nikkij3251040 started this discussion ·
Hi everyone- Is there anyway to combat nausea when spinning? I seem to always feel this way-besides "spotting" on a specific area-is there any alternatives? Thank-you in Advance!
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Sometimes ginger helps, we usually have ginger candy, or just pieces of the candied ginger that can be bought in bulk in the grocery store. Can also use mint (gum, candy, maybe even tea. etc), as it calms the stomach. There are natural and homeopathic remedies for motion sickness available as well, but I do not have any experience with those options.
Great suggestions-thank you. Do you eat the ginger before you start or during?
Hazelnut ·
When I started I felt horribly sick whenever I did more than two spins in a row, even on a static pole. Ginger has never worked for me during motion sickness on long journeys as a kid though (but I know it does for a lot of people) but high salty foods on a fairly empty stomach does! For me what worked was I didn't eat immediately before class, then took a packet of lightly salted crisps or pringles and would just eat one or two when I felt the nausea coming on. Really helped, it also helps me when I fly. Kinda depressing I had to eat crisps to exercise but now I'm used to it and unless it's a crazy spinny day I don't get sick anymore. Good luck!
Thank you Hazelnut-During all 4 pregnancies, nothing rid me of nausea-and I too get motion sickness in the car-which is why I must always drive. I will try the ginger and also watching when I eat before spinning and eating a few saltines-"thankfully" it isn't my stomach that bothers me but my head.
If you are new to pole the dizziness & nausea subsides with time and more practice. A good thing to do is a spin, then pose, pole hold move, spin, then floorwork, spin, dancy dancy, spin. You get the picture...basically do a spin, then do other filler moves, then do another spin, then filler moves this helps gain your equalibirum back/recover between spins. After a few weeks poling, the dizziness will subside greatly. If it doesn't, I know some girls use motion sickness bands when they pole or take half a dramamine (less drowsy ones) before poling. They also have these motion sickness drops that you dab behind you ear, which I hear help too.
Hi Calipolepixie-I have been involved with pole fitness for approximately one month-so I am definitely a newbie. I was thinking dramamine might help so I will look into that and the band too-ty!!
Veena ·
Your video was extremely helpful-thank you!
I would say ginger and/or mint prior to piling and then as needed, if you find that it helps.
I would say ginger and/or mint prior to piling and then as needed, if you find that it helps.
Haha "poling". I hate autocorrect.
I've never tried it because I don't tend to get motion sickness, but divers will often use scopolamine patches to combat motion sickness without the drowsiness you get from Dramamine. I don't know whether you need a prescription for these patches, but you could ask at your local pharmacy. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/meds/a682509.html
megan12 ·
You do need a prescription for scopolamine patches and I do not recommend these. They are an anticholinergic medication which means they have some very unpleasant side effects which include dry mouth, constipation, urinary retention, fast heart rate, disorientation, and blurred vision. Spinning is something you just have to get used to, unfortunately. Your body will adjust. It will help if you don't eat a few hours prior to poling. That's why ice skaters spin like crazy and then keep going with their routine, they get used to the spinning. It's the same with polers.
amy ·
I know a few people who have success with bonine or other over the counter nausea/seasickness medications taken a couple hours prior to pole. They just make me fall asleep though so I don't use them :) but I wouldn't recommend them unless you are actually the type to get motion sickness very easily- for example I can't sit in a cars backseat for more than a couple hours without getting nauseous. Even still the longer I spend working on spin pole each week the more my tolerance increases.
Restarting this thread because I have been wondering if anyone uses anti-nausea to help with spin pole. I have been poling over 2 years and started working on spin poles lately. I have over time adjusted to doing a spin or two, then spinning in the other direction, or coming down and doing filler moves. I took a workshop a few weeks ago for spin pole and you stayed on the pole the whole time you did like a 10 move combo. I wanted to throw up!! I cannot invert at all on spin pole without feeling disoriented. I understand the body will adjust over time, because I went from no spinny pole to some now, but I dont know that I will ever adjust to a fluid spin pole routine.
Wcox ·
I deal with nausea without spinny pole I have never tried spin with my meds (And to be honest I don't want to have to rely on them). When I'm feeling up to it, I usually end my regular session with spin mode so I don't destroy my whole session. I'm getting okish with inverting now but I can't do any moves from there without epically failing. It takes so long to get used to spin mode.
Veena ·
Ugh, I don't think there is any quick fix. I also get sick, but it does get better over time. As long as I keep working spinny then it's fine, but when I stop then I have to start over building up a tolerance. Ending my pole session as Wcox mentioned works well also I aviod inverts for the first few session back on spin because that does me in when I'm just getting back into things.
