I loved the sport until disaster struck. Paralysed from the neck down, I vowed to recover my mobility and get back on the pole
I started pole dancing in 2015. It’s my happy place, and makes me feel free and empowered. But the sport I adore so much nearly cost me my life.
I was learning a new move in 2016, an upside down arch that is just about as hard as it sounds. It involves hanging, inverted, with your hands above your head; only the back of one thigh is holding you on the pole.
As told to Elizabeth McCafferty