In recent years, Pole Sport and aerial acrobatics have transitioned into highly popular recreational activities for adults with no prior athletic background. However, beginners face unique stressors, including fear of heights, fear of inversions (being upside down), and body image…
If you’ve read my other blogs, you know I’m more of an aerialist than a pole dancer, but in the past week or so I’ve seen some horrifying examples of how poles are installed. Now, for these examples, I don’t…
The words “hypermobile” and “Ehlers Danlos Syndrome” definitely make their way around the pole and aerial communities. Athletic arts like pole, aerial, and gymnastics often attract folks whose bodies allow greater degrees of freedom—but that doesn’t always mean those bodies…
We see a lot on social media about food trends, supplements, and “magic ingredients.” Influencers are posting about unbelievable results they have gotten by following a certain diet or eating a certain ingredient regularly. And these results are usually tied…
There’s lots of reasons to dance in stiletto heels! They look amazing, they can help you reach higher on the pole more easily, and you can do all sorts of interesting transitions and movements when using them as a complementary…
In the last article we talked through what your Psoas muscle is, where it can be found and how to start a conversation with it. The first Psoas activation was simply to take your hand and start massaging the area…
Loss of overhead motion of the shoulder that you perceive as “pinching on the top of the shoulder.” Your shoulder motion comes from several joints - not just the ball & socket of the shoulder (aka the glenohumeral joint). There…
If you’ve ever had neck and shoulder pain, you have likely experienced one of the following symptoms: A sensation of tightness on one side of the neck that is exacerbated by neck movement (either towards that side or away). Loss…
Aside from being a captivating art form, pole dancing is also an intense discipline that requires consistent physical training. In that regard, pole dancers in Michigan consider pole dancing a form of physical fitness. Various parts of the body are intensely engaged…
Nerves are cord or string-like structures that carry information around your body. They are comprised of neurons that are protected in layers of tissue collectively known as a “sheath.” The information nerves carry might be motor control related, like moving…