What comes down, must get shoveled away! Fortunately I don’t mind shoveling, too much… This morning I waited until 8:30 to shovel the driveway because when I got up the temperature was 2° and the wind chill was -15°. I think it had warmed up to a balmy -10° wind chill by the time I went outside.
Cold and breezy, but beautiful!
Despite wearing thick gloves layered with mittens, my fingers got so cold that I felt like I was going to throw up. With a shovel in my hands it’s tough to use my hand warmers between the layers like I do sometimes when I run. I’m pretty sure I don’t have Raynaud phenomenon because my fingers return to normal within ten minutes of coming inside. I just think it’s just a side effect of getting older. Apparently being young at heart doesn’t help with some things!
My Cruiser friend Jerome showed me some exercises to help with circulation in my fingers in hopes of keeping them from getting so cold. One is to firmly press the tip of the thumb against the tip of each of the fingers on the same hand one at a time, holding for several seconds before moving on to the next finger.
Another exercise is to press the fingers on one hand firmly against the fingers on the other hand while bringing the palms together and apart.
Other exercises include wiggling and shaking the fingers, pretending you’re playing the piano, tapping them against each other, and really anything you can do to get the blood flowing!
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Yikes-that is COLD! And I hope your back is not too sore tomorrow. Shoveling is no joke. Thanks for the hand tips and STAY WARM!
Woke up feeling great! Yay!!!
This is perfect timing! My fingers and toes do the same thing and takes 5-10 minutes once I’m back inside to be able to move or grasp anything properly. I definitely think it’s an age thing because I never used to have this problem, even as recent as 2 years ago. I’ll have to try out these exercises. Then maybe I won’t have to wear two pairs of gloves when I go outside.
Let me know if you see any improvement. I just started doing the exercises recently when Jerome showed them to me. I just hadn’t thought about it before…
Yikes! I’m sorry your fingers and hands got so cold while shoveling snow. It was so cold outside yesterday (and today, for that matter….). I hope those exercises help! My feet and hands were so cold the day we ran trails at Mountain Lake in the snow. It made it difficult to enjoy my run when I felt so cold.
I have entered your Yaktrax giveaway 🙂 Crossing my fingers!
I’m pretty surprised that my toes rarely get cold (except at some of the Thursday night games in Lane Stadium). Did you see that VT released the football schedule yesterday and the Thursday night game is back? Yay!
Thanks for posting those finger exercises! I definitely have raynauds and my fingers and toes frequently lose all circulation and are as white as a ghost. I should try these!
I actually enjoy shovelling, too. Kelly and I sometimes have to fight each other for the job! Plus, it can be a good workout! Stay warm!
What a bummer that you have Raynauds; especially with where you live and how much you enjoy outdoor sports.
I have been known to shed a tear or two over the pain of it, especially when the circulation is coming back!