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The Pole Physio Blog
Grips and Holds - The Complete Guide for Pole Dancers: Part One
HAND & UPPER LIMB GRIPS Do you struggle with certain pole grips and wonder why they are harder than others? Do you worry that you may not...
Kristine Slater
Jun 4, 202210 min read
Anatomy of a Brass Monkey Deadlift
Are you ready to boss up your brass monkey? Hell yeh you are! If you haven’t already, head to part 1 of our anatomy of a brass monkey...
Simone Muscat
Apr 2, 20228 min read
Pole Comp Blues
TW: this blog deals includes content with references to depression, anxiety and other related mental health conditions. A reminder that...
Simone Muscat
Mar 19, 20227 min read
Anatomy of a Brass Monkey
As we venture deeper into our pole ninja journey, we start to conquer a few different leg grips on the pole. When we first start out, we...
Simone Muscat
Dec 25, 20215 min read
Running, cycling and pole fitness: Cardio Cross Training for pole
When I returned to my local pole studio after lockdown in 2020, I went from being a once a week attendee at casual classes to full blown...
Caitlin Scott
Dec 11, 20216 min read
When is a Shoulder Injury not a Shoulder Injury?
Are you working on your split grip and finding your shoulder is pinching? Or trying to nail your chair spin and noticing a pulling...
Caitlin Scott
Nov 20, 20216 min read
Warm Ups & Cool Downs: Why you should never miss one!
Warming up isn’t just important for us to get the perfect amount of sweat to grip the pole but it’s also necessary to prepare our muscles...
Julia Vo
Jun 12, 20216 min read
Injury Spotlight - Shoulder Dislocation: What to do when your shoulder is unstable!
There are many different things that can go pop in the shoulder, but I’m talking about something very specific today – shoulder...
Simone Muscat
Jun 5, 20216 min read
Anatomy of an Iron X & Human Flag
A natural follow on from our Ayesha & Handspring series, get ready to delve into the power required to perform this boss move!
Simone Muscat
May 1, 202110 min read
Active vs Passive Flexibility - What's the difference & why does it matter?
Do you spend all of your time working on your passive flexibility? Not sure why active flexibility is important for a poler to work on?
Julia Vo
Apr 17, 20218 min read
'Good' vs 'Bad' Pain - Identifying the difference after a pole class
Learn all about the difference between DOMS & injury related pain, and how to identify them both in our latest blog
Simone Muscat
Apr 10, 20219 min read
Imaging - Why I discourage scans*
Have you injured yourself at pole? Before rushing to your GP for a scan, check out this blog to learn why they may not be as helpful as we o
Simone Muscat
Apr 2, 202113 min read
Injury Spotlight - Rotator Cuff Tears
The Rotator Cuff The rotator cuff is a small group of muscles that sit at the back of the shoulder and is an incredibly important group...
Simone Muscat
Mar 12, 20214 min read
Anatomy of a Handspring
February 6th, 2021 Updated: February 9th, 2025 After covering our Ayesha in such incredible depth in our previous blog, it naturally...
Simone Muscat
Feb 5, 202112 min read
Programming Part 1 - Nail those Nemesis Moves
Jan 25th, 2021 It’s the start of a brand new year, and pole dancers from all over the world are now beginning to create a giant checklist...
Julia Vo
Jan 24, 202110 min read
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