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Bone on bone unfortunately means eventual surgery in my experience with clients. However, I still highly recommend Pilates in preparation. You want to keep your Quads strong, particularly the VMO. Core work will help you even more. The good news is that a knee replacement surgery is relatively “easy” these days, and being young, healthy and fit will make for a speedier recovery. Shots buy you some time and are a temporary fix. I’ve worked with post op knee rehabilitation and the results are amazing. No more pan, full range of motion!
Hot Flashes suck. The only other thing I’ve heard women doing is bio identical hormones. I haven’t explored this, but will be soon since I am also experiencing big time night sweats. Exploring the natural remedies might help too!
Best of luck!!!!!!!!! Lmk what you find out!
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What’s the diagnosis? Try a STOTT certified pilates studio, with someone who has rehab experience. It depends on what is wrong with the knee. At any rate, strengthening all the muscles surrounding the knee will help keep the leg strong and prepare for a surgery if needed. The recovery will be easier if you have to take this route. If no surgery is needed, pilates can help with alignment issues and sometimes reverse the problem. Hope this is helpful. I am 44 myself and most of my clients are 50 plus. Unfortunately, we need to adjust our workouts as we age, particularly with high impact activities. 🙁
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I have always followed my passions, majoring in French (of all things), working for nonprofits, getting pilates and personal trainer certified, chasing my dance dreams, owning a pilates and then a pole and aerial studio, getting paid to perform with different circus groups, and competing my guts out to place a few times. However, none of this has been easy or comfortable, and has been incredibly stressful and exhausting at times. I am now 44 years old and still teaching, but I am not as financially secure as someone else my age who decided to stick with the tried and true.
Would I have traded any of this so my IRA could be bigger, so I could travel the world in style, own a huge house and a high end car? Absolutely not! My life experience is so much richer for it and my clients love my stories. I could never have lived my life behind a desk. As Veena said though, you have to give up a lot! You won’t have a steady paycheck and sometimes cable, eating out and vacations just simply can’t happen. You need to embrace living simply. Still to this day though, I find my joy and happiness in movement and dance and educating others to enjoy their bodies, the only thing you ever truly own.
I am starting to look for salaried work again since I am growing older and desire more security at this point. In your 20s however, you have plenty of time to explore, change direction and become as many different things as you desire. The evolution never ends! Best of luck and I hope you find what you’re looking for!
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I am NASM CPT and CES certified. I use neither. What was most useful to me was STOTT pilates certification. I use it every day with private and group clientele as well as in every pole and aerial class I teach. It’s intense, but well worth it, and has been lucrative for me! Best of luck!!!!!!
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It’s regular with a 45 pole. Happy to drive it to Tampa 🙂
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$400 OBO
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Pole and Aerial Fitness of Southwest Florida in Bonita Springs (just south of Fort Myers). I teach Monday and Wednesday nights!
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And saw your post about location. I would never recommend renting in a “rough” area. Mine was in a bad section of town (great rent, high ceilings). We were broken into twice, had to dodge a lot of drug addicts, and always left in groups at night. Not worth it.
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I’d recommend using Fridays for parties instead of classes 🙂
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I was a studio owner for 5 years. Groupon will get your name out there, but don’t expect a huge return. Many will buy the coupon, but never show up. Be very careful of Yelp. They filter your good reviews, but will broadcast any bad review you may get, and they will not take it down. Best marketing I did was my website and a heavy presence on Facebook. I also did a lot of community events, produced and directed several pole/aerial/burlesque shows, competed, and performed locally to draw people into the studio. Workshops were ok, but don’t expect to make any money on them. It will all go to the guest instructor.
I started at a girls’ night out party. Out of 20 who attended, only 3 of us continued with pole and committed to classes. Parties are big money makers, so that is also an ideal way to market, and maybe you will get a few committed students from them.
Best of luck!!!!! It’s a lot of hard work, but also fulfilling and creative!!!!
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This happens to me as well in this move only. The closed placement of the arms shuts off the secondary respiratory muscles in some people (scalenes). People with thoracic outlet syndrome have the same response. I now only do my “iguana” as a one arm press instead, strong arm on the pole, other hand on the floor. It took a while to condition my strength, but no more stars! Hope this helps!!!! 🙂
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Yeah!!!!! 43 here! Still competing and performing almost every week!! Love it! Glad to know that there are so many others out there!!!
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And both SANCA and Emerald City Trapeze are excellent choices for aerial arts! I’ve attended both for private lessons!
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And both SANCA and Emerald City Trapeze are excellent choices for aerial arts! I’ve attended both for private lessons!
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If anyone needs to stay IN Seattle, I recommend Divine Movement. They focus on the dancing and have turned out some amazing and elegant performers.