angelmugler1992
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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?
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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!!
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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?
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Here’s a video of the pole holds I was trying to do about a week ago, before the pain set in:
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.
Really bad forearm pain when I try to do a pole hold
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How would I upload a video to the site?