Pole Safety FAQ
By Susan Peach
Concerned about pole safety? Good!
Safety is sexy. But crash landings, sprained toes, bumps and bruises? Not so much!
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Dance pole safety and injury prevention are becoming hot topics with more and more people taking up pole dancing as a way to get fit and have fun. In this section you'll get answers to all your safety-related pole dancing questions, discover products to help keep you safe, & find articles that will help you avoid injury and learn to pole safely.
Your Pole Pal says..."stay safe up there!"
Pole Safety FAQ coming soon...
Your Pole Pal is hard at work compiling all the pole questions she's answered over the years about staying safe while pole dancing. They'll be added to this page as soon as each one is properly formatted and ready to read. In the meantime, here's some general information about pole safety, as well as specific safety information for each of the different types of dance pole.
Articles on Pole Safety
Pole Dance Beginner Tips - Start Safe, Stay Safe
This article is geared to beginners and covers basic dance pole safety to help new pole dancers establish safe habits from the start.
While written for beginners, every student of pole dance should know and practice these recommendations. Instructors, are you promoting these in your classes to help keep your students safe?
Learn what to do and what NOT to do for a safer pole dance experience. Plus, watch a short video on how to load test your equipment to ensure it's safe before every use.
Pole-Specific Safety Information
Each different type of pole (friction fit, platform, etc) has its own unique safety concerns, and understanding your pole's potential pitfalls is important to ensuring your safety.
Below you'll find links to your need-to-know safety information for each type of dance pole.
Friction Fit (Pressure Mount) dance pole safety
Portable (Multi-Piece) dance pole safety
Removable (Semi-Permanent) dance pole safety
Rotating (Spinning) dance pole safety
Susan Peach is an early pioneer in pole dance fitness and the voice behind Your Pole Pal, a long-running resource for the pole community. She taught dance & fitness for nearly 30 years, leading hundreds of classes and working with thousands of students aged 6 to 80+, and created original programs when formal training did not yet exist. She also produced one of the first pole fitness DVD series, along with instructor training and Latin dance fitness programs. Today, she writes and builds Your Pole Pal, still with a soft spot for Latin dance music.
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