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Can’t take a week off, how to avoid aggravating an injury?
Hi everyone! Some background: my cup grip handspring has been coming and going for a few weeks, I’d say my success rate averages out to about half. I also work (at a strip club) three days in a row, and I stupidly thought I would attempt the handspring towards the end of the third day. Failing the first time, I tried again and failed again. I came down pretty hard on my feet, it wasn’t a controlled landing at all. A few days later, in pole class, I deadlifted a shoulder mount from an angle on the floor, but the muscles around my right shoulderblade (my right hand is the one in cup grip during my handspring) felt a bit strained. I did one handspring later in class, but it made that area feel worse, so I stopped and let my instructor know.
My instructor (who is also a chiropractor) said I probably strained the intercostal muscles (muscles between the ribs) on my right side. It’s fairly minor, but I want to be really cautious to make sure it doesn’t get worse, especially since it’s already feeling a bit worse after pole class. I think I’ve actually had this before on my left and it healed, but I’m also doing more risky pole stuff now, so I feel like extra caution is warranted.
He suggested taking a week off of pole. The problem is, I can’t take a week off of pole entirely, since I need my pole skills in my job. Other than avoiding the handspring (obviously), I was thinking I should try to avoid inverts, shoulder mounts, and ayeshas this week. Instead I thought I should do more climbs-into-leg-hangs (as well as Jade), maybe a caterpillar climb, and some gentle spins with my left arm.
Is there anything else I’m missing, or anything I listed that I should avoid? I want to make sure I’m doing this right, it would suck to have to take more time off.
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The list looks good, just make sure that you are careful with climbs too, so you don’t over reach as you climb or lift yourself. I would avoid caterpillar too. Can you focus this week on some killer floor moves?
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