[lisakristin]

For the future people who run into the same thing….. I stood the pole up and pulled the parts together when I finally thought of it.. 😀 and they slid in relatively easy….. Careful though that you don’t drop it….since it goes against the instructions….. I tightened it all while holding it up though, it just felt easier to be honest…

[lisakristin]

yup; which is how I got the other side in….LOL. what I didn’t do is take the OTHER XJoint, and thats mainly because I remember from the other one that the bigger/longer XJoint is for the main middle part….. plus it was already attached to the other extension anyways…..lol

[lisakristin]

I haven’t ever dislocated my shoulder before, but I do have what I call to be nerve damage from having something heavy on my shoulder before; if I have something heavy on that same shoulder now, 20+ yrs later, my arm starts to tingle and the veins start popping out.

Point being that I had the injury before I started poling. I had to make some accommodations…like a handstand…I only attempted several times because my shoulder felt like it’d give out; but I managed to so the handstand with one hand on the pole (the “bad one”). I used to do a butterfly, and ayesha, but only on my preferred side… I am very one-sided on pole… mainly because i’m stronger on one side, but also because I’m not confident in my left shoulder.

I’m sure that I could build it up again, but I haven’t had the best of luck with all my injuries…. I’ve got a weird shoulder on my left, a sometimes worse wrist on my right hand (primary), and I’ve got a loose knee that REALLY acts up if I grip too hard on the pole with my legs….

I blame my wrist injury on the pole TBH, but it could have been a carpal tunnel type thing from school too….

I periodically get back into poling when I can….so don’t give up…..it may take awhile and take some adjustments, but doing different moves or floor work for the time being is also an option. You don’t want to overdo it and not be able to go back at all

[lisakristin]

I know the post is old, but is your pole still available?

[lisakristin]

sold! 😀

want to send me a message me whenever you want to talk about it? 305.562.2297 We can brainstorm on easiest way to ship. I’m in no rush to get it ((waited this long, whats a little while longer, LOL))

I’m in South Florida.

[lisakristin]

I’m interested. I’ve got an old XPole from around the same time period…. have been wanting to get one since I moved into my house with vaulted ceilings 🙂

How much are you asking, and where are you shipping from?

[lisakristin]

VERY possible…. I haven’t been on my pole in a few years but I’m starting up again now too; things are coming back — muscle memory — just no muscle to support it 😉 🙂

I’m starting out by doing it every-other day for a little bit…I can’t devote much more time right now, and it winds me after a few minutes. Only been at it for a week and my muscles don’t hurt as much

[lisakristin]

Can you call up the company to ask them how to dismantle it? Maybe there is something that you are missing to help loosen it….

[lisakristin]

Congratulations! No advice for you, but just wanted to let you know that I’m in the same boat as you. How many weeks postpartum are you? I’ve got no more core either…but I’m not a beginner, just have no strength at all anymore. 🙁
I plan on getting back into poleing because it was a great workout for me before but it’s hard finding time to try and regain my muscle.

[lisakristin]

I think I’m going to put the pole back up… 😀 I had to take it down because the floor guys were coming, and my mom didn’t want to explain to them why there was a pole in the living room 😀 😀
I really miss it now that I don’t have it available at any given time… I would really like to continue to workout a little bit, I have already gotten so lazy as it is…..

[lisakristin]

Hi Veena! Thanks 🙂 Its all new to me and I’m in the lucky %-tile who doesn’t quite feel it right now… (except on occasion…lol) Makes it very easy to forget about it, until I get hungry–very hungry…. 🙂 Yes, I read about the looser joints, which is why I’ve gotten cautious about a lot of things…..so far, my knee isn’t giving me much problems.

I’m actually not that thrilled with doctors to begin with in general. I come from a family who doesn’t jump to a doc at the first sniffle or scrap — theres gotta be a good valid reason for us to go…. I’m not that familiar with the role of midwife (at least not in modern times)… but I figure that I’ve got a lot of unknowns against me, and a doc in a hospital is the best bet….. My plan when I found out I was preggo was to see if I liked the doc(s) and if I didn’t, I’d just find someone else….sounded good at the time…

[lisakristin]

Hi Runemist, Thanks for your response…. you gotta love conflicting reports from the same doc — supposedly physical therapy would “cure” my knee, but its been 2 years…I have my own theories on what it is, since it never fully heals… ((doc visit 2 –“do your PT, or you need surgery” doc visit 3 — “good thing you’ve been doing your PT, theres no surgery for you”.

I ordered tommie coppers for both knees, and I’ve felt a lot better (for the record, I don’t believe it has healing properties, I believe the compression has done a lot more)….
The times that I have poled recently I have just been altering the moves to not use my right knee… its harder than it sounds, but I don’t pole for very long at a time anyways — my stamina barely makes the 6-7 minutes…lol I’m out of shape! :-/ But I practice a lot of climbing and shoot for my iron X…. and do some other moves that I never got…

I agree with you, that women expect to become sedentary… I believe in keeping up with the routine as long as you are able; within reason of course…. Back in the day they didn’t have ultrasounds & all kinds of tests to do, so they also didn’t travel far either!!!… Now the internet says the best time to travel is the 2nd trimester…..

I will most likely be asking my doc when I see her. i’m sure I’ll get weird looks — got it from my knee doc, lol — but its still 2-3 weeks away…and I’ll be around 12 weeks at that point…First visit, and they didn’t give me much to go on –> go to the ER if you have any issues… very doctorly….. 🙂 But its only a few more weeks left….

[lisakristin]

Hi there, long term SV stalker 🙂 I don’t post that frequently… but I was looking on here a few weeks ago for the same question….

I’m 2.5 months currently, and have always been on and off the pole since my knee injury 2 years ago — the more frequently I poled before, the more my knee hurt.

I’d like to not loose all of my strength and hard work, but am concerned because I don’t see a doc for a few more weeks… 🙁

[lisakristin]

Yea, I still haven't been able to find a name for it, but I know its real…I'll find the pic of the poster I think I saw it on… it just doesn't have any names on it…

 

@chemgoddess1: yea, I like doing weird gemini hangs — I do my regular gemini with only my knee–no shoulder contact…. this one It felt a little unsecure at first when I first got into it, until I realized exactly what i had done…. then i could almost hang there all night… 🙂 

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@Athena30

I'm about 5'6" with freakishly long piano fingers :-p 🙂  and while I can do the 50, i love the 45 more for my inverts… I feel more secure with them… :-p