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Pole accidents?
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i get nauseous on a bus if i’m on it for longer than 2 hrs, a train for longer than 3, and a car if i’m sitting in the backseat. spinny and i DO NOT GET ALONG!
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I’ve only had one major accident. First time trying the jacknife and I lost balance and didn’t catch myself with my legs and landed badly on my arm and hit the cement floor. My upper arm was buggered up for almost 6 months and still occassionaly hurts.
Lesson learned (have a spotter and crash mats).
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Ya’ll are SOOOOOOO wonderful!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif
Thank you so much for the info, and keep it coming! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif
Mindy
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I havent had any serious accidents yet. One of my many attempts to invert, I got up there but slid down to face and came down head first. I was doing a handstand mount didnt land back down with my feet but with my bum instead and bounced backwards a few. Gotta admit that was kinda cool, felt like I was a skipping rock. And with my weight you would never think I could do that. I was also working on my split grip and something didnt feel right and then my rotator cuff started to bug me. But Ive been conditioning my rotators to help.
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I really do not think you can over do teaching conditioning of the shoulders. My right shoulder is pretty messed up and once it starts to feel better I overdo something and it starts up again.
I would also suggest finding a really good massage therapist in the area who would consider exchanging discounts for advertising at the studio.
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Hi all!
Soo, I’m wondering if anyone else gets serious shin burns from climbing? Am i doing something wrong? My right shin is in a constant bruised state and just recently, the skin opened and it was bleeding all over my pole. Kinda gross.
I also get a burn on my right inner wrist from doing certian spins. -
https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_eek.gif After reading all of this, first thing on my wish list is a pole mat!
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three words: ROTATOR CUFF EXERCISES.
They are a must. Good spotting technique and mats are good to have for more advanced classes where you can’t watch everyone at once.
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This is purely personal experience – the main injuries I had were 2 cracked ribs and a pretty bad case of tendonitis in my right wrist.
The ribs came because I was dead set on doing the chopper when I didn’t have the strength for it, so when I couldn’t hold it I crashed into the side of the pole.
Tendonitis came when I was obsessed about transitioning into reverse grab – this twists your wrists pretty bad and I had chronic pain for about half a year.So, if you teach try to stop over-enthusiastic people from learning tricks that are too advanced for them! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
Also, if I teach invert-y stuff or CAR/CKR, I keep my hands near the back of the head of people so if they slip/fall they won’t have head injuries.
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well, I was teaching and there were only three students in class…We decided to do "one last song" and as the girls were starting to dance( just strolls and some basic spins) a pole came down and fell across the room and the ceiling plate sliced my poor student from temple to ear….a lot of blood, ambulence, incident report…she went to the hospital and ended up taking quite a bit of time off work….
It was awful. I was not good at dealing with the injury and I’ve had a LOT of training as I previously worked at heights and was in danger of falling and getting injured as part of my job…I had done three classes in a row and the poles were not installed properly (teaching OUT of my regular studio at a community centre)so one came loose after over 3 hours of use…
It is not something that is very likely to happen but it happened to me!!! I made a lot of noise about safety after that and trust me some people I work for did not like it! But I’ll never, ever forget seeing MY student slumped on the floor and bleeding from the head!
so at the end of the day you legally can refuse to work in an unsafe situation : for you or your students.
check the set up, be aware, have students work in pairs for advanced moves if you can’t spot all of them, teach ways to get out of moves and…don’t teach inverts if students can’t hold in an inverted V/ chopper…
good luck! It’s actually well worth the trouble as there is nothing so wonderful as seeing the joy on a students’ face as they "get" a move or let go and just dance around their pole
xoAlex
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I have only had one fall…..I was too confident with my caterpillar once when I had just begun poling and was at the top of my pole and fell flat on my back! I was ok but surprised. Once I had my permanent pole fall down with me at the top too….I was up right thankfully so I was able to jump off, I even managed to catch the pole!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cat.gif
I had my first pole related boo boo last week…..I DIDN’T WARM UP!!!! Hurt my good arm….I’m fine now. It was my fault, but I was angry and just kinda hoped on the pole…bad idea. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_safesex.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_safesex.gif
My safety tips…..
ALWAYS WARM UP
ALWAYS USE A MAT OR SPOTTER FOR NEW MOVES
KNOW YOUR LIMITS
DON’T DRINK ALCOHOL AND POLE
CHECK YOUR POLE BEFORE EACH USE….EVEN THE PERMANENT ONES.
DON’T OVER DO THE SPLIT GRIPS AND TWISTED GRIPS!!!!!!!If you want some exercises to help with forearm troubles check out the new line up of strength and stretching for the forearms. More to come! http://ver3.studioveena.com/lessons/view/3132" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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well said Veena, that’s perfect advice!
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broken toes (same toe, 2 weeks apart, same move and teaching the same class – the second time was telling them how not to break the toe)
Shoulder impingement from not being taught correct technique when I started. Nights of waking up in tears from the pain has been my lesson.
I am the queen of the loose x-pole – I’ll bring it down if it’s loose!!
Stages that aren’t firm will also loosen your pole – fell on my back doing that.
Jumping at the pole when doing a mermaid / martini spin (bruised foo foo’s aren’t nice)
ummmm, don’t come out of a layback into a handstand if you can’t do handstands.
watch heels when sticking legs out (slashed another students leg one day, 1cm deep by 7cm long)I am a klutz and do get clumsy. But it makes me human!
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I am a walking pole accident and am a very naughty girl.
Gash my legs with my heels regularly.
Often cut my thighs up on my nails doing cradle spins and holds, hero and chopper foldouts.
I always burn and bruise my feet foot hooking, doing floor work and the splits.
I stub my toes on the pole, my wall at home and the furniture when I am and when I am not poling… lol
I bruise (but not hurt) when I fall on my hip or shoulder or land on my back or something rather often coming out of a trick sloppily or failing one (I don’t use a spotter or mats unless they make me in class or at home if I am learning a drop, something very new with very little contact or just feel super not confident).
I’ve torn a hamstring doing fan kicks to drop splits too enthusiastically – my bones crunched my hammy and surrounding muscle into the floor when it didn’t shift out of the way quickly enough. That leg is now my strong and flexy leg thanks to physio. Just pulled (not ruptured, thank god) the hammy of my other leg not warming up enough before doing downward banana splits on my weak split side. I was also stupidly pushing myself too far and showing off in studio practice time yesterday. Idiot! You’ve torn a hammy once, you should know better, right?! In the same practice one of my booboos broke and bled all over the pole. Cleaned up properly and had to break out the paper tape and tape up every single spot or scratch that might break open… I was covered in white…looked gorgeous!
Nearly pulled a shoulder out doing a jamilla to butterfly on my strong jamilla side but didn’t realise it was my gumbi butterfly side until I was in pain. Now carefully training both sides before I go for this move seriously again. I echo: DO BOTH SIDES!
I continue to pole with injuries if they’re soft tissue, I’m just more careful and certainly won’t do things that pull or push on the injured area so it hurts. However, I have been pushing too far and too fast for the last few weeks, so it’s now time for pole rehab: No more ‘pole or die’ every single day…I must rest my body with strictly no pole, deep stretching or acrobatics one day a week, no more extra intensive pole sessions if I’ve already had class that day (maybe a short low level practice, but no pushing), no more than 3 hours of hard practice at a time! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cry.gif
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I am a walking pole accident and am a very naughty girl.
THANK YOU for this post!!! It sounds like you push yourself hard, and you don’t think about caution, because you are so into what you are doing. Makes you an amazing dancer — but with the cost of more accidents. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
That means you know the real consequences of things. Ooooo! The hamstring one makes me cringe!!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_eek.gif
But now I know not to do that!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gifYou’re too fun!
Mindy
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