tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858792371551506749.post3435406554234249165..comments2024-03-23T07:23:38.950-07:00Comments on Confessions of a Twirly Girl: Pole Moves: Using Twisted Griplolorashelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05529819162056380086noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858792371551506749.post-76550508541936589242013-03-26T14:54:59.636-07:002013-03-26T14:54:59.636-07:00This is a move that one of our students learned to...This is a move that one of our students learned too quickly without proper instruction...she was extremely strong, and picked up moves very fast, because she muscled into them. Unfortunately the instructor at the time was overly zealous in getting her to compete teaching her very advanced moves in a very short amount of time. Her body was not able to adapt to the progression of different strains on her body. Needless to say she has been dealing with continuous injuries and is rarely able to pole due to nerve damage in her arms. Some problems do not go away. Make sure you progress in a smart manner. Just because you are strong does not mean your body is adapted to these new moves. You can muscle into a move with strength, but if you are not positioned right you are straining something...and you will pay later.Belhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02513384193024856276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858792371551506749.post-71868646111173367072013-03-26T13:06:07.909-07:002013-03-26T13:06:07.909-07:00I have had strain on my wrists and forearms in the...I have had strain on my wrists and forearms in the past since starting pole. It is with a lot of strength training, stretching and listening to my body that I have been able to prevent these isolated injuries from turning into a chronic condition. Now I almost never have any problems when poling! My skill level is no where near twisted grip moves so I have not tried them yet. If I do get to that level one day I will be taking the consideration of ensuring to tred carefully and listen to my body. One thing about pole is that every move is not meant for every body. As all bodies are different. I may not be able to do twisted grip moves since it may put my forearms at risk. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06382052667939487695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858792371551506749.post-38045087487501155502013-03-26T10:52:15.869-07:002013-03-26T10:52:15.869-07:00guuuuuurl...I always say I'd be inverting alre...guuuuuurl...I always say I'd be inverting already if I didn't love cake so much. :-)lolorashelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05529819162056380086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858792371551506749.post-48582497433589350592013-03-26T10:48:15.598-07:002013-03-26T10:48:15.598-07:00I've been doing TG for about a year or so, and...I've been doing TG for about a year or so, and when we began learning, we took it slow - our teachers would simply get us into what we call the manual position (coming in from a pixie invert), keeping our ankles on the pole while being spotted, so we could feel the weight and get the positioning right. I'm now able to do TG aerial to a limited degree - some days are better than others for me to hold my ayesha and pencil - but I had a LOT of wrist issues when I started. I'm a little heavy for my height - about 5'6" and 160lbs - and my body does work a little harder to stabilize my aerial because of it. I also had a wrist injury outside of pole that has compromised my ability to do TG from a manual position. The odd thing is that, when I was first doing the handspring, it killed my wrist so much that I would have to keep it wrapped outside of class. After the injury, I can now do my handspring from the ground and not have pain in my wrist while doing it, but most of the time, I can no longer go into my regular TG grip from manual without a) pain and b) real fear that I will fall. I haven't had the opportunity to learn elbow or true grips yet, but would love to try them, as I'm not sure that TG will end up being good for my wrist as I continue with advancing. It'd probably also help if I lost 15lbs, but hey, I like cookies. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com