting with your pelvis properly balanced will help alleviate much pain in your head, neck, and shoulders. Sometimes, however, not only will a hollow back shorten your neck, but a short, tight neck can hollow your back. Releasing one of these tight spots will loosen the lother. IN addition, a tense neck will also tighten the shoulders ultimately causing pain between the shoulder blades. ....." Running out of room, but the centering thing, is your center slightly below your belly button, using diaphram breathing helps you center and loosen up. If you only breathe in your upper chest, you tighten and your center of gravity goes up and you get top heavy and tight. The grow thing is sort of thinking of your feet being grounded on the ground and growing up thru your body to the top of your head like a tree grows up....(it's a visual thing :0) She mentions not jammming your heels down, but rather grounding your feet , as jamming heels makes your feet go too far forward, this creates tensjion as your struggle for balance. "W e are often instructed to keep our feet parallel to the horses body. This position may cause difficulty depending on the rider and horse body types, ..."(knees have no rotaray motion, that come sfrom hip and ankel joints)"your feet will need to point in the same direction as your knees and thighs.....People who ride with their fet parallel mostly ride only on the outside edge of the foot in the stirrup. This is unnatural and stressful...." P. 240-241 (Sally Swift) From: RanDMeyer@xxxxxxx To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Sore back while training Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 13:31:17 EDT _________________________________________________________________ Getting married? Find great tips, tools and the latest trends at MSN Life Events. http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=married ============================================================ Arabians were bred for years primarily as a war horse and those requirements are similar to what we do today with endurance riding. ~ Homer Saferwiffle ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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