[angelmugler1992]

Oh and I did take a look at the heels program – it looks like just the thing I need to do, once my PT oks it haha

[angelmugler1992]

Wow, it sounds like you can definitely relate to the frustration! Funny that you mention relaxin – I’m a massage therapist, and I had a postpartum client come in yesterday for a massage.. She told me she kept dislocating her ribs and was having all sorts of pain in her hips since giving birth. All of her joints had a crazy amount of range of motion that she said was not the case before getting pregnant. There is such a lack of research on chronic conditions that mainly affect women – I hope this changes and I hope you’re right about menopause bringing some relief.

[angelmugler1992]

Thank you for such a helpful response! I have hypermobility and I seem to get injured quite often. I think I will take your advice and try to learn some floor work while build my strength back up. I noticed after I got my pleasers, my foot started hurting really badly and my ankles were super wobbly trying to do anything in them. My PT is helping a bit so far.

[angelmugler1992]

Hi Veena,

Yes my wrists are feeling nearly pain-free now! I took a full week off from pole, and have been doing a lot of strengthening exercises for my forearms and rotator cuffs in the meantime.

However, I still feel like I must be doing something wrong with my pole holds, idk if its my grip or arm positioning but today was my first day back into practicing and I still don’t feel confident about it.

I uploaded a video that I recorded today of me practicing the pole holds: https://youtu.be/QebjhZS5Oqo

Would you be able to give me some more pointers?

youtu.be

pole hold footage september 2024

pole hold footage september 2024

[angelmugler1992]

This is super helpful! I think I was doing a cup grip and wrapping my wrists around too much. I didn’t realize my fingers were supposed to be spread out either… I’m going to have to rest my arms a bit but I will try this when I’m ready and let you know. Thank you Veena!!

[angelmugler1992]

Hi Veena, sorry for the poor camera angle – next time I film I’m going to make sure I get more of the arms/wrists in view.

I have never had pain in this area before, and I think the overgripping sounds right. I have really long arms/limbs, and learning the pole hold move has been a challenge because I wasn’t sure about my hand/arm positioning, at times it feels like I’m wrapping my arms around the pole too much. Any time my feet leave the ground I’ve noticed that I tend to use my grip excessively, maybe it’s a fear thing?

[angelmugler1992]

Here’s a video of the pole holds I was trying to do about a week ago, before the pain set in:

https://www.reddit.com/r/poledancing/comments/1evprsi/really_bad_forearm_pain_when_i_try_to_do_a_pole/

I don’t think I could even try to film one today because the pain prevents me from doing even 1 second of a pole hold.

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[angelmugler1992]

How would I upload a video to the site?