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Fool
2,020 posts
Location: Cornwall, UK
Fool
2,020 posts
Location: Cornwall, UK
Posted:
Hello boys and girls.
As i'm starting to do more performances with fire I've noticed that I have been getting one or two non-burn injuries.
As in, injuries that aren't burns. Easy innit?
Injuries from last weekend are:
1>> A BIG Fat Bruise (BFB) on the outside of the first joint (from the nail) of my left index finger. After the last night of Run to the Sun (and 8 fire shows + lots of uv spinnage) it was protruding over 1cm from the side of my finger. It is officially known as the
Buzzsaw Blister
2>> A rather nasty looking rash across my chest, which I can only attribute to the (at times) large amount of paraffin that i got on my naked skin during the shows. Buzzsawing too early in a set will do this, as will spinning off a staff without checking the wind sufficiently. (I have had this before: Once fuel leaked into my bag, through my bag, through my trousers and I got a wierd rash then as well.) This one is the
Fuel Rash
Has anyone experienced any of these fire spinnery related maladies? And are there more that I have yet to look forward to?
Much love
and hugs 
Hello boys and girls.
As i'm starting to do more performances with fire I've noticed that I have been getting one or two non-burn injuries.
As in, injuries that aren't burns. Easy innit?
Injuries from last weekend are:
1>> A BIG Fat Bruise (BFB) on the outside of the first joint (from the nail) of my left index finger. After the last night of Run to the Sun (and 8 fire shows + lots of uv spinnage) it was protruding over 1cm from the side of my finger. It is officially known as the Buzzsaw Blister
2>> A rather nasty looking rash across my chest, which I can only attribute to the (at times) large amount of paraffin that i got on my naked skin during the shows. Buzzsawing too early in a set will do this, as will spinning off a staff without checking the wind sufficiently. (I have had this before: Once fuel leaked into my bag, through my bag, through my trousers and I got a wierd rash then as well.) This one is the Fuel Rash
Has anyone experienced any of these fire spinnery related maladies? And are there more that I have yet to look forward to?
Much love
and hugs "I believe the cost of life is Death and we will all pay that in full. Everything else should be a gift. We paid the cover charge of life, we were born."
Bill Hicks, February 1988
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member
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Location: North Queensland, Australia
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Location: North Queensland, Australia
Posted:
Worst and most recent injury would be trying to do overhead butterfly (primarily behind head/back) (using fire poi/chains unlit) consistantly without coming back to the front, I had it going for quite a bit, but then I got distracted
one poi head per chest side. (Right near/on my rib cage, both sides) That would have to be the most painful poi injury I've gotten, (aside from bruises - look worse, but dont feel it), it felt as if I got hit very hard by a punch or something on both sides. It was red for a while, and it seemed pretty fine with minimal bruising afterwards.
With staff, throws: brusing on the nail (felt the pain through my index finger though, made finger twirling difficult), and being called by someone only to have the go for your head.
~ Neser
Worst and most recent injury would be trying to do overhead butterfly (primarily behind head/back) (using fire poi/chains unlit) consistantly without coming back to the front, I had it going for quite a bit, but then I got distracted
one poi head per chest side. (Right near/on my rib cage, both sides) That would have to be the most painful poi injury I've gotten, (aside from bruises - look worse, but dont feel it), it felt as if I got hit very hard by a punch or something on both sides. It was red for a while, and it seemed pretty fine with minimal bruising afterwards. With staff, throws: brusing on the nail (felt the pain through my index finger though, made finger twirling difficult), and being called by someone only to have the go for your head.
~ Neser
Fuel your fascination, burn your desire and dance with flames
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old festy hand
765 posts
Location: Australia
old festy hand
765 posts
Location: Australia
Posted:
ahh... non burn injuries... i just grazed the inside of my eye lid.... blinking sucks!!! ahhh.... i knew it was only a matter of time before they bit me...
ahh... non burn injuries... i just grazed the inside of my eye lid.... blinking sucks!!! ahhh.... i knew it was only a matter of time before they bit me...
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Posted:
i over spun myself, and made my wrist sore for a week if that counts....
i over spun myself, and made my wrist sore for a week if that counts....
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694 posts
Location: Leeds, United Kingdom
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694 posts
Location: Leeds, United Kingdom
Posted:
only been using poi for 4 days and already ive hit myself in the gonads 5 times. It hurts with tennis balls but on my first day i tried going really fast doing butterfly with LED hacky sacks...not a good idea
only been using poi for 4 days and already ive hit myself in the gonads 5 times. It hurts with tennis balls but on my first day i tried going really fast doing butterfly with LED hacky sacks...not a good idea
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travelling without moving
1,286 posts
Location: Maghull, Liverpool, United Kingdom
travelling without moving
1,286 posts
Location: Maghull, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Posted:
i almost knocked myself out last night with my glowsticks, doing a giant butterfly, the poi in my right hand decided to shorten itself on the up swing, and instead of making a nice ark above my head, it swung round at an alarming speed and hit my temple on the left side of my head! it took me a few minutes to be able to stand up and carry on. i guess it probably wouldnt still be hurting if i stopped poking it.
i almost knocked myself out last night with my glowsticks, doing a giant butterfly, the poi in my right hand decided to shorten itself on the up swing, and instead of making a nice ark above my head, it swung round at an alarming speed and hit my temple on the left side of my head! it took me a few minutes to be able to stand up and carry on. i guess it probably wouldnt still be hurting if i stopped poking it.
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travelling without moving
1,286 posts
Location: Maghull, Liverpool, United Kingdom
travelling without moving
1,286 posts
Location: Maghull, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Posted:
i'm gutted, i've been practicing loads lately with my socks, and i took them out with me at the weekend to the krazyhouse, as a result i now have no skin in between my first finger and middle finger, so i cannot use my socks, i have to use my tails with their double finger loops. i find it so much harder to spin properly with them, plus i cant do one handed butterfly, coz its impossible to get my fingers back into the loops whilst still spinning!
i'm gutted, i've been practicing loads lately with my socks, and i took them out with me at the weekend to the krazyhouse, as a result i now have no skin in between my first finger and middle finger, so i cannot use my socks, i have to use my tails with their double finger loops. i find it so much harder to spin properly with them, plus i cant do one handed butterfly, coz its impossible to get my fingers back into the loops whilst still spinning!
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