Do you strech before riding?

[Aina]

Well, do you? If so, what stretches to you do?

[Diane of Buck's Hollow]

I don't, but I know I should expecially for my back. Maybe this can be a reminder for all to do that.

[Harleys Owner]

I don't stretch myself, but I did stretch my horse:)

[TBgirl]

I do, and I used to stretch my old TB's legs as well. I just grab my ankle and lift my legs up...then I stretch out my arms. I also have a bad habit of throwing my shoulders forward when I ride so I lift them up to my ears and then roll them back and down. Make sense lol?

[WashingtonBay]

I like to stretch my hamstrings before a ride. My calves and Achilles tendon start out tight, particularly if I haven't ridden in awhile. Stair stretches are great, or stand facing the horse trailer (or a wall) and lean forward into it like you're bein' busted by the cops :innocent:, then skooch your feet increasingly back, keeping your heels on the ground. Also can do a squat kind of stretch first one leg then they other.

[EnglishGuy]

I stretch my back out before I ride.

[mlle_beau]

No but sometimes I will do stretches right after I first get on if I'm on a relatively bombproof lesson horse. They're fun!

[dame_wolf]

Yeah, I stretch my leg up to the stirrup to get on!

[outriding01]

I severed my right Achilles tendon a few years ago and it gets really tight so I stretch it out before I get on or else it gets really achey. But that's it really...

[Gypsy Rose]

Cat and camel stretch, and the child's pose are ones I try to do before every ride, otherwise my back and hips are stiff.

[sugarsgirl]

Yeah, I stretch my leg up to the stirrup to get on!


Lol, me too!
but other that really, nope, no stretching for me.

[TheBadLands]

Cat and camel stretch, and the child's pose are ones I try to do before every ride, otherwise my back and hips are stiff.

childs pose
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/8/l_d473e918fd3941958c01eff66cd9f807.jpg


camel
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/45/l_e408f2248ad944b891737e762c546f1c.jpg


cat
http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/63/l_d8d525793bf94ec5b2212cfd79260775.jpg

;)

[cloedoll]

Nope, but my horses do. :D

[AUEquine]

I really should. The doc say's my hip problems are from my hamstrings being too tight and riding pulls on my hips.
Don't streach the horse either, that's what a nice slow/controlled warm up is for!

All the surgeons/movement experts I work for say that the pulling of the legs that people do really does absolutely nothing for you horse! A nice structured warm up does 10 times more!

[dustys_girlly]

all the stretching i do is walking to get my horse and grooming before i get on. but i do stretch my horse after i get on and when we are done.