[Tamberry]

Amazing idea!! Thanks Veena.

[Tamberry]

Gemini – there is something about that knee grip….actually anything that involves me gripping with my knee pit is my bug bear for now. I’m not sure why but the moment I do it, I feel like “nope, I not gripping enough and if I am in position I start sliding down the pole.

[Tamberry]

Firstly thank you ladies for your responses your advice is greatly appreciated. The aim was a straddle shoulder mount however I think you are both right, there was nothing wrong with ending up in a crucifix.

Lolaslaytor – I was using momentum rather than my core. I have found the lesson that relates to shoulder mounts so I will watch it and determine whether I am ready. But I will try out your method of doing the exercise in reverse this sounds like a good starting point 🙂

Veena – I am new to both shoulder mounts and handstands but have worked on elbow stands. I am a perfectionist but also advocate for listening to my body and knowing my limits. So, I will go back to elbow stands and continue to work on my strength in order to perfect these advance moves.

I have been doing pole for nearly a year and a half but stopped for a time due to left hip strain, which was brought on by rollerskating, gym, pole and a lack of stretching (covers eyes). The classes I do are intermediate/advance but I consider myself intermediate. I love my pole classes but you have to do additional work to prepare and train your body for pole due to time limits this is not something you can do in an hour pole class. I now have a pole at home and having stumbled across Veena on youtube I signed up to the lessons and have started with ‘Take off’ and am working my way through the lessons in order. Which has been a great help for the some of the new moves nearly we do in class I ask “what are the points of contact” -thanks Veena 🙂

[Tamberry]

I too had a similar injury. It takes a couple of months, I stopped doing pole and cut down on the gym to give it a rest. It got much better but recently it’s started to hurt again but that is due to me overworking. I found regular light stretching, using the foam roller helped to improve things, consistency is the key so stick with what you are doing and you should begin to see an improvement. Wishing you better.