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Thanks Rose! What size did you get in the iron x top?
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Can anyone who is large up top chime in on their bras? I saw a girl in my class wearing the Iron X bra and it looks like it would be good for busty ladies, but I am worried about it being too tight or loose. I'm a 34DD cup.
And for reference, I wear an XL top at Mika. (I usually wear M in other sports bras so the band fits, but my boobs get sooo squished.)
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So, I am still on crutches recovering from the surgery Cinara is talking about, arthoscopic hip surgery to repair a torn labrum (the cartilage in the hip joint) and shave the bone. The symptoms are exactly what you're describing. In many cases, including mine, it's made more likely by FAI (a deformation of the hip socket — bone spurs or impingement) that means if you move through extremes of motion, there is extra pressure on the hip socket lining.
I tore my cartilage doing a "swim" through straddle splits a la the Bespun ladies … think of Alethea's move through the middle splits. Afterward, lifted V, or a V on the floor where you push your torso down toward the legs, are the ones that really hurt me.
Not to worry though — I had discomfort, catching, and a "popping" feeling in my hips long before I tore the cartilage. These were frustrating but minor and always went away with rest, ice, and ibuprofen. The doctor thinks the pop was from a tight psoas muscle but also suspects I've always been able to slightly dislocate the hip. Before the cartilage tear, I made good progress reducing the hip pain by strengthening and stretching hip flexors, glutes, and quads.
I would only worry if:
a) your pain is so bad that it begins to interfere with your workout schedule or your life, and it doesn't go away after rest, ice, and NSAIDs
b) the pain is worse than it used to be, and/or there was a memorable incident where something "popped" or hurt in your hip in a big way
There are a couple steps toward finding out what is wrong with your hip. If your doctor can't diagnose you just by moving the leg around, the very first step is an xray. It's painless and it takes 10 minutes. If I had done this years ago, I would have known about the impingement, and I wouldn't have torn the cartilage. If your doctor wants to send you for an xray, GO!
Unless your doctor thinks you have a labral tear, you won't have to do any of the other scary stuff (MRI arthrograms). Hip surgery is not for wimps, it pretty much sucks. If it does get to that point, feel free to ask me any questions about the process, nothing is too weird.
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Circus Warehouse in NYC has 2 Chinese pole instructors and offers weekly classes — I spoke to them last time I was in town. I wasn't able to fit a private into my schedule, but I'm looking forward to checking it out in the future. http://circuswarehouse.com
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Every place I've taught (small studios which taught only pole) I came looking nice and neat but wearing workout clothing with pole gear underneath, and I have ALWAYS had to dance. It would have been very awkward if I had showed up in my regular interview gear (suit, heels, nylons, etc). I've also never needed a formal resume. I can see wearing business dress to interview for personal training at a large gym — the kind of place that has secretaries and an HR department — but not for example at a small yoga studio, or a small pole studio. Hope that helps!
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As extreme as this sounds, I urge you to see a doctor. The worst they will tell you is that it’s fine. I worked/rested/iced through pain I thought was a groin pull for six months; turns out, it was a rip in the hip cartilage I’m having surgery for next week. My first doctor (when I finally went to see one) diagnosed me in five minutes. They won’t all tell you to rest and take ibuprofen. Get it checked out!
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As extreme as this sounds, I urge you to see a doctor. The worst they will tell you is that it’s fine. I worked/rested/iced through pain I thought was a groin pull for six months; turns out, it was a rip in the hip cartilage I’m having surgery for next week. My first doctor (when I finally went to see one) diagnosed me in five minutes. They won’t all tell you to rest and take ibuprofen. Get it checked out!
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The trick (on the floor at least) is to place your bottom foot with the toes on the ground and heel on the pole. This lets you tip over, otherwise, you're limited by calf flexibility. Good luck!
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They have one of these at Simply Circus in Newton MA! It's metal, not neoprene wrapped. They call it an "aerial pole". I know chimponaut has used it, maybe she will chime in
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I've only known one of my friends who had Implanon and she had it in her outer arm, not the inner arm where you do a Teddy/Gemini. I don't know if she asked for it there specifically, because she was a pole dancer too … but it worked fine! I never noticed she had it until she pointed it out.
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I want to see too, but try watching emotioncatcher's video above in the meantime. It's not a carousel into SM, but it shows the concept of turning into a forward spin to get your shoulder on the pole. The one you want to watch is the "High 5" at 0:50. She does this combo:
Reverse grab (with a straddle)
Chair spin
Back knee hook. To get from chair spin to reverse hook, she "turns in" her free shoulder to the pole to reverse the direction of her torso. That's the key!
SM.
The reverse hook into SM is the same idea as going into figurehead and from there into aerial SM.
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amy I just got so excited I tried your Carousel mount /SM (despite being ordered off the pole by my doc, haha). Are we talking about the same thing? I do this as parts of combos all the time but usually I turn in to my underarm/forearm grip and aerial invert. That's what I did except I turned even further onto the shoulder and cupped … it worked and it really fun!!! I can't believe I never thought of this.
I've done the SM from reverse grab a handful of times, but it feels like it's gonna rip my shoulder off … one of the worst-feeling things I've ever tried. I have been banging my head trying to find a cool spinning way to shoulder mount.
OK … More more more!! Give me another one
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You poor thing
Especially after you just had a BA! I am going through the exact same thing, but in my hip. My doctor didn't call it a SLAP tear, maybe because that's a term more used in the shoulder, but it's a complete tear of the labrum (the diagnosis said "complete detachment tear of the anterio-superior labrum"). It was a tough decision for me because I will be on crutches and my only exercise options will be swimming with leg floats, but my doctor was clear it's my only real option. I do have a student in my advanced classes who is a gymnast and had this surgery on her shoulder. She regained full range of motion and strength and she can perform handsprings, etc, but she still gets pain in her shoulder and blames it on rushing her recovery. She told me NOT to rush back into activity because of impatience, and that's what I will tell you! (And myself …)
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So I teach this all the time … everyone seems to love the superman drop. The beauty of this drop is that you can try it slowly and still keep total control the whole way.
1) Go into Superman. Notice which one is your free hand! Remember it
2) Keep holding with the top hand. Take your free hand and hold the pole below you.
3) With BOTH hands still holding the pole (you may need to slide them down as you go) pike forward, or bend forward at the waist. Squeeze your thighs as tightly as in a CAR to help support you. Don't let go with your hands!! You are aiming to get the underarm of your free (bottom) hand around the pole. You can do the whole transition slowly and with control, holding on with both thighs and both hands the whole time. Squeeze hard with your thighs and go slowly. Once you reach the bottom, the final position is a pike hip hold.
4) Bonus round!! Finally — two options
– in this video, she bends her knees as she comes down, so instead of coming into a pike hip hold, she does a tuck hip hold. I would practice my way first because it involves less overall movement, but hers is not any harder.
– Traditional superman drop: Once I come into the pike hip hold, I transition into scorpio.
Don't be upset that the superman drop scares you …. Fear is a wonderful warning sign from your body that you're not ready, either mentally or physically. Embrace it, it keeps you from dying
Once you master doing Superman transitions slowly, you can feel confident enough about where your body is going to try the transition faster and faster and use your momentum to "drop". Eventually, you can dive your free hand past the pole without grabbing it. YOu'll be there before you know it -
Wow … just found this topic. Sorry to hear from all you ladies but glad I'm not alone!! Mine is my left hip. I just got back from a hip arthogram/MRI — my doctor suspects a torn labrum. I also injured myself through overzealous stretching in a flexibility class (in my case, doing a "swim" or roll forward through straddle splits). I figured it was a groin pull, treated it like any other muscle pull and continued training, while it got worse and worse. I kept teaching classes, including stretching, and even went to yoga and contortion classes. By the end I had a severely reduced range of motion and whenever I would turn out and lift the leg, I experienced SHARP pain in the hip. At this point, it's always a dull ache. I have trouble sitting at work and sometimes even lying down. Hopefully hearing back from the arthrogram tomorrow!!
Oh and @Rumenist: My pain is in exactly the positions you describe. The "butterfly" stretch (feet together, knees apart) is fine. If I stand with wide feet or sit in a straddle and lower my chest, that's when the pain happens. I have some discomfort in the left front splits too (my bad hip). I really think you should see a doctor.