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[RC] igallop - Bruce Weary DC

Biomechanically, you're better of on a real horse, providing you have decent equitation. On a horse, the legs are extended, which changes the muscle function of the low back. When your legs are extended, the core muscles of the low back must fire more frequently and vigorously to keep you stable and upright on the moving horse. The nice thing about a horse's movement at the trot is that he causes your muscles to react to forces in at least three directions--forward, up and down, and a little side to side. And, sometimes, when he sees a predator rock, he can move backward pretty fast, too. Our ability to stay mounted on a horse that shies is at least partly due to how well our core muscles are developed, since they are largely involuntary (although they can be trained to be increasingly under conscious control). Generally, the fitter your core muscles are, the more fibers will be recruited when they encounter a sudden force, (like a shying horse) and are more likely to keep you upright, and, hopefully still on the horse. Dr Q

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