ThePoleStory
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For the love of God. If I wanted to be a part of a community that was going to tell me how to dress right down to the number of centimeters my gluteal folds are permitted to be “exposed”, I would have been a damn gymnast. I would have been been an ice skater. I would have been a swimmer. No, see I became a pole dancer because it gave me freedom- freedom to be who I am in the studio and out, freedom to explore my dance through things like dressing up or down, playing with heels, collars,ties, boots, hoodies and whatever else. Pole is subversive. It’s subversive because it challenges the traditional ideas of what a woman can and cannot be, should and should not do when it comes to her body. When you have a woman who is smart, articulate and perhaps works as an engineer by day (like Nadia Sharif) and then who puts on high heels, and dances out the sexy at night you have a woman who is actively breaking down stereotypes. Why yes, I can be smart and sexy and be public about both. Why no, dancing in high heels on a pole does not make me a dumb, desperate woman. And yes, I am CHOOSING to dance like this, to move like this, to DRESS like this because it pleases me. And I really don’t care what you think. Because what you think is a reflection of your own values and issues. I’m at peace with my choices, and who I am. This is what infuriates me the most about these kinds of “rules” about dress and bodies and exposure. Underlying all of it is a thinly veiled expression of shaming. And shame is what I shed when I started pole dancing. The words “appropriate” and “professional” come up a lot in this thread in reference to clothing. I spend my days working in a place where I have to be appropriate and professional. The last thing I want to do is walk into my studio at the end of the day and get the same rigamarole. As far as getting the mainstream to accept pole I truly don’t think pole will go anywhere if it whitewashes the sexy out of it. Why should we change in order to be taken more seriously? If you change yourself to be accepted by another person, what happens? You lose the respect of that person and you lose your identity. That same dynamic exists on a macro level as well. Yes, pole is athletic and it gets you fit an its beautiful and yes it has many faces. yes competitions and studios need rules for safety among other things. But forcing pole dancers to look or act or present a certain way is just squeezing the very soul right out of pole culture.
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I’m currently at a studio that does not tape its Lyra hoops. This seems dangerous especially since they do not provide resin. Thoughts???
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Yup! It’s on a 24 hour deal!
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So Sorry!
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That right there ladies sounds like a cartilage issue. I had the same thing off and on when I first started to pole. Eventually It tore it and had to get surgery. Things to look for:
Sudden pain with certain movements
Clicking in the shoulder
and yes, pain in the middle of the deltoid.
It becuase on spins we put so much pressure on our shoulders in a forward motion. It's similar to the injuries football players get when they are about to throw and they get tackled by the arm – it forces the shoulder back. But it;s more of a repetitve stress injury for us than it is a traumatic injury.
The best thing you can do is rest, ice and Physical Therpay to build the muscles in the shoulder girdle.
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That right there ladies sounds like a cartilage issue. I had the same thing off and on when I first started to pole. Eventually It tore it and had to get surgery. Things to look for:
Sudden pain with certain movements
Clicking in the shoulder
and yes, pain in the middle of the deltoid.
It becuase on spins we put so much pressure on our shoulders in a forward motion. It's similar to the injuries football players get when they are about to throw and they get tackled by the arm – it forces the shoulder back. But it;s more of a repetitve stress injury for us than it is a traumatic injury.
The best thing you can do is rest, ice and Physical Therpay to build the muscles in the shoulder girdle.
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Cool! See you there VerucaBlue! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif
