Hi all,
In the past 2 weeks or so my knees have been sore whilst in the riding trot, and off the horse when going up the stairs, bending with my knees or putting pressure on them in general. The pain is on the inside of my leg and worse in my right knee.
I'm wondering if this pain is being caused by stirrup length? Does anyone have any experience with this affecting your knees? I have looked for similar threads on the subject but most people were saying to go to the GP or that it could be caused by back issues etc. But I think it's simpler than that in my case and I'm perhaps doing something strange with my body that is not good for my knees. My RI has not mentioned anything odd in my body position on the horse, making me think it's to do with stirrups?
P.S I change horse quite often at my equestrian centre and therefore change saddle and have to find a comfortable stirrup length before each lesson so my stirrups are not the same length each time... which... cant't be helping the issue!! Hope someone can help and thanks in advance!
In the past 2 weeks or so my knees have been sore whilst in the riding trot, and off the horse when going up the stairs, bending with my knees or putting pressure on them in general. The pain is on the inside of my leg and worse in my right knee.
I'm wondering if this pain is being caused by stirrup length? Does anyone have any experience with this affecting your knees? I have looked for similar threads on the subject but most people were saying to go to the GP or that it could be caused by back issues etc. But I think it's simpler than that in my case and I'm perhaps doing something strange with my body that is not good for my knees. My RI has not mentioned anything odd in my body position on the horse, making me think it's to do with stirrups?
P.S I change horse quite often at my equestrian centre and therefore change saddle and have to find a comfortable stirrup length before each lesson so my stirrups are not the same length each time... which... cant't be helping the issue!! Hope someone can help and thanks in advance!