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Short leg scorpio pain
hello,
I need some advice on my short leg scorpio. I can do the long leg variation without a problem. With the short leg variation, I feel like the pole is going to rip off my inner thigh skin most of the time. I can visually seek the my skin wrinkling due to the friction and have many bruises. I carry my weight in my thighs so the wrinkles happens with other moves but it isn't painful. It is much worse than the pain I had with the gemini or superman. On the gemini and superman if you tighten your muscles it is less painful. Can this be done to make the short leg scorpio more comfortable? If so should I concentrate on shortening the thigh muscle or pressing the thigh into the pole? Any other suggestion would be helpful. I will keep on trying to work on it so my skin will toughen up. Thank you in advance.
On a happy note I finally got my side v to superman!
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11 Replies
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Ummm…short leg vs long leg? And the inner pain is just what it is. I can say that it does get better, but I can also say that with having been off the pole for about 2 months and then going back to it my inside legs hang hurts like a mother!
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I have to say that the Scorpio is one of my least favorite tricks for this very reason. I'm the same way. The long one is fine, but that short one!! Yikes!The Flatline Scorpio is even worse. I am curious to see if anyone has tips for this, because I haven't found one yet. I usually just grin and bear it…. Yay on your Side V to Superman!!
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I am assuming that the long vs short is ankle on the pole, more extended leg vs no ankle on the pole? In the "short" version you HAVE to be in the pocket, and by the "pocket" you have to have the pole in that fleshy side section between your hip bone and your rib cage. If it is riding at all on your rib cage that means most of the "stick" is on your inner thigh. If it is in the "pocket" the stick is dispersed between your side and your thigh.
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Pretty much Chemmie. In the long one you have your whole calf and ankle on the pole so it helps takes some of the pressure off the inner thigh. With short, your knee is bent more so the thigh and ankle are on it putting more pressure on the thigh.
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I have a ?…I have probs with the short version too…but it’s the outside of the lower leg that hurts on me…it is slightly less if I Doris flex my foot…which looks horrible. Any suggestions?
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As in where the pole hits your outer shin? I woudl need to try this when I get home, but have you tried twisting/bending your torso just a bit? The main points really should be inner thigh and side but if you are getting pain in the outer leg that tells me you have too much pressure pushing outwards trying to keep you on the pole.
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Bend the torso away from the pole? Or wrap it around more? I agree…too much pressure on outer shin the way I am doing now
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I am going to go play in a little bit and will report back. I would think bend the torso into the pole to take more pressure in your side.
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Makes sense..practiced a little..seemed a little better…have to watch the vid to see if it looks any better..sometimes I’m like …”that was so cool” and then watch the vid and say “I’m such a dork”
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For me it was better when I concentrated on really laying back. The twisting a bit just made my thigh hurt even more. But I can also see that if you are not extending the back and are still crunched a bit the pain in both the outer shin and inner thigh is pretty intense.
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Tk Chem…I will work on it more tomorrow
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