Inverts are when you flip upside down (eg kikk your legs over your head, or do a hand spring, or jump up into a scorpio etc.) I think you are talking about climbing and sitting on the pole – and then releasing (letting go of your arms and falling backwards) into a handstand. Which is different.

But anyway – the pain between the thighs is normal. Is goes away eventually. Don’t push yourself too much, take your time.

When I learnt, the venue had plastic poles! And those BURN like nothing else when you grip with your thighs! Took me about 2 months (of going to lessons twice a week) until I could sit on the pole without it feeling like my skin was being ripped off!

My advice – climb (or jump) and sit (eg grip with your thighs, and cross one leg over the other, and keep your hands on the pole.) Stay for as long as you can. For me it was 2 seconds. Then 3. Then 5. etc.

Then jump down, waddle around, stroke your skin til you feel okay. And go again.

And DON’T do it every day. You need time to heal and build up resistance. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif

The pain stops evetually. I can sit up there for ages, with no problem.

Also – another tip – once you have conquered the pain between your thighs when SITTING (and only AFTER you have mastered that) – there is the next hurdle to get over. That is the pain when leaning back (into the handstand). For this, my advice is just ignore it, because it lasts for a split second, and then your hands are on the floor, and your arms take some of your weight off your thighs. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif