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just being technical.............and geeky.

Muscles per say don't get "long and short" unless injury produces scarring.
There are changes in stretch tolerance which influence nerve firing...

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Mine is almost 20 years old and it doubles as a seat.

Now to be sure, sitting on a ball per sa does not...

Depending on how far back the BB archives, you'll find the threads with this theme.

Regards,
Medical Mike
equestrian medical researcher
www.fitfocusedforward.us or .com

Just "practical"..........

Not really different than I would do with any riding athlete unleeeees,

I get a few folks willing to be put through a performance battery so I can make "better"...

Strength training exercises......

Single leg, Bent knee heel raises. Balls of foot placed on face of 2x4. Flex knee ~20 degrees. Hold that position while raising heel up off ground. Do not let...

Athletic capacity is the other part.

True someone has to recognize that the person has the subset of characteristics needed for effective riding and develop that into "horsemanship athletic...

we have crossed the "overkill" threshold.....

If the USEA does adopt some athletic performance standard, you might get what some of have been asking for on the board. Age specific competitions,...

First for the "Drama Llama's"......JER and I are good.

I can't remember how many times I said "I am not arguing the point that you all riders are fit. However Fitness is a health based concept....

Then it is your bony anatomy.
Foot supination/pronation is not necessarily related to bony anatomy.

Regards,
Medical Mike
equestrian medical researcher
www.fitfocusedforward.us or .com

speaking about the "fitness guy".
That would be me.....

It would have been nice for you all who did not "get" where I was coming from to sit and talk about it with me vs. calling me out me on...

refers to which hip angle. The one between the torso and femur or between the two femurs? My thought in this instance is between the two femurs (abduction)


So here is an excellent learning...

and just because I have not come across this topic yet.

How can you separate out weight distribution from foot position in the stirrup?

REgards,
Medical Mike
equestrian medical researcher...

While the torso takes a lot of punishment, consider the head and upper extremity take 50 or more percent of the injuries. If you discount the number of injuries by kick, percentage increases.

I...

You are correct for stage one......Regular heel toe walking.

For the second part, The feet are perpendicular to the beam with soles of the feet kept parallel to the floor. It is a "step to" gait...

Is that riding will get you to a point, then it is necessary to do off horse strengthening...

So...
Progression is:
Place some 2x4's stirrup width apart on the ground, place the balls of the...

Would help pin down possible cause.

Regards,
Medical Mike
equestrian medical researcher
www.fitfocusedforward.us

Does it happen with regular sitting or another activity....prolonged or other wise?

Is it the whole foot or just a portion?

Do you find yourself catching your toe/stumbling/"feeling weak" in...

It depends on results of testing. In this case we are talking about torso control.......
If the torso motion is driven from the lower extremity, then I teach how to increase toe pressure to...

regarding usefulness of the ball. Look at the work by Richardson, Jull, Wolfe, McGill and others from sports medicine.

Always good to challenge ones opinion for proof...

Quote:
"Have you ever...

If you have an RX from a physician and your boss refuses to honor his script...

Well, I'd ask an opinion from any of the physicians on the BB, but I think your boss would be in a precarious legal...

There are plenty of offices where folks use them as chairs. If you can get to a college library, you can search pubmed or science direct.com and find references for there medical use.

REgards,...

I'm biased as I need science......
Until there is some data to show it creates a more "lifelike" activation of the torso muscles than what you can get with an exercise ball, I'm buying the...

They never tell you enough!

From that angle, your lower extremity looks fine.
I'd make the argument that why use the flap for reference vs. functional outcome?

When you talk about "stretching...

the impluse the horse gives you.
YOur lower body and the horse moves forward, the pelvis moves as it should, however the upper body lags. There is lots of science behind this.

So the generic fix...

Psoas flexes the torso forward through its attachments on the lumbar spine and femur.
"Local stabilizers" are the muscles that create the main corset around the torso and are intrinsic to the spinal...