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The body is inherently a system of seamless network of tissues rather than a collection of separate parts. These connective tissues surround, support and penetrate all of the muscles, bones, nerves and organs.  For equestrians, the first thing is to be secure, knowing that our body can use the center of gravity for support, and that each segment of the body should relate properly to each other.

 

• RolleFit works on this complex web of connective tissues to release, realign, and balance the whole body; thus resolving discomfort, reducing compensations and alleviating pain.

• RolleFit aims to restore flexibility, revitalize your energy and leave you feeling more comfortable in your body with increased freedom of movement.

• RolleFit focuses on the connective tissue matrix of the body in order to bring all the parts of the body into balance.  Balance means that certain muscle groups work together properly.

 

Horseback riding actively engages several of the body’s muscle groups with significant background work from the joints and tendons that they are attached to. The hip flexors are a group of muscles that help to provide free range of motion allowing the body to bend in to the hips, and the hips to be pulled in towards the torso. A sit-up is a good example of the hip flexors at work.  These are used when riding, holding the trunk of the body in a vertical position and preventing you from shifting back behind the line of gravity.

 

The hips work in conjunction with the rectus abdominis as well as the muscles in the lower back to keep the torso properly aligned, keeping the rider firmly positioned and anchored in the saddle. This also helps the horse maintain balance, which can prevent serious accidents.

 

The hip flexors are made up of the psoas muscles as well as the iliacus, and together they form the iliopsoas. Located on either side of the spine in the lower back, the psoas is one of the largest muscles in the body. They reach across the front and down in to the pelvic area where they attach to the trochanter located towards the top, on the inside of the leg. The thigh muscles also attach here, which is why it’s possible that a strain to the psoas can be felt as pain in the thigh area.

 

The four major muscles in the thighs are also known as the quadriceps. These are made up of the rectus femoris (middle of the thigh), the vastus lateralis (outer thigh), the vastus medialis (inner thigh) and the vastus intermedius, which is situated on top, at the front of the thigh, and lies between the vastus lateralis and the vastus medialis.

 

The joints in your hips, ankles and knees can take a serious battering while riding due to the continued, repetitive forceful pressure placed on them.

 

 

What can an equestrian do to remain flexible and aligned?

RolleFit works to increase blood flow to the muscles to gradually prepare the body to handle the demands of more strenuous or vigorous activity. A RolleFit routine can not only help to increase the efficiency of your muscles, but it can also reduce the potential for pulled muscles and decrease the severity of muscle soreness after your exercise.

 

We all tend to clench our muscles without even knowing we are doing it, from the extremes of grinding our teeth when we sleep, to gripping the pencil too tight when we write. What we sometimes do “naturally” is many times the wrong thing to do to keep our body symmetrical and in top physical form.

 

RolleFit lightly works the stiff muscles and helps you will feel better. Research has shown that muscular activity plays a key role in the recovery of damaged skeletal muscle and with the use of RolleFit, one can prepare for the physical riding.

 

 

 

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