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sab2
Posted - 23 Apr 2012 : 10:46:06 AM Has anybody tried the Heather Moffatt seat saver, i am having trouble with my disc,s, i am seeing an osteopath weekly who says let your body tell you how much you can do, i would love to get back riding as i paid my membership to egb then had to lay horse off, dose anybody use these and are they any good .
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delly-b
Posted - 25 Apr 2012 : 10:23:51 AM I'd second the mattress idea... My one is a coil sprung with latex over. Not too firm, or soft when I'm alone in it... Sadly as I'm a bad sleeper anyway due to my ME I sleep alone, but this has made a huge difference to my back in the morning. ... I sleep on my front and when OH is with me I tend to twist to stop me from rolling as he is heavier than me. My back is really bad afterwards. I'd really love a new mattress (or seperate ones zipped together) to stop it happening .... Would then only have to stop his loud snoring, then we'd be fine!! Ha ha
Back to saddles... I have HM treeless saddles which have the memory foam in the seat.... Very comfortable. It does help though that the stirrups bars are in a better position too, encouraging you not to roll right back onto your bottom and giving you correct posture. I think a seat saver is definitely worth a try.
sab2
Posted - 24 Apr 2012 : 09:36:03 AM We nearly bought a memory foam one but my friend got one and said it made her back sore, maybe we should try one, if it makes me worse we could always put it on one of the other beds then it wouldn,t be a waste of money. I struggle to sleep at night and it made me giggle thinking about the patterns it would make in the memory foam Keren its a lovely feeling when you get a good nights sleep isn,t it.
Callisto
Posted - 24 Apr 2012 : 12:03:42 AM Mum has a memory foam one - supposed to sort out all that cricked neck, bent back business I don't know what it's like as I haven't tried sleeping in it, but she definitely finds it easier than her previous firm mattress.
sab2
Posted - 23 Apr 2012 : 9:02:13 PM Its 3yrs old, its a firmish one, how often do you think we should change them, hadn,t thought about the mattress, i cannot use pillows as its in my neck, if i have one it has to be a very flat one.
Callisto
Posted - 23 Apr 2012 : 8:11:32 PM Good point Keren - getting a new mattress also helped my Mum's back a lot, she has two crumbling vertebrae so she's never going to be 100%.
MinHe
Posted - 23 Apr 2012 : 7:38:36 PM Sort of personal (an apparently not connected) question here: how old is your mattress? I ask as we changed our old mattress for a new one on Friday, and the difference it has made to both of us (bad back sufferers) is incredible. I would never have believed a mattress could have such a bad effect on your back! My back is not 100% better, but it is about 80% of the way there in just 3 nights sleep! I also feel much less tired. The OH reports feeling the same (and he has a horse-caused slipped disc and bad shoulder) - he couldn't turn over in bed withou major pain on the old mattress and is much better now!
So a new mattress - if yours is old - is definitely worth considering. Think of what you could save on painkillers
Keren
sab2
Posted - 23 Apr 2012 : 6:00:14 PM Glo saddle fine and i have the caged endurance stirrups with the great big treads, also have tried the mark todd acupressure numnah think thats what its called, its the black one with a pimpley underneath) instead of her wool numnah, i just thought maybe a bit of extra cushioning may help, sadly my back is not going to be a quick fix as been going on for years, they say i may need an op but would just love to be riding again, i do have a wool seat saver somewhere and a prolite pad so i shall hunt them out and try them, thanks for help Nashiba gosh poor you, glad your seat saver helps you , i thought the same about cushioning the jarring.
glo
Posted - 23 Apr 2012 : 2:12:23 PM Check that you saddle is fitting and not tiping you back as this will give you a sore back when you ride, you could look at you stirrups the traditional steel ones don't cushion, try endurance ones that have a bigger tread and polite pads, I have has a bad back for years and a well fitting saddle, endurance stirrups and Arab horses have made what was a painfull ride in to hours of fun. I also use seat savers and use the full wool ones.
Nashiba
Posted - 23 Apr 2012 : 1:26:20 PM I have one too-my joints and back are really bad now but the seat saver helps cushion the jarring enabling me to manage an hours hack,then I fall off in a heap!!
sab2
Posted - 23 Apr 2012 : 12:05:02 PM Sadly Callisto my arab mare is not so polite, she is also quite a madame so riding her can be interesting, i just thought it may cushion the bounce, i am finding my wintec 2000 not bad but my hands were going numb so had to stop riding, think i will try buying one and see how i go, thanks for replies everybody
Callisto
Posted - 23 Apr 2012 : 11:53:00 AM My Mother has disc problems and finds that riding actually helps (gentle to start with), her main problem is mounting and dismounting, luckily her Arab is very understanding about this and stands stock still for her. She uses hot and cold packs to ease her back, and does exercises every morning before she gets out of bed.
If the Heather Moffatt seat saver helps, please let me know, since we have one, and it's never occurred to us that it might help with Mum's back (we just used it for a painful saddle - excellent for that).
Arachnid
Posted - 23 Apr 2012 : 11:17:50 AM Yes I've got one which used with old Black Country saddle (like sitting on a park bench without it!) Used it for endurance too. Very comfortable and sort of encourages you to sit in the right part of the saddle too.
ali bali
Posted - 23 Apr 2012 : 10:54:14 AM Yes I have one and like it, it doesn't really help my back but then my problem is muscular not disc related. It did turn a very uncomfortable ex-military saddle into something bearable to ride in. (Saddle fitted horse fine just not rider!)
