Back Pain

[BMWgirl]

When I stareted to ride sidesaddle, my gelding had a very jarring trot and all of a sudden I found myself dealing with lower back pain after every ride. I talked to other ladies who rode aside and they ALL told me to get a riding corset. Stop laughing!! .. but it did the trick for me. It keeps the vertebre elongated and separated so they do not get the pounding that they were getting without it. Good ones are not cheap (a bit over $100.00 to get one custom made to your measurements.) I now have 2 and will get a 3rd soon. I will NOT ride without one. If you want more info - I can give you the ladies e-mail who made mine. She is a professional. drop me an e-mail juliesize at yahoo

[mskyar]

Originally Posted by BMWgirl

When I stareted to ride sidesaddle, my gelding had a very jarring trot and all of a sudden I found myself dealing with lower back pain after every ride. I talked to other ladies who rode aside and they ALL told me to get a riding corset. Stop laughing!! .. but it did the trick for me. It keeps the vertebre elongated and separated so they do not get the pounding that they were getting without it. Good ones are not cheap (a bit over $100.00 to get one custom made to your measurements.) I now have 2 and will get a 3rd soon. I will NOT ride without one. If you want more info - I can give you the ladies e-mail who made mine. She is a professional. drop me an e-mail juliesize at yahoo

Funny you mention this.....I have always had a bad back and when I was younger (in my teens) my orthopedic Dr. told me to get a long line bra (the kind that went to your waist) to wear whenever it was bothering me....to hold everything in place..now this was about 45 or so years ago and it worked. (also told me to sleep on the floor, which also helped) I imagine a corset would work just as well if not better. Same Dr said he would operate on me after I turned 50 if my back still bothered me as much....since I quit riding about 12 years ago, it's not so bad, and besides the Dr retired years ago!!!

[CMGangelhoff]

I have Lupus, Fibromyalgia and a TERRIBLE back that started when I was 16 (from riding, of course).
Anyways, I have gained a lot of weight since I got sick, so I wear Spanx a lot with dresses and such - but let me tell you, they help my back SO MUCH.
I wear Spanx a lot at horse shows, even when the outfit doesn't need it, just because the walking and bending with taking photos irritates my back so much. The compression of the Spanx helps so much.

[Mare-Girl]

After all the intelligent and well thought out information here, this is gonna sound pretty silly. But what worked for me was by mistake. I got a water bed. After 3 nights on it, my back pain was gone. Never to return, evidently. When my shoulders hurt from manure shoveling etc. I don't worry about it cause I know by the next morning all will be well, and one night in the water bed, and I'm fine. Somehow gets my spine straightened out... and then there's the heat of it too.

[iheartasb]

Use the back brace from futuro available from CVs, walgreens.the one that has a belt that attaches with velcro in the front. looks like a corset cheap and helps a lot