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I’ve fallen off the pole trying to do an inverted move (i think it was aysha to brass monkey) that I couldn’t quite figure out, so I went for it, got tangled and fell off… luckily I tucked and fell flat on my back rather than my head/neck. Moral of that story was I tried something I wasn’t quite sure how to do and it went wrong, I’d have been much better trying it from a floor handstand first!
Also Gsylass nearly fell whilst doing a cartwheel mount a while ago, she kicked up and overbalanced and nearly fell off backwards. Like the others above said, we were lucky in that I was spotting and was able to deflect her back onto the pole, but as they have already said I wouldn’t have been able to ‘catch’ her and support her weight so it was all about helping her help herself down. Remember you don’t want to damage yourself either!
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hope this one hasn’t already been said…
you know you’re a pole dancer if you’re looking to buy a new house and your only criteria is that there be at least ONE room with the correct ceiling height/ space to have a pole
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moonflower I do the same thing…. although I never realised it until you just put this post up lol. Ah the hazards of teaching yourself pole, when I learnt I just went with what felt right, but I guess now its wrong!!
ANyway, I can do SM flips and air SM’s etc with no problem with my arms the wrong way round, whether this is dangerous or not I have no idea, but I haven’t landed on my head after a SM……yet! Although I can do the flip, I’m wondering now if the reason I can’t control the SM flip into a sit is for the same reason as you? -
I don’t personally have eczema, but my younger brother gets it really badly all over his body. He uses a gel (although I think it has to be got on prescription) called doublebase, throughout the day, and before or after he goes in the shower to protect his skin. The other thing he found that really helps is seaweed baths – we bought a large tub of powdered seaweed and it cleared up almost instantly, and when he ran out it came back. It think thats something to do with the zinc somebody mentioned before? Also he uses seaweed soap, and we are lucky as we live 20m from the sea, in the summer he dips himself in the sea regularly (not sure how it works) and that seems to really help too?
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Sorry you are getting so much pain!
WIth sciatic pain you are getting compression of the nerve, usually via a dodgy disc or inflammation usually at the level where the nerve roots come out from your spinal column. What you need to do is do core stability work to increase the support around your lower back. Using an exercise ball and focussing particularly on transversus exercises often helps. Swimming is also excellent exercise for back pain, and if you can get into a warm swimming pool to do some exercises that is likely to help with the pain. I would avoid pole exercises that require you to use your core a lot (until you’ve strengthened it) as if its not stong and you overuse it you risk damaging your back.
Massage is great for pain relief but won’t get rid of the underlying problem.
Other usual advice is:
invest in a lumbar roll (or you can sustitute a rolled up towel but its maybe not as comfortable.
take regular breaks to get up and walk around.
Don’t avoid exercise, but do low impact core work instead
Never lift by bending in the middle, always bend your knees (but I would avoid any lifting anyway).
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also just to add to smokinangels above post I knwo lots of people who use hyoscine to control motion sickness – there are many different forms but most I know of in use are scopoderm patches.
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I recently went to an in service training on vestibular rehab. The lady who did it talked at length about motion sickness and sickness in different planes particularly following brain surgery/injury (not that thats what you have but it still applies to anyone with motion sickness!). There are vestibular exercises you can do to help, can’t remember them off the top of my head but i’ll see if I can look up the presentation if you think that would help? Do you just get motion sick when you turn your head? Or at other times, like when you go up and down in lifts, or bend over etc?
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A really easy one is to lie on your side, bend your elbow (the one on top) to 90 degrees and lock it into your side so that your hand is pointing out in front of you. Keeping your elbow locked into your side, lift your hand up towards the ceiling (so your arm rotates). You can add resistance to this in the form of a free weight or bottle of water. I like this one because its hard to cheat if you keep your elbow locked into your side.
The theraband one mentioned above where you pull the theraband is good for working the internal rotators. Also gentle abduction exercises (where you take your arm out to the side away from your body) will work your supraspinatus (one of your rotator cuff muscles- the most commonly injured one). -
Mines not fussed either. He loves that he can tell his friends that his girlfriend pole dances, but at home he doesn’t bat an eyelid. Just like others are saying, he was all excited until he realised it wasn’t all about me being sexy for him. However he does respect and support my love of it, and he is supporting my desire to eventually become an instructor so i’m lucky in that respect. However he did get stressed the other day because he went to a strip club and found himself analysing the pole dancers performances….. so I’ve ruined that fantasy for him! hahaha!
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I’m wary of doing the armpit type hold as the brachial plexus can be vulnerable in this area, but thats just me being a scaredy cat as I’ve had arm nervy problems in the past. Not really sure about arterial routes though, is there a particular reason why you are more worried about arteries? There are loads of people that do these moves with no problem, and there are loads of people that do much more simple moves that end up injuring themselves, I guess you jsut have to weigh up whether you want to take the risk.
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if you look at the video of Felix’s winning routine from the world championships (its somewhere on youtube) this year she falls into the CAR from a pike (not an inverted pike which is what I think you were describing?). Although I have no idea how she doesn’t bang the back of her head on the pole when she does it!
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I got another couple! these were from my snowboarding hol I just came back from, never underestimate the difficulty of pole-ing in full snow gear or how cold the pole was!! Sorry the first one is a bit lame, but I did have to hop off my board in the middle of the piste to get it! ha ha! got some VERY strange looks!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif
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meeeeeee i’m interested! And gsylass and I are still nominating guernsey for the pole-jam! I have lots of space that people can stay in here in the pole barn, free to anyone that wants to travel over! P.s we could pole on the beach, we have lovely beaches! just to tempt you here is one…. http://www.channelislandsdirect.co.uk/__data/assets/image/0019/6274/Shell_Beach,_Herm.jpg thats shell beach and I propose a jam here!! lol
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Yes you did spell adductors right lol. Sitting on the floor facing the wall, go into a straddle with both feet on the wall, then you can push yourself forwards towards the wall to get a stretch. If you keep your back really straight this one can also stretch your hamstrings to a degree.
Also laying on your back with your bum right up againt the wall, split your legs and gravity will give you a stretch. If you wanted to increase the intensity you can put a sock filled with sand on either foot to put a small weight through it. Its a bit kinder to your knees than doing a regular straddle standing up. -
the big ones, the brightly coloured gym balls that you can sit on? Coolio, i’ll look into it x
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true…. good point!! ta!
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I GOT IT!! ok so it was a bit low and I need to get it flatter to the ceiling, but its done! woop woop! so excited! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif
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does the floorwork have to be in one 20min block or can we break it up?? Also can gsylass and I do our routine together?? https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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Sorry to hear you have been going through so much with your feet sissy, must have been pretty bad to get stress fractures!
I’ve just come off a stint working rehab in our orthoaedic ward and saw a few surgeries to feet and arches, let me tell you they are NOT to be taken lightly, its quite major surgery. I also work with loads of children with flat feet, and we usually get pretty good results with exercises and/ or orthotics (although theirs will be more flexible usually as they are still growing). I’ve just recently made a patient info leaflet on pes planus with all the exercises in it if you want I can send it to you? -
haha humptydumpty! I’ve just ordered some mighty grip, if it doesn’t help oh well. I had a look at the gloves, they look pretty good, do you have the ones with grip or without grip?
p.s. on a totally different note did anyone see that news article on political correctness gone mad? It was on a school that is teaching their kids that in the end of humpty dumpty instead of humpty not being able to be put back together again, all the kings horses and all the kings men ‘made humpty happy again’ because they didn’t want to upset the children. How ridiculous! maybe i’m just cynical https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_scratch.gif
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We use a lot of ice on our ortho ward. Use ice for any injury to help take down swelling and relieve pain. Use heat for any muscular ache/ before/ after stretching. We were also taught that you can use ice and heat together 5 mins with one, then 5 mins with the other exchanged for 20 mins bbut I have never really done this.
Basically you don’t want to be putting heat on anything that has he potential to become inflamed (which is what happens post injury) as it will increase the blood flow and increase the inflammation.
When you apply ice, for it to be effective leave it on for a minimum of 20 mins. Also never place it directly onto the skin, always put a layer such as a paper towel in first or you risk ice burns. -
thanks guys, thats exactly what I mean, I don’t want to use a grip aid all the time as I don’t have problems with anything else, it would just be for those days where my hands are slippery. I’m looking forward to the winter so my hands don’t sweat so much, how sad is that??
Never heard of shaving cream being used, but I’ve tried using a little hairspray on my hands before, and it worked well apart from that it didn’t get rid of the sweaty part, it just made my hands temporarily more sticky. Mighty grip says it also helps with sweat, which was why I was thinking of trying that one. RIght i’m off to order some! let me know if anyone wants a review! lol -
your skin will hurt the first few times you try it, and you may get some bruises too but these will wear off quite quickly as your skin gets used to it.
What I found teaching my friends the x knee release is that at first they were missing the grip with their bent knee. I taught them to lean backwards a bit until the pole is wedged behind your knee as this is where a good proportion of the grip comes from, not just your thighs. It often helps to hold onto that bent foot too to start with as it encourages you to get that grip with your knee by pulling it in tighter.
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yay! I managed this move last night (once i’d given my poor shoulder a couple of days to calm down lol) andposted a vid….. think it might be my new favourite move (as every new one is!), so much fun! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif
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safety wise I guess you should be able to control the movement rather than just throwing yourself over, so I would maybe see if you can do a super invert and hold it for 10 secs as a marker maybe? I think you’ve def gotta be able to hold a shoulder mount in various positions for a length of time? ah sod it, have a go anyway! just put some cushions down! lol
