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Poling, pain & fibro ?
And I'm not talking about the "Roxy spin ? Yeah..no my leg doesn't naturally bend that way" or "OMG…$@%# Superman hurts !!!" pain….What I'm finding is its the little things….like in an INTRO to pole class that I was helping to teach last night that things like hooking my knee around the pole and throwing my head back hurts….floor work hurts…no matter how much I stretch or warm up first – I always feel so stiff and will get random twinges of pain in my neck or back. It doesn't seem to bother me when I am poling at an advanced level – or maybe that is just because the focus, adrenaline and that lovely "I think my skin is going to peel off" pain is a distraction ? I'm ok when I'm moving and active – its when I stop or slow down that the pain starts. (Like right now sitting and typing, the pain in between my shoulders and upper back is killing me, regardless of how I try sitting but when I'm done I'll be playing with the kids, doing house chores and be relatively ok)
I have pretty bad scoliosis but I have noticed that since I've been poling and really focusing on my core strength my back pain is getting better, although it never totally goes away. The pain in the rest of my body seems to be getting worse. I was wondering about fibro – and my midwife thinks it is likely but I'm putting off going to another doctor about any of this because I'm afraid of what I will be told….I am determined that I will not give up pole – it is such a positive thing in my life that I know if I have to stop things will get worse because I will just be mentally miserable.
I stretch, use heat, epsom baths, go to the chiropractor…I don't take anything like Tylenol or Advil because honestly it doesn't do a damn thing and I don't really want a prescription and get hooked on pain pills or be taking something that makes me a bit foggy since I have 2 young children that need my full attention.
As common as fibro and other pain/neurological disorders are I'm sure there are other people trying to pole with these conditions…..What is your story ? How do you handle it or what do you do about it ?
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My mom has fibro. She has said that streching helps her, and staying away from the computer. I think she may have mentioned that menopause might be making hers worse.
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i have /had fibromyalgia ,i say had as since i started poling 3 years ago i only get mild flare ups due to the weather n the odd bizare sympton now n then .i moved like an 80 year old for a long time before getting diagnosed .my reuamatoligist (sp) advised yoga ….welllll for me pole worked better lol i also have hypermobile joint syndrome so building up muscle strentgh has really helped with everything and i have scoliosiss aswell .i was given so many meds alll made me gain weight n that just made me feel even more sluggish n one spaced me right out n i didnt like it so stopped taking them ,when my ex left me is when i started pole n i started knowing that id prob find it to painfull to even grip the pole(i couldnt hold a hairdryer cus id get the shakes) anyways it was either the pole that helped oorrrrrrrr the ex was causing my problems lol my only advise would be know your limits on bad days just step away from everything you find tricky cus i found the more i struggled the more i felt crap inside iv no adivse for the pain when u finally do settle down in the day cus that was one thing that really got me esp at bedtimes i couldnt sleep n then i cus id not slept the pains were worse .this isnt really any help is it ?but i dont have tips really cus it did just seems to settle down the more i got into pole xxxxx
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Lasenzagirl – ssoooooo what youre saying is suck it up because it gets better ? LOL https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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haha just dont fight it learn to work with it instead of against it 🙂 i always wondered if it was fibro tho cus symptoms can be so varied and some so similar to other conditions but after battling for a referal to get diagnosed i was just happy to have a name for it cus i think people thought i was a moaner xxxxxx ps the fibro fog dont get better tho ….i always blame my bad spelling on that lol
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