PoleDreamer
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Thank you LolaSlaytor! That’s so helpful! I’m going to have to try that! 😀
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Thanks so much!
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Thank you 🙂
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Hi, Sorry I didn’t think to clarify! Whoops! I actually have them ripping off my hands. I used to leave them alone, but this issue is getting worse lately :-/
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I am just hoping to file them down a bit. I’ve been poling for years, but lately they’ve become more painful when they rip off on spins, etc. I know a few other polers who file theirs down so they don’t totally rip off with healthy skin attached (sigh). Thanks for the input, though 🙂
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I love my rolfer, and she has discovered and treated issues with my body that my fellow therapists couldn’t find or figure out.
It’s definitely worth a try if you’re thinking about it. I felt a little better even after my first evaluation appt. -
It looks like your hips are too close to the pole when you are placing your knees around the pole, so that you aren’t gripping in the correct place. You want the pole to be in the fatty part of the knee (slightly above the level of the knee, but not where you have to squeeze with your thighs). I’ve had students having the same issue and that was the only reason. I would start with setting the knee position with your knees flexed and *then* standing up from that. If you point your front ankle more, you will get a better lock too–the back of your ankle should hook around the pole. Hope this makes sense?
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One more thing I can add is that you really should be pulling down with that top arm, enough that you feel your shoulderblade pulling down behind your back. This will take a lot of the stress off your bottom hand/wrist. It’s tough to do at first, but I would encourage you to work on it–it makes a huge difference (and also helps with strength for future tricks and spins) 🙂
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From a regular invert, try pulling up on the pole a little with your arms so that your torso is in a bit of an ab crunch position before trying to hook your outside leg. That seems to help students get the right hook. I hope I’m explaining this clearly? 🙂
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What I’ve noticed with a lot of polers that lose a trick, is that they have lost just one little part of the technique that made all of the difference when they first learned it. Like how high your hands are holding, etc. Maybe ask someone or revisit the trick as if you are learning it for the first time? You’d be surprised how much of the detail people forget after they’ve had a trick for awhile. 🙂
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I'd like to also add my rolfing experience. It's completely changed my life! As a therapist, I expected other therapists to help me with my pain/tightness issues. However it wasn't until I finally went to a rolfer that my whole posture, flexibility, and even strength changed dramatically. Rolfers seem to have an incredible insight into body issues, that typical medicine doesn't have. Not to knock my fellow therapists, but I'd highly recommend seeing a rolfer for just about any issue you are dealing with. You'd be amazed at the change in your body! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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I'm still having this issue too. Very frustrating. I can't view any of the videos anymore. It's exhausting having to put in my username and password for every link I click on with this site. 🙁
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I know it takes amazing strength, but I'm getting kind of sick with the Iron X. I've seen it a lot lately in competitions and general dancing videos. Impressive, but I don't think it looks pretty or flows well in a dance (the best professionals that dance with that move still seem to do it more to showcase their crazy strength rather than using it to flow and tell a story). But I'm sure if I could do that move I'd be doing it in every single dance–ha! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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To protect your back I'd strongly recommend not kicking with full force. Rather, do gentle kicks and keep increasing the height as your muscles warm up and loosen up. Also, I'd strongly recommend learning to pull in your abs (to engage the transverse abdominis) to protect your low back. Think along the lines of sucking in your stomach like you're trying to look thin in a bikini, *without* holding your breath. It takes a lot of practice, but it can become second nature the more you work on it. Bonus is that your abs will be a lot stronger as a result.
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Ballistic stretches are those in which you bounce in them–back in the day we used to have to do these in gym class 😉
They are now considered an unsafe way to stretch. Static stretching or controlled dynamic stretching seem to be the preferred way to become more flexible (and remember to hold a stretch at least 30-60 seconds for it to be effective).
Hope that helps
