Medical advice.. kinda sorta

[kayceecane]

MMM k.. any of you ex-Dancers, pole dancers, gymnasts...?

I'm pretty damn rough and tumble.. Played D1 ball and semi-pro... I've broken countless bones, torn more than my share of ligaments, had multiple surgeries.. I take pain well..

I know what a break feels like, I know what a sprain feels like.. and frankly me and my biology degree are getting along well.. so I'm pretty informed BUT

I've recently taken up pole dancing, (in house of course, on a pole at my place) I've gone from newb, to kinda sorta getting the hang of it and mastering my share of intermediate level skills!

But I've also started to tax my joints a bit.. definitely using too much strength and perhaps not getting the full benefit of angles and holds (also might help that I'm totally muscle-y and weigh 170.. that's right 170.. Damn it muscle weighs more than fat!)

So I think I'm starting to get a stress fracture in my right wrist.. Basically it doesn't really hurt to twist the wrist, but pressure is starting to hurt, and its chronically achey..

OH and as for swelling and bruising, I've never had much at all through my various breaks..

With lifting things that are light, or doing pole dances, or playing basketball.. it doesn't matter.. it still hurts

Any of you ladies ever had this happen? I'm poor and have no full-time job, and don't have insurance through my parents soooo I'm somewhat of a charity case or I'd go to the Dr. (and I've always been the type to wait for something to go horribly wrong because I'd rather hear that I'm going to die, than I'm a pansy and there's nothing wrong)

I know ice, rest.. no more pole.. But I was just wondering if any of you ever had this happen in your line of work or recreation?

Apparently I need to be 98lbs to be a good stripper :/

 

[Bocefish]

I say this in the nicest possible way without meaning to offend... but being a woman, you're muscles and bones there are not normally up to supporting that kinda weight and pressure without building them up first. Strong wrists come from strong forearms and there's a ton of info on the webz about wrist and forearm strengthening. Best of luck.

 

[kayceecane]

I say this in the nicest possible way without meaning to offend... but being a woman, you're muscles and bones there are not normally up to supporting that kinda weight and pressure without building them up first. Strong wrists come from strong forearms and there's a ton of info on the webz about wrist and forearm strengthening. Best of luck.

LOL I am pretty rawr actually... My arms have become a lot stronger.. I think I'm just putting too much stress on the ONE side :/

 

[Jebbaz]

:text-yeahthat:
sounds like you need to build a little bit more strength in your forearms.

 

[PinUpKittie]

What he's really saying is "Girls don't build up the same jerkoff muscles as we do. buy a shakeweight!"

I cannot help, as I am known for pushing myself too hard when I exercise....couldn't physically make my arm straighten about a year ago...tendinitis in the Achilles tendon a few months ago....

 

[NevaehStar]

I'm not a Dr of course... and never pro-danced or used a pole etc...
but i have done many office jobs.lots of PC work & typing
so-just my 2cents....
if/when u can see a dr, u may want to think about carpel tunnel... since u do alot of PC work & typing with camming, & now working your wrist more... it could be carpel tunnel.

you may want to do some calling around in your area, maybe even local welfare offices etc... and see if they know of any low-income dr offices. they usually are the ones who will work well with people without insurance too.
we have some in my area, and they do a -sliding fee scale- when I wasn't working I paid only $10 for visits. maybe something to check into!

 

[Bocefish]

Shake Weight Show FTW! :lol:

 

[Jebbaz]

I still wanna know if those things actually work...

 

[kayceecane]

I'm not a Dr of course... and never pro-danced or used a pole etc...
but i have done many office jobs.lots of PC work & typing
so-just my 2cents....
if/when u can see a dr, u may want to think about carpel tunnel... since u do alot of PC work & typing with camming, & now working your wrist more... it could be carpel tunnel.

you may want to do some calling around in your area, maybe even local welfare offices etc... and see if they know of any low-income dr offices. they usually are the ones who will work well with people without insurance too.
we have some in my area, and they do a -sliding fee scale- when I wasn't working I paid only $10 for visits. maybe something to check into!

Good advice I'll look into free clinics

Yeppers I'm guessing strengthening would be beneficial.. but I probably need to lay off the pole for awhile to let things heal.. I'm so used to being too strong.. not liking the weak thing :/

 

[Jebbaz]

I'm not a Dr of course... and never pro-danced or used a pole etc...
but i have done many office jobs.lots of PC work & typing
so-just my 2cents....
if/when u can see a dr, u may want to think about carpel tunnel... since u do alot of PC work & typing with camming, & now working your wrist more... it could be carpel tunnel.

you may want to do some calling around in your area, maybe even local welfare offices etc... and see if they know of any low-income dr offices. they usually are the ones who will work well with people without insurance too.
we have some in my area, and they do a -sliding fee scale- when I wasn't working I paid only $10 for visits. maybe something to check into!

Good advice I'll look into free clinics

Yeppers I'm guessing strengthening would be beneficial.. but I probably need to lay off the pole for awhile to let things heal.. I'm so used to being too strong.. not liking the weak thing :/

Yeah but think of it like this, if you push yourself too hard you will find out just how "weak" you can be when you really hurt yourself.

 

[NevaehStar]

I'm not a Dr of course... and never pro-danced or used a pole etc...
but i have done many office jobs.lots of PC work & typing
so-just my 2cents....
if/when u can see a dr, u may want to think about carpel tunnel... since u do alot of PC work & typing with camming, & now working your wrist more... it could be carpel tunnel.

you may want to do some calling around in your area, maybe even local welfare offices etc... and see if they know of any low-income dr offices. they usually are the ones who will work well with people without insurance too.
we have some in my area, and they do a -sliding fee scale- when I wasn't working I paid only $10 for visits. maybe something to check into!

Good advice I'll look into free clinics

Yeppers I'm guessing strengthening would be beneficial.. but I probably need to lay off the pole for awhile to let things heal.. I'm so used to being too strong.. not liking the weak thing :/

Yeah but think of it like this, if you push yourself too hard you will find out just how "weak" you can be when you really hurt yourself.

yeah, u still have to be careful when your working muscles that may not be strengthened yet, I learned that from the old softball days lol i thought i was superwoman til i hurt myself lol
and over summer I under-estimated the strength of a wall... with a stud hiding behind it & broke my hand.(stupidity) and as u know, it's never 100% the same again.
i fought the wall.. and the wall won! lol

 

[kayceecane]

Smeh :/ sounds like me.. Over do everything.. just got done cleaning the apartment and its bothering me now... Efff it I'm gonna be gay and have to wear a brace or baby this thing till it gets better! Thanks for turning me into a hypochondriac now I'm gonna go look up carpal tunnel symptoms!

 

[Skulliee]

Dunno guys.. my jerkoff muscles are pretty gnarly.. :shhh:

But I have a similar issue in my knees/wrists. Years of dance, rugby, and now fixed gear biking and countless hours of drawing and crashing on my bike seems to have caused damage to my joints. They flare up from time to time.

You could have bruised bones, tendons or cartilage, and so any continuous movement or pressure causes pain/more stress on the joint. Those kinds of things may not present themselves with swelling or bruising of the skin, but tension in the area will cause mild to severe pain.

I say take it easy on the pole practise and maybe look up wrist exercises and/or certain wrist braces to help strengthen and protect the wrist. I do these wrist exercises in between long drawing sessions in order to avoid tension due to the way my hand is held and after long bike rides.

You'd be surprised at how easily a joint like that can be damaged.

 

[Eva_ChangeN]

I have always been a physically rough chick, grew up working with my Dad on construction sites, rebuilding heavy duty equipment, cleaning kennels 8-12 hours a day, playing football with the guys, back yard UFC and such other dumb shit LOL. About 5 years ago, I worked in a furniture store, and our storage area was upstairs. I helped another guy carry a HUGE armoire upstairs, when we were done I took some trash to the dumpster, and on the last empty cardboard box to go down the shoot, I tore all the ligaments off my shoulder blade and rotator cuff...OMG sooooo bad! Gave birth with no meds, broke both ankles at once and walked into ER with no meds...my shoulder, I cried and had to rest it for 5 1/2 months, then took a YEAR to work the muscles back up. And even then, my other arm was getting hurt from over comping. So take all the time you need to heal, and maybe try some elastic wrist wraps when you get back on the pole

 

[kayceecane]

You could have bruised bones, tendons or cartilage, and so any continuous movement or pressure causes pain/more stress on the joint.

Yeppers I know what bruised bones feel like did that to my knee when I tore my ACL.. bruised both the caps it was ugllllly...

And Dude I'm shake-weighting it up to get my jerk-off muscles going lol... even though I'm sure there would be plenty of takers for practice!

 

[kayceecane]

my shoulder, I cried and had to rest it for 5 1/2 months, then took a YEAR to work the muscles back up. And even then, my other arm was getting hurt from over comping. So take all the time you need to heal, and maybe try some elastic wrist wraps when you get back on the pole

Ligaments are no joke... I've broken countless bones.. still has nothing on the pain of tearing a ligament.. but the good thing is when a ligament is GONE its gone and it hurts less lol... the one time I cried after I tore a ligament was from being pissed off and frustrated lol.. BUT YIKES! sucks about your shoulder :/

 

[Bocefish]

Apparently, wrist pain is a common complaint for noob pole dancers. Just trying to help ya feel less hypochondriac-ish.

 

[kayceecane]

Apparently, wrist pain is a common complaint for noob pole dancers. Just trying to help ya feel less hypochondriac-ish.

NOOB! Who said I was a noob!? Geebus, I'm actually *toot toot* pretty good now

But thanks I'll have to try the exercise!

 

[southsamurai]

ok.. based on your list of symptoms.. and prefacing withthe fact that i am not a doctor or allowed to diagnose... what you have is a repetative stress injury. much like tennis elbow etc...

yes you have the right idea.. RICE ing it is the way to go. the exercises mentioned should help you build up the ligaments and tendons in the wrist fairly quickly, but i didnt notice anything about your warm up routine.

i advise range of motion for about 5 minutes or so along with stretches. basically roll the wrist through its full range of possible movement for a little while. maybe a minute.. then swap to flexion with mild pressure. finish with a gentle shaking of the hands and wrist. repeat a few times b4 you start any weight training or pole work and you should reduce the lieklihood of serious injury.

did that basic warm up as part of the pre-workout routine for jiu-jutsu and never had a strain sprain or break

might not hurt do do similar with the shoulder and head off a possible rotator cuff problem b4 it starts