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The Pole Physio Blog
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
Concussion in Pole: From innocuous hits to falls
Injuries in pole dancing vary from location and intensity. Starting from our fond pole kisses (bruises) all the way to the more serious...
Simone Muscat
Sep 18, 20219 min read
Why taking a break from pole (when needed) is GOOD for you!
The moment you enter the world of pole dancing, you start a new chapter of your life. Whether you’ve taken up pole for emotional...
Simone Muscat
Jun 19, 20218 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
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
Anatomy of an Ayesha
December 19th, 2020 Updated: February 9th 2025 When I was a baby poler watching the advanced polers, I wanted nothing more than to unlock...
Simone Muscat
Dec 18, 202012 min read
Get a Grip - Pole Conditioning (Part 3/3)
Improve your Grip Strength - Part Three October 24th, 2020 Welcome to the final blog of 3 that focuses on different ways you can improve...
Simone Muscat
Oct 23, 20204 min read
Get (G)Ripped - Advanced Grip Strengthening! (Part 2/3)
October 17th, 2020 Welcome to part 2 of our get a grip blog series. Today’s blog will focus on advanced gym and pole based gripping...
Simone Muscat
Oct 16, 20203 min read
Cross Train for Success
How to Smash Your Pole Goals October 10th, 2020 Love pole? Want to nail tricks quicker but don’t want to compromise your body and risk...
Simone Muscat
Oct 9, 20208 min read
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