Pain occurring from riding.

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So I have been having really bad back pain for a while now and im pretty sure that riding is the cause of it.. my entire back hurts very badly (it is all muscular pain) after I ride for a while...it hurts even worse after I have been jumping and schooling a lot. I am currently doing massage therapy (a very painful massage because my muscles get so tense) and the person giving me the massage makes comments about how tense my muscles are, I am also getting chiropractic done...but all of that doesnt really seem to be helping, it works for a day or 2 then the pain is back.... its very painful and it increases after shoveling or riding hard. So I was just wondering if any of you have experienced this and what you have done to help =] thanks a ton !

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Yeh I expirenced back pain when I was training showjumpers. Mainly in the lower back. As I went into two-point. I asked around, and lower back pain is caused by lose tummy muscels. Ie. The tighter your tummy muscels the less pain. I didnt jump for long, as I had a bad accident, and then I moved on to Showing, and I work part time with my bf's reining, cutting horses. As I got older, I expireced less pain But most of my pain occured after Showjump training and X-country... because of the two point frame.

Ok thanks, I suspected that it had something to do with jumping....

Yeah sometimes after I jump my back is a bit achy. ;)

Thats what I think it is anyways :)

I usually never jump, and lately I've been schooling a horse over jumps, and ever since I started my back has been bothering me. More than likely it's the two-point..and the excess weight I have on the middle

But also...I've thrown out my back a couple of times due to work :roll:

Ok...well ill start to do some ab exercises but I have a pretty strong stomach so im not sure that is what is causing it...im kinda wondering if I am doing something wrong that could be throwing my back off...

Thanks for the replies!!!

When you ride lean back. And do not hunch forward it may give you back pains. Hope this helps

Umm, why would you lean back? :roll:
I thought leaning back would strain your back more then anything

ok, ill make sure im doing that. I do not believe I hunch forward..but I will pay more attention to it and see if it helps! Thanks