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RE: @polebird Q&A: 🙃 Do polers get dizzy? 🙃

in #funny7 years ago (edited)

I used to figure skate and people would always want to know how we spin without getting dizzy. I think I got some serious practice on a playground merry-go-round where one would sit in the middle while the rest "sprinted" and then shoved it to top speed.

I believe we have already discussed my flying off poles before on the static, so needless to say in pole, I never changed to spinning. It sounds like I may have a taker to head back with me though, so perhaps 2018 will mark the pole comeback.

From an audiological standpoint, the fluid inside circular canals in our inner ears moves with different types of rotation on three different planes. Just like if you stir a cup quickly and stop, the fluid will keep moving momentarily. The sensation of dizziness comes in when our eyes tell us that we aren't spinning but our body is still getting the input from little hairs that the fluid is moving, so your body keeps trying to balance you, even when on steady footing. I could see jumping or a quick turn in the opposite direction maybe even helping, if you can manage safely, as in theory this could stop the swirling faster.

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Hahahah I didn’t know that was a thing! Training on the merry go round 😀 yay! I’m so excited for you and your friend. May 2018 be year of the pole. Totally make sense the physiological reason behind why jumping works to stop the dizziness, great explanation and thank you!