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Sick of being injury-ridden, sickness-laden
So I did a search on the forum to see if anything of my sort came up and had no luck…
I apologise in advance for the super long post. -__-”So ever since the start of the Australian Winter (Jun – Aug), I’ve had nothing but physical obstacles stop me from poling and training.
During the beginning of Winter, I had several weeks of muscle soreness and aches as well as feeling fatigued for no reason. These body aches felt like the aches you get when you have the Flu.
So I took 4 x weeks off pole because I just didn’t feel like doing anything in that time because I felt so weak. I’ve never taken so much time off pole due to feeling unwell ever in my over-3 years of poling.
I missed a total of 8 x classes during the 4-week period in which I lost because I had also happened to switch studios during that time too and the studio coordinator at the previous studio refused to honour her agreement with me to do the classes as a catch-up in the following term because I didn’t re-enrolled as a student…
I lost quite a lot of strength during that time too.
So I started going to another studio near my home and a few weeks later, I fell sick with a bad cold. Was sick for over 2 weeks so once again, I missed 2 x weeks of classes (luckily I decided to enroll in just one class to see how I go).Shortly after recovering from my cold, it was drawing close to the end of term and I didn’t want to lose my 2 x missed classes like I had done with the previous term with the 8 x classes…
So guess what I did? 2 weeks ago I managed to do both catch-up classes in the same week as well as my normal class, which resulted in 3 x days straight of poling. It was also during this same week that I had started the Cleo The Hurricane Rockin’ Legs & Abs DVD workout and really pushed myself for about 4 days with just a day’s break in between.
I do recall my boyfriend mentioning that it was too intense for me after taking time off being sick and I should take it easy. I ignored him.Then I wake up last Monday with a sore lower back. Not thinking a whole lot about it, I also had a pole jam at home with a girlfriend. It didn’t take long for me to realise that doing ANY pole move hurt my lower back! Still I kept going until I had enough of the ache.
After our pole jam session, I went out for lunch with my Mum and brother and that’s when I noticed how much worse my back had gotten!!!! It hurt to drive, bend down and reach across….
I was amazed at how much discomfort I was in! And I was meant to have another girlfriend over later that evening to do the Cleo workout with me!!!!
I embarrassedly texted her earlier to say that I had a sore back and may take it a lot more easier when we meet up later…to texting her again to say that I’m in quite a bit of pain and discomfort and wouldn’t be able to do it at all but I was still happy for her to come over and watch her work out by herself…
To which she very sensibly said we will postpone it until I was better because she didn’t want to be a burden on me.So after a week of taking painkillers and 2 x Physio sessions, I am still in the same amount of pain as I was in last week.
I plan on continuing the Physio treatment but I don’t feel that I should be doing any poling, running or intense stretching as I fear that will only make my injury worse.My boyfriend gave me a bit of a “I told you so but you didn’t listen to me!” talk last night. Haha.
In having this talk with him, I came to the realisation that I am more advanced in my poling than I ever have been in my 3 years and I am taking it a lot more seriously (well, trying to!) than I used to by trying to put in more time practising pole and also stretching. Maybe this is what most polers experience too at some point in their journey?
Like I mentioned earlier, I had never had this issue before in the last few years and am only encountering it now for the first time.So the bottom line is this (after my very long rant!)…
I am so sick of being injury-ridden and sickness-laden! It just seems like one thing after another! I try to get the ball rolling by upping my poling and training and some physical ailment gets in my way and I have to take time off.
Has anyone ever been through this?! And how did you cope with this frustration?
I feel so incredibly lonely and frustrated by this as I see everyone else around me pole with no issues.
I feel like I’ve let myself down as well as my pole instructors. ='( -
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Wow, sounds like you've had a really rough time! I'm sorry to hear that you've been sick, and that your back is being mean to you.
I've had my share of issues with sticking to my pole- after 5 years, I still haven't gotten further than a cross knee release, and only recently gotten my basic invert (in the last 6 months or so).
What this sounds like, though, is a series of unfortunate things. From being sick to back pain, I think you've done the right thing in taking it easy and not taxing your body.
Getting over colds and things can be a very long process- I recently had one that lasted about 4 weeks as well. It really sucked!
However, the main reason I reply…
I find that, when getting back into the pole journey after a hiatus of 4 weeks or more, you need to start slowly! The first workout day is going to suck, and you'll probably be sore for a couple of days afterward. It'll be like starting all over again. No strength, no flexibility, tired out really fast and sweating like crazy. That's usually my "first session back!" So, take it slowly in getting back to your workouts, test your strength slowly and see how far along you are. Remember that as you work out, you'll gain quickly at the beginning, through each session. First one will kick your butt, second one will feel a little more normal but less strength, third one you'll probably find yourself improving pretty far, and fourth one and on you'll know what level you're at, and be able to get back into the swing of things.
Be careful with your back. Treat it nice 🙂 You'll be back on the pole in no time!
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