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    Default Do you get BRUISES on your knees from the stage?

    I get bruises on my knees and legs from doing floor work on the stage, it looks terrible and it totally sucks. Do you girls get them too? What should I do about it?

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    Default Re: Do you get BRUISES on your knees from the stage?

    I would suggest doing a search. This question gets asked a lot. Get some arnica, take vitamins, up your iron intake in your diet (like the foods your consuming) and drink pineapple juice.
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    Default Re: Do you get BRUISES on your knees from the stage?

    Do you have any outfits you can wear to keep your skin safe? Like pants or a long skirt? I wear pants. The legs help you slide, but you have to wash them all the time.

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    Default Re: Do you get BRUISES on your knees from the stage?

    oh hell yes. I always have. I just always try to go easy - don't slam down, and just be very graceful with your movements. Not gonna lie, though.... I still always end up with random bruises I can't explain. It's very good for amusing my BF, since he likes to create stories for how it happened LOL.

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    i used to a lot in the beginning. now just the pain but no actual bruising.

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    Leg warmers and/or sturdy thigh high stockings. They hide existing bruises, prevent new ones from forming, and allow you to slide across the floor with ease. I wouldn't work a shift without em.




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    I haven't danced for 5 years and my knees still hurt to get on them.
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    Default Re: Do you get BRUISES on your knees from the stage?

    omg are u serious! i don't want my knees to hurt forever.

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    I am totally serious, I have permanant knotts on my knees and it hurts to get on them.
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    i wear really long, thick socks. my knees still bruise, but they dont hurt unless im working a double shift

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    I stopped doing floor work in 2003 after I spent the summer a HUGE bursa sacks on my one knee. I called it my third breast.
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    i'm thinking of stopping doing floor work too unless its really really worth it. is it possible to do sexy moves w/o floor work? i'm planning on only doing it if the tips are huge.

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    Default Re: Do you get BRUISES on your knees from the stage?

    I dont do floorwork... it looks out of place at my club. I have never had problems doing great stage shows while keeping my knees off the ground.

    Ive said this on another post, but Ill repost the advice again. Get a bristle hairbrush and rub it with the bristles down in a circular motion over the bruises. It will break down the blood that is sitting under your skin and the bruises will go away MUCH faster. it will hurt your skin slightly, but heck, beauty is pain sometimes .
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    Default Re: Do you get BRUISES on your knees from the stage?

    I thought my bruises would never go away...I remember my first night ever working...It was a saturday. Sunday morning it looked like someone beat me with a stick. My legs were stiff and black and blue... I bruise easily as it is anyways. Now I can work an 8hr, but any longer I start to feel it. The color doesnt show, but the ache is there (as mentioned above too).

    Honestly, I almost always wear leg warmers. You do slide easier. Occasionally I rock the thigh-hi boots or chaps....ant leg protection helps! ...geez, this makes me dread gping to work already! LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by britneyireland View Post
    I stopped doing floor work in 2003 after I spent the summer a HUGE bursa sacks on my one knee. I called it my third breast.
    I stopped doing much floor work years ago as well. If you do a lot of floor work on your knees you can get water build-up, which is REALLY painful and needs to be drained by the doctors sometimes. Plus, what I started to notice is that the more up-scale the club is the more floor work is looked down on or not allowed - so I just don't really do much anymore... particularly anything on the knees. I have noticed that what happened is that my clientele changed when I stopped doing floor work. I don't get as many guys who are looking to see someone OTC, will try to push my limits, or only buy a single dance. Changing how I danced effected my income in a great way.
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    Default Re: Do you get BRUISES on your knees from the stage?

    Quote Originally Posted by Kylea2 View Post
    I stopped doing much floor work years ago as well. If you do a lot of floor work on your knees you can get water build-up, which is REALLY painful and needs to be drained by the doctors sometimes. Plus, what I started to notice is that the more up-scale the club is the more floor work is looked down on or not allowed - so I just don't really do much anymore... particularly anything on the knees. I have noticed that what happened is that my clientele changed when I stopped doing floor work. I don't get as many guys who are looking to see someone OTC, will try to push my limits, or only buy a single dance. Change how I danced effected my income in a great way.
    wow Kylea that is very interesting. Maybe I should try to change that too and see what happens. I want a more upscale clientele.

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    Default Re: Do you get BRUISES on your knees from the stage?

    I wear boots or leg warmers depending on my mood.
    Both provide added protection.

    I can get bruises just about anywhere if I'm not careful.

    Thanks to floorwork I have extra fluid around my knees, not cute.

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    Yes, but eventually they go away from your body getting used to it. I do have weird nerve damage in my knees from dancing, though, so I try to avoid putting my knees on the stage too much.

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    I learned to wear some sort of leggings, thigh highs, socks, stockings. Makes it easier to slide around on stage, much easier on the body.

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