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Hello Elly,
The saddle shifting left is because of the pain in your right knee. You
are favoring the right and putting more weight on the left which forces
the left side of the saddle down. Until you can fix your knee I would
experiment with different stirrup lengths and not necessarily both the
same length. Having the left longer might help you to keep the saddle
centered. I have ridden with various leg injuries (kicked in the upper
leg, knee clipped a tree, top of foot mashed) and found that the best
strategy was to frequently alternate using both stirrups then no
stirrups. Good luck,
Don Huston

At 11:29 AM 9/20/2007 Thursday, you wrote:

> Hello fellow
> ridecampers-
>
> I've been having knee pain while riding, and I'm finding that it's
> becoming consistently worse.  When I ride for longer than about an
> hour, I find that my entire right leg from the knee down goes numb. 
> Before the numbness, I have a pulling sensation on the inside of my right
> kneecap while posting.  I'm 25 and fairly fit from biking and some
> running, and think maybe this is some weird thing I'm doing in the
> saddle.  I've had people suggest I lengthen my stirrups, although I
> while searching the archives I found a suggestion to shorten them. 
> I don't think it's my saddle (or my horse) because it happens even when
> I'm riding other horses with different saddles.  Also, I ride in a
> Barefoot cheyenne, and I find my saddle has a tendency to gradually list
> to the left. 
>
> I'll mention this at my upcoming doctor's visit, but until then, I just
> wonder if anyone has any idea.
>
> Thanks,
> Elly

Don Huston at cox dot net
SanDiego, Calif