Socks! :(

[Nick Paul]

Do you have Raynaud's? I have to deal with the same shit it's very annoying in the winter. I'll keep an eye on the thread to see what else is out there but the best thing I've found is just getting to practice early to warm up a little more

[Chris Garry]

I would go with the wrestling boots dude, ok your ankle will get stuck more passing and will be more of a target for foot locks but you will have extra traction when driving through and even though its tough to pull out of some leg battles it can be harder to finish a toe hold or straight ankle with the support the boot gives so its swings and roundabouts to some extent.

[Gary Fraser]

These are good - you can grip with your toes!

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Have you tried these???

[Gary Fraser]

Do you have Raynaud's? I have to deal with the same shit it's very annoying in the winter. I'll keep an eye on the thread to see what else is out there but the best thing I've found is just getting to practice early to warm up a little more

I have cold agglutinin disease a type of autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Explained simply, when I get to cold my immune system destroys my red bloods cells. Signs of it normally appears first on my extremities such as my feet and hands then ears and face. It can occur even when I don't feel cold (during exercising/rolling) but in fact my core temperature is lower than I think. I've had it a couple of years now and it's never really been an issue but has worsened recently hence the need to keep warm especially my extremities.

[Nick Paul]

I have cold agglutinin disease a type of autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Explained simply, when I get to cold my immune system destroys my red bloods cells. Signs of it normally appears first on my extremities such as my feet and hands then ears and face. It can occur even when I don't feel cold (during exercising/rolling) but in fact my core temperature is lower than I think. I've had it a couple of years now and it's never really been an issue but has worsened recently hence the need to keep warm especially my extremities.

Sounds pretty similar to Raynaud's. My condition is just my body's over reaction to cool outside temps. If it's below like 65 degrees farenheit My hands, feet, and ears get ice cold and turn pale white or blue and my grip gets significantly weaker from it. But your red blood cell deal sounds pretty shitty, does it mess with your cardio?

[Gary Fraser]

Sounds pretty similar to Raynaud's. My condition is just my body's over reaction to cool outside temps. If it's below like 65 degrees farenheit My hands, feet, and ears get ice cold and turn pale white or blue and my grip gets significantly weaker from it. But your red blood cell deal sounds pretty shitty, does it mess with your cardio?

Haven't noticed an effect on cardio as yet. But when my hemoglobin levels drop the anemia kicks in and my bone marrow can't produce enough new red blood cells to keep up with the ones being destroyed. This means my main organs become tired as do I physically. My hands also become stiff, swollen and painful. Recovery from injury also takes longer when the anemia is at it's worst as I have just experienced for the first time recently. I don't fully understand the ins and outs of it as yet due to i being quite rare and only recently having experienced the full effects of the anemia. Also being a typical bloke I kind of ignored it since my diagnosis and thought recent events were down to an increase in training for NAGA (tiredness, stiffness etc). I have regular blood tests to monitor it then about 3 months ago the testing became more frequent and I was told it had worsened. On the mend now though and having read some more info on it and joining a FB group with the disease I've become to understand it better and what I should be doing to help elevate the condition until hopefully one day they find a cure.

My wife suffers with Raynauds (a right pair ha). She experiences the same as yourself. Do you do anything specific to help avoid suffering on a day to day basis. She wraps up and wears gloves but even then on occasions she still suffers.

[Ben Eddy]

For raynauds you should actually do the opposite of what you might think. Expose yourself to cold more often. Take cold showers. Ice cold. You need to get your body used to being cold and get it to adapt to it. The problem is with your blood circulation. Taking cold showers, ice baths etc. will increase your bodies efficiency at warming yourself through better blood circulation. I used to be terrible with cold/numb feet/fingers/nose until I started cold training and taking cold showers. I am the complete opposite now. I enjoy the cold, my feet/hands/nose stay warm and don't turn blue etc. I can go swimming in ice cold rivers and feel great, walk around in shorts with my shirt off on relatively cold days etc.

Look up Wim Hof and cold training. It's going to be really hard at the start. Eventually though you'll learn to enjoy the refreshing feeling cold gives.

I don't know anything about the autoimmune disease though. That sounds like a very different issue than just inefficient blood circulation.

[Nick Paul]

Haven't noticed an effect on cardio as yet. But when my hemoglobin levels drop the anemia kicks in and my bone marrow can't produce enough new red blood cells to keep up with the ones being destroyed. This means my main organs become tired as do I physically. My hands also become stiff, swollen and painful. Recovery from injury also takes longer when the anemia is at it's worst as I have just experienced for the first time recently. I don't fully understand the ins and outs of it as yet due to i being quite rare and only recently having experienced the full effects of the anemia. Also being a typical bloke I kind of ignored it since my diagnosis and thought recent events were down to an increase in training for NAGA (tiredness, stiffness etc). I have regular blood tests to monitor it then about 3 months ago the testing became more frequent and I was told it had worsened. On the mend now though and having read some more info on it and joining a FB group with the disease I've become to understand it better and what I should be doing to help elevate the condition until hopefully one day they find a cure.

My wife suffers with Raynauds (a right pair ha). She experiences the same as yourself. Do you do anything specific to help avoid suffering on a day to day basis. She wraps up and wears gloves but even then on occasions she still suffers.

Yeah it sucks ass but I feel for you because your condition sounds a little more serious. I have a heated jacket to keep my core temp up a little more during colder seasons and battery heated gloves to keep my fingers warm. Literally try to keep every square inch covered up so your body has no way of knowing it's cold. After a few doctors visits they tried giving me a vasodilator but it didn't really help in my case. I'm all ears as well to anyone else with any experience with this

[Nick Paul]

For raynauds you should actually do the opposite of what you might think. Expose yourself to cold more often. Take cold showers. Ice cold. You need to get your body used to being cold and get it to adapt to it. The problem is with your blood circulation. Taking cold showers, ice baths etc. will increase your bodies efficiency at warming yourself through better blood circulation. I used to be terrible with cold/numb feet/fingers/nose until I started cold training and taking cold showers. I am the complete opposite now. I enjoy the cold, my feet/hands/nose stay warm and don't turn blue etc. I can go swimming in ice cold rivers and feel great, walk around in shorts with my shirt off on relatively cold days etc.

Look up Wim Hof and cold training. It's going to be really hard at the start. Eventually though you'll learn to enjoy the refreshing feeling cold gives.

I don't know anything about the autoimmune disease though. That sounds like a very different issue than just inefficient blood circulation.

That sounds like it might just be crazy enough to work. I get the philosophy of beating up your body's response to it, but it sounds like pure hell. Actually Raynaud's is considered auto immune too. I'll give it a shot, either this works and I thank you. Or you trolled me epically. Either way, hespect.

[JoeO'Laughlin]

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