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Swelling on top of foot from doing pole climbs
I've been taking pole dance lessons for about five months and always have problem doing the basic pole climb. The top of foot always get bruised up and finally it swelled up (I could see the bump like a huge marble) after the end of last night's class. Am I doing it wrong? Should I put more pressure on the inside of knee when I do more then one climbs? I still need to build up my upper body strength so I sort of put pressure on top of my foot. The swelling went down but it's still black and blue and still hurts. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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It's normal to rely too much on the foot when first learning however, as you mentioned, try to focus on pressing into the pole with the inside of the knee and use the front of the shin to climb as well. You should also be using the upper body a lot when doing a basic climb. To aviod over using the foot try climbing with the foot pointed, it's challenging but will help you feel how to use the legs more. Keep in mind there are several methods for climbing though!
The performance climb allows you to use the inside of the knees more then a basic pole climb. Here is the lesson for the perfomance climb https://www.studioveena.com/lessons/view/50fd8f5a-d024-4cbb-a4df-74830ac37250
and here's another, the x ankle climb https://www.studioveena.com/lessons/view/f7c4b0ac-b91e-11df-856f-001b214581be
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I was just looking at your videos of different climbs and I'll try the performance climb next time. It looks something that I feel more comfortable with. I hope it's healed by my next lesson. Thanks again, Veena!
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If I do certain moves, this happens to me too. Especially Bow and Arrow and if I climb a ton during a practice session. Part of it is that you get hot and your blood pressure increases as you exercise. These things make your veins bulge. I have big veins and being right at the surface of your foot causes the pressure from grabbing the pole to basically damage them and bruise. For the Bow and Arrow or Remi, there's nothing to be done, the foot must grip. But Veena offered a good suggestion. There are different ways to climb to put let pressure on the foot. Good luck.
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Thanks, Megan. It helps to know what's going on. My next pole practice is in 4 days and the class is the next day. I just hope I won't overwork my poor footsie.
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