my name is Kaitlin and this is my RU-vid channel. subscribe to gain access to videos about my life as a competitive pole dancer and human person who also does other things sometimes as well
I don't think you watched the video fully... pole dancing is a source of empowerment for many women and we can respect the origins of the community and industry of it coming from strippers without claiming that it is "downgrading". It is attitudes like this that need to change.
If you keep commenting on videos about her, RU-vid will just show you more Taylor. If you don't like her music, then just keep scrolling instead of leaving a hate comment
jesus christ swifties are bane of humanity. You people are truly keeping us back by like 20 years of progress just by being such robots for that creature gaylor
That is a remarkable impressive story. You went through & happy to hear there has been quite a bit of recovery in your determination. Hope everyday you have a little less to overcome. ❤
Your recovery is astounding. I was paralysed in 2022 - still in the fighting stages. Not walking yet, but not paralysed either, still kicking. But you give me hope for the journey. Thank you and keep shining bright
I find the demonstration of your left and right hand really interesting, muscle imbalances are to be expected of course but I was surprised that there is such a difference in "reaction speed". It's good to see you've healed this well after such a horrific accident, I feel like these mishaps during physical activity like to happen whenever one feel safest, it's good to remember to take it slow every now and again. I'm sure you can continue to make improvements as long as you keep up the physical therapy, spinal injuries are very scary but even after years you can still get better, it's a good idea to implement unilateral movements to compare and focus on one side that is lacking behind. Curious to hear how much your traps made up for the lack of response or moveability of other muscles, I've noticed that my traps love to overly activate when I do various gym exercises, too, not that it is a downside though, they are an important and good looking muscle group lol.
I was a professional aerial dancer specializing in silks, lyra, and partner/duo work for 11 years. When I moved, I had only one local studio and it was awful. People constantly got injured and it was nothing like the safe practices I learned in my home town. They had my husband doing tripod head stands in an acro class when he had zero core and was wobbling. I knew he didn’t know to tuck his chin if he lost balance and he was never steady. I stepped in and told him that he needed to stop doing them until he was more advanced. I finally had enough of their dangerous practices and opened my own performance company and studio. Then 2020 happened and my shoulder was also shot at this point and I couldn’t keep my studio open due to the uncertainty (and my landlord broke his lease resulting in my sublet being terminated). Then, I never recovered properly from surgery and still to this day have limited mobility in my shoulder and the nurse permanently damaged the nerves in my other hand when inserting an IV incorrectly multiple times. So, as you can imagine, I was forced to retire from a career I loved so much and move on to “plan B”.. Your story is so inspiring to me for many reasons. 1 is that you were determined and found a way to continue doing what you loved and made it happen. I’m guessing you had a spinal cord compression rather than sever from the cervical vertebral break since you seem to have regained the majority of your mobility? Whatever the injury, it’s incredible what you’ve regained! And 2, because my plan b is in physical therapy. I graduate in May but want to go on to certain specialties. I originally wanted this plan b as an 18-year-old graduate because I liked exercise and fitness but also wanted to be a performer first. Then I became excited to work with amputee patients and SCI patients to help them regain mobility. Your story reminds me of that motivation. Another reason is that I love neuro in all aspects. I love working with Parkinson’s patients to help them minimize their symptoms and retain as much function as possible. A lot of my classmates want the 9-5 outpatient Ortho clinic job where they get holidays off and get to work with athletes. When I was that young, I did, too. Now, after my journey, I want my job to be more. I’m excited to start a career in the neuro field and hope that I can help make a difference in someone’s journey to regain as much mobility as possible and cheer them on during the hard days. Your story inspired me and really excited me to be able to help others with various neuro conditions and injuries. Your story is so inspiring to so many in different areas of their lives. Thank you for sharing!
*Oh wow, I always was worried about banging my head down like that during activities as I had heard of neck injuries causing paralysis, it always worried me, what a shock having this happen, my heart breaks for you sweetie, diving into unknown water was another one my parents always taught me about, we were always told to swim and check the water before diving in.*
Give it another 3 or 4 years. Spinal cord injuries heal at a snails pace. It usually takes roughly 5 years before you know exactly what you are and aren't getting back. I have an injury to the C3 C4 level so they fused C3 through C6 because I also have severe spinal stenosis. Which is basically arthritis in your spine that causes bone spurs. So they replaced the discs with artificial discs that supposedly promote bone growth to create the fusions. So C3 through C6 is basically just one big bone now. They sent me home the next day after they did post op x-rays and MRI's. I never did totally loose the ability to walk but it got insanely close to that right before the surgery. I also have issues with my right knee giving out but at this point it starts going numb and tingling so I know to sit down for a few minutes to let the nerves calm down. I also have issues with bladder and bowel. Basically urgency making to the bathroom in time. It has improved quite a bit but it's not totally normal yet. I didn't really have any pain aside from severe muscle fatigue and aches.
Very interesting to hear and read of people with first hand personal experience. Some time ago I found a 40+ year old book on injuries and illnesses and the chapter on spinal injuries fascinated me, it is true that you should never give up hope on getting better, even years and years later you can continue to heal, physical therapy is very valuable in this sense. I always thought the skull was the most fragile part of the body, as in injuries being life changing and threatening but the spine does seem quite vulnerable
