What hurts?

Nothing hurts.

Before my last amateur partner got knee surgery, his posture and movement got so wonky that my knee hurt all the time. It was so bad that I was scared I would need surgery too! After he came back, there was no pain. And now I'm dancing with my new teacher, and there is still no pain.
 
When I dance with an amteur, nothing hurts except my throat (on our worst day due to too much arguement).

When I dance with a pro, everything in my body hurts except my throat (on my worst day).
 
Okay, my legs have been sore for the past month because I have been really learning to use them, but they don''t hurt. The soreness goes away with a good night's sleep.
 
Quite seriously, I find my legs hurt if I've really danced with someone more advanced, as space is made to lower much more deeply and use much fuller leg actions than I often get the chance to try.

In contrast, when dancing with someone at a lower level, the movement is less, but my feet end up having to do a lot of extra work to maintain body position, to inflect movements in ways that may not be effortlessly matched, and especially to correct for balance errors.

These are more in the class of "hurt" that lets you know which muscles have received a (hopefully strengthening) workout rather than actual complaints (at least in the leg case)
 
Heh,

Usually just my ego...

:)

After that, my whole body--especially getting up in the morning after an intense workout.

Who'd have thought hair could hurt?....


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I do labor work all day. I install things and lift things and build things etc. By the time I get to my dance lesson at night, everything is hurting!!! But what fun would dancing be without pain??? That just means you are working (or something like that) lol!!!
 
hmmm...my hips hurt after latin....my quads after smooth ...sometimes my lower back after either standard foxtrot or tango....

...and like larinda, my feet nearly always hurt
 
Everything hurts. Especially after like 5 rounds of open latin.

You can't pay attention to it though...... great it hurts, now back to lock steps.
 
My hips usually ache, but I think that's a good thing....I"m probably using muscles that aren't used to being worked on. Of course, I fully expect arthritic hips in about 10 years....
 
Nik said:
Everything hurts. Especially after like 5 rounds of open latin.

You can't pay attention to it though...... great it hurts, now back to lock steps.
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Yep! That's how I feel about it. If I am hurting that bad though, I will take two Aleve. My doctor said to do this, because she said it would be the same as prescribing medicine. It works! ;) But then after that, I still go dancing. It's like what you said though, you just can't pay attention to it. Just make sure you do take care of yourself, because your pain could also be other things! So, be sure to go to the doctor if you ever feel any kind of symtoms that you aren't used to! ;)
 
I've tried a wide variety of methods to relieve muscle pain. Blue Ice is always good- i tried icy hot once- bad idea....my sensitive skin decided it didn't like the hot part and my leg felt like it was burning. the heating pad's good too- i once used blue ice and a heating pad- i severely strained my quads the week of an upcoming performance and my knees were buckling- another very strange sensation- it makes the pain go away and makes you feel kind of numb...lol- tylenol is generally my medication of choice- it's not very strong but ibuprofen gives me hives- and that will never look attractive ;)

as far as what usually hurts though...after long hours of good intense dancing mostly everything- but i prefer to go to sleep very sore after a good practice session or event- at least i know i was working all of my muscles and pushing myself to my limit
 
i did something really excruciatingly bad to my right hip flexor yesterday. i believe it was in a pilates mat class. later i did 40 minutes on the treadmill, then 4 hours of hard core salsa dancing, and i sort of forgot about it.

this morning it reminded me.
 
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