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Also make sure the stirrup leather is soft and gives. A stiff side will mess 
up your legs very fast.
Carol
The Critterden Farm
Pocahontas IL.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Sheila_Larsen@xxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 12:20 PM
Subject: [RC] Sore knees


> In addition to stirrup length make sure that you are not pushing
> excessively into the stirrups.  I tend to brace my right leg in the 
> stirrup
> and that is the leg/knee that will get sore if I don't stay on top of not
> bracing.  Make sure your feet are underneath you and don't grip either 
> with
> your knees.  They type of stirrup is important too.  For awhile I went 
> with
> the trailtech stirrups (western style with a rubber donut at the top) 
> which
> helped my knees tremendously but they are too tall for my small foot they
> would hit my shin area (have the scars to prove it) so know I use the type
> that every one uses but can't remember the name of (easy something)... 
> geez
> getting old is a drag.
>
>
> Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad
> judgment.
> Rita Mae Brown
>
>
>
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