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[RC] Scoliosis and riding - Kristi SchaafDidn't Sally Swift (of Centered Riding fame) use riding to help her scoliosis? As a 12 yoa, I was diagnosed with it, but avoided the dreaded back brace because the doctor said that my leg length was off by an inch and I'd grow out of it. I didn't ever fix myself (legs are still off) and my parents dropped the ball by never having me checked again; I now have all kinds of back issues (my chiro told me that most people have one or maybe two, but that I have eight or nine!), including the-never-cured scoliosis, which can't be obviously seen by the naked eye but an x-ray is very scary. It definitely affects my riding; I will never sit square on a horse due to a pelvis rotation triggered by the scoliosis. I'm one of the 'lucky' ones, I suppose, in that my scoliosis didn't cause me pain until about age 30. For the last decade, I've had to learn to deal with it, compensate for it, and spend lots of money on chiro and massage for it. That said, I'm very very very lucky in that riding HELPS and doesn't hurt my back (well, other than the mental pain of knowing that my crooked riding HAS to affect my horse). Kristi iluvdez at yahoo dot com Life's a journey, so enjoy the ride (and try not to fall off) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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