The Pole Physio Blog

Nerves are often overlooked in training and sometimes even in injury rehab. The ones connecting the nervous system that is, as opposed to...

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...

TW: this blog deals includes content with references to depression, anxiety and other related mental health conditions. A reminder that...

When learning our key pole moves, it’s common for us to want to master our tricks yesterday! So if you’re finding it a struggle to nail a...

As a relatively new poler (how long can I say that for – I have been committed to pole for over 18 months now!) – I have found myself...

For all the new and old mums out there…. WOW you ladies are incredible!! After a whirlwind year working on the maternity wards and...

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...

How much do you think about WHAT you are feeling and WHERE you feel it when you stretch? It’s super important and we are going to look at...

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...

If I had a nickel for every time a client asked me about their noisy joints, I would probably be retired on a beach somewhere instead of...

Are you working on your split grip and finding your shoulder is pinching? Or trying to nail your chair spin and noticing a pulling...

Here we are at the part 3 of our backbend blog! If you haven't read part 1 (here) and part 2 (here) yet, make sure you check them out...

Welcome to Part 2 of our backbending series. Before continuing to read this blog, make sure you've read part 1 of our series which can be...

Welcome to our next anatomy series on the backbend. Due to the shear volume of information in this series we will be breaking it up into...

So you have chosen YOUR form of exercise. It includes a shiny vertical pole, maybe some heels and some cute outfits. You feel strong and...

Hands up if you’ve found your forearms doing a Popeye impersonation mid pole sesh? The pain of forearm pump can be real with pole...

Do you find yourself feeling overwhelmed on a spinning pole? Do you feel like you’re still spinning even though you’re no longer on the...

Injuries in pole dancing vary from location and intensity. Starting from our fond pole kisses (bruises) all the way to the more serious...

The other day as I was gathering my grip and heels after a pole class, I overheard a classmate asking the instructor if she should be...

Polers, aerialists and movers, I’m sure you already have some ideas about core and stability. We can almost guarantee you have worked on...

Learning new pole tricks comes with the incredible excitement of feeling strong in a new move and well… new pole kisses too! Remember...

We are certainly making our way through the anatomy of a few tricks this year! If you haven’t already, go check out my anatomy series...

Today’s blog is undeniably a big one. It’s on a topic that’s quite important to myself and to numerous polers, patients and colleagues...

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...