How To Improve Your Horse Riding Position | Pelvic Balance
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 Published On Nov 2, 2020

In this video, I’ll show you two horse riding position exercises to improve your position, balance and connection in the saddle while also helping to alleviate lower back pain from riding.

Note: this content is for informational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice, or as a substitute for the medical advice of a physician.

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-- How To Improve Your Horse Riding Position | Pelvic Balance --

When it comes to how to improve your horse riding position for better balance and stability in the saddle, most equestrian riders wait until they’re actually riding the horse to work on it.

But this is a huge mistake!

Here is what fifteen years of clinical practice has taught me: humans do not move symmetrically.

We have bad habits and learned movement patterns. We compensate for old injuries and guard areas of our bodies where we have had pain.

This is all happening subconsciously, of course.

Here’s the thing:

If you’re crooked OFF the horse, you’re certainly going to be crooked ON the horse!

The time to work on your seat is before you actually get into the saddle because if you can’t find balance on stable ground, you’re not going to have the ability to ride without interfering with your horse's performance -- or worse, causing him pain!

And just riding a lot won’t necessarily fix the problem either.

I’m not going to deep dive into the neurology of how your body develops movement compensations here because there’s just not room.

But, suffice it to say that you sort of have to teach your brain where your body is and how it can move in order for it to have access to balance and coordination while you’re doing something that demands a lot out of you like riding.

In fact, professional NFL athletes have specific coaches that they work with not on technique, not on strength, but just to be able to move better and with greater efficiency.

That alone bolsters their performance, and quite likely reduces the incidence of injuries as well.

Equestrian riders are athletes, too, and like every good athlete, we have to cross train.

This video shows you how to improve your horse riding position whether it’s for dressage, eventing, show jumping or endurance. You will have better stability in the saddle -- and as a bonus, less lower back pain from riding!

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