Re: OF Saddle fit problem

Susan F. Evans (suendavid@worldnet.att.net)
Mon, 27 Jan 1997 10:34:00 -0800

SandyDSA@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 97-01-26 07:47:43 EST, you write:
>
> << I almost
> always have a collapsed right hip when I ride this horse no matter what the
> saddle (more accentuated with the orthoflex but I do not have this with my
> other horses even when I use the orthoflex on them. >>

> Betsy,
> This statement caught my eye, since I have arthritis up my left side,
> particularly in the hip, and I have had to make a mental adjustment to
> compensate. Now it is fine, but I would submit to you that it could well be
> you physsically And that your horse has compensated in a way that causes your
> saddle to list. I am not married to nor do I really soppurt chiropractic
> work; however, it does have a definite place, and you might consider it for
> you and your horse. It doesn't sound like a saddle problem, just that the
> Stitchdown is more affected by the problem than some other rigid tree
> saddles, IMHO.
> sandy

I ride Cato in an OF Express and used to have same problem, listing to
the right. Went to dressage training to solve Cato's one-sidedness,
trainer sent me to chiropractor to solve MY one-sidedness. Don't know
if it was chicken or the egg, but saddle doesn't list anymore, even when
girth is showing daylight.

Susan