I had a horse flip on me and broke my pelvis, back, hip and some ribs about 7 years ago. It’s hard for me to get to right side of my seat even after all the soft tissue trauma. Any tips, friends?

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HollyL

Equestrian Inspirer

I know someone mentioned physio, but have you considered chiropractic or boen therapy, or even massage? I got kicked in the pelvis by a clydesdale and ended up with a separated pelvis, and chiro helped a lot. Butterfly yoga stretches, warrior pose, lunges, sphynx followed by pigeon and cat stretch, with a final twist pose do a lot for my chronic lower back pain. Of course, listen to your body. There’s a lot of yoga-flow-charts on google, and I find the best thing about Yoga is once you find a few poses you like that work for you, you can almost intuitively create your own routine in the moment, it also assists a lot with making you aware where your weight is in the saddle. I had to compromise a LOT with being very intentional on putting more weight down my right, which is the side that gets tight for me, my chiro was actually astounded how straight I was presenting, when you can see in my xrays my right hip was a good 2” above my left(edited)

04/26/24-13:03

LizNSamhain

Rising Star

@IevaA Hey! Thanks for your response!💗 So sorry to hear you had a similar experience to mine-I’m so proud of you for your perseverance!!!! This was almost 7 years ago, so I’ve been happily been back in the saddle for years-this is no longer acute healtinng, it’s more of ways to work with the body I have now, crooked pelvis and all! My trainer is wonderful, and had taught me so much about how to use my body, I just wanted some extra things I can do at home or in free rides ☺️

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04/19/24-18:09

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