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My saddle > my chiropractor

3lilpigs

3lilpigs

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A few visits to the chiropractor have told me that I have lower back pain due to "ilio-sacral torsion". Basically, there's a joint in the pelvis, and tension in my pyriformis muscle (sideways ass muscle) pulls my pelvis open too far until it hurts. It's because I work retail and stay on my feet for 8-12 hour shifts on a hard floor. The constant low tension of standing without doing any real exercise causes my butt muscles to pull on my hip bones. Sometimes to the point that I can't walk normally or bend over.

But man, climbing into the saddle for a few hours is better than a $50 adjustment from the chiroquacktor. The "hip pinch" that bothers most folks is just what the doctor ordered; it pulls my aching hip bones forward where they ought to be. A few hours in the saddle, and I can climb down, every joint pops, and I'm reset for like a week. I've even set up at ground level and just sat outside to read a book when I felt the stiffness starting up, purely as a therapy session. It's literally the opposite of a pain in the ass. Anybody else experience this?
 
I’ve have the same hip/back issues for years. Maybe I can convince my wife that the cost of a new saddle is justified and it contains healing properties. I’m betting it’s going to be a hard sell.
 
While I don't have the same situation as u, but I can relate....I've had back surgery and my back will hurt after 2-3 hours in a climber/hang on. I was to the point I almost exclusively hunting off the ground. I can sit for long periods of time in the saddle and be just fine as far as back pain goes
 
Yes, same for me, I
3lilpigs said:
A few visits to the chiropractor have told me that I have lower back pain due to "ilio-sacral torsion". Basically, there's a joint in the pelvis, and tension in my pyriformis muscle (sideways ass muscle) pulls my pelvis open too far until it hurts. It's because I work retail and stay on my feet for 8-12 hour shifts on a hard floor. The constant low tension of standing without doing any real exercise causes my butt muscles to pull on my hip bones. Sometimes to the point that I can't walk normally or bend over.

But man, climbing into the saddle for a few hours is better than a $50 adjustment from the chiroquacktor. The "hip pinch" that bothers most folks is just what the doctor ordered; it pulls my aching hip bones forward where they ought to be. A few hours in the saddle, and I can climb down, every joint pops, and I'm reset for like a week. I've even set up at ground level and just sat outside to read a book when I felt the stiffness starting up, purely as a therapy session. It's literally the opposite of a pain in the ass. Anybody else experience this?
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Yes, it’s exactly the same for me, my lower back is trashed and for whatever reason the pressure from being in a saddle makes my back happy, I have one chair in my house I can sit in, I once traded in a brand new truck, six months old, because it killed my back, I couldn’t sit in a normal tree stand for more than 3-5 minutes no joke, I used to stand for a couple hours until the pain got to bad then I would quit and go home, I just did 4 hours tonight in my cruzr and I feel like a million bucks, I have a buddy that is the same way, he tried my Cruzr and ordered one that day.
 
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