The Riding Doctor: A Prescription for Healthy, Balanced, and Beautiful Riding, Now and for Years to Come

As a longtime student of dressage and Mary Wanless this is a very very good book. It breaks down everything in an easy to understand way.The only reason I am giving it 4 vs 5 stars is that I wish it contained more exercises and offered more solutions to the problems. A DVD or video series would be a great complement to this work. However, I have many books of a similar format and this is the best one.I would say it might overwhelm a beginner dressage rider, but for those that have a basic understanding of their asymmetries and body patterns they will have no trouble with this book. It's a nice blend of pictures, anatomy, describing the body patterns, off the horse exercises and then real world stories.

This is a gorgeous book, full of excellent information for riders of any discipline, beginners through professionals. The diagrams and photos in the book are so helpful. I have had the good fortune to actually have a few lessons with Dr Glosten, and just today got the book. Riding with her identified some longstanding bad habits, that I never even knew I had. I have been to Physical therapy to correct my asymmetrical hip/core issue, she immediately identified it in the first 3 minutes of riding. She saw my `lean to the righ't, my uneven weight in my right stirrup, my convex spine, that I thought was straight. Beth has the right descriptive words to help riders with longstanding simple, but yet complex concepts..like wrap your leg around the horse, posting more comfortably and correctly, riding with minimal interference from the rider. I learned I ride with tight glutes, and they should be relaxed- who knew? :) Just fter 3 lessons applying her principals, I can transition more gently with minimal interference, slow or speed up trot or walk with slight body adjustments. This is stuff we all `know' or have `heard' .. but its explained by a doctor, and makes more sense than it has in the past.Every rider would benefit from this book, and an actual lesson, but if you can't get that, get the book. For less than half the price of a lesson, you get alot of information, exercises and diagrams. Your horse will thank you, your body will thank you . Enjoy!

I love this book! I can search for the riding challenges that I experience and find concrete, doable solutions. As a therapist, I particularly enjoy the explanations based on specific anatomy as this helps me to modify my posture and my aides.

The Riding Doctor knows what she's talking about. Excellent book to help the struggling dressage rider fix troubling problems. Beth's well written book is of great help to me. She has great understanding of both horses and riders.

I love the way the body parts are broken down .This helps you to find the weak parts when riding and helps to make each part better . When you finish each part you will have a better whole body and you will be aware of the parts that start to good bad again. I love the book . It is one to keep on hand all the time to refer to if something doesn't work .

I'd give more stars if possible!!! Incredibly helpful. This is THE book I had been trying to find to help me correct postural problems on and off the horse. The combination of anatomy information with Pilates lessons & riding instruction is just what I needed. Not just for dressage riders.

Have only just skimmed through this book so far but I can tell it is well thought out and will be of great help to me. "real life" case info shows how the author uses her exercises with "real people" to solve common problems. Can't wait to get started myself...

This book is excellent as it is specific to dressage and clearly laid out. There are example students, which helps me feel appropriate with my back surgery recovery path. Very thorough and encouraging!

Hi there there are lot of books on the market but this one is different. It breaks down each problem we run in too as rider gives you techniques to fix them .so practice makes perfect .