Bones with Plates and Pins .. cold weather?

[RachelFerd]

Quick question for those of you with bones fixed with bits of metal... do your fixings hurt more in the cold weather?

I had my scaphoid permanently pinned back in the summer, and it's not caused me much bother until this week, where the whole wrist joint has become very stiff and quite sore again. Do you think its a weather thing?

 

[kerilli]

yes, my arm used to ache a lot when weather was really cold. had plate removed and it doesn't any more.

 

[Chloe_GHE]

my bro has a pin in his wrist and he says it aches in the colder weather. I think it's a common complaint with plates and pins etc

 

[Gamebird]

Yup!

 

[Baydale]

Well-timed post if not particularly welcome by me

, as my newly-plated arm and I are dying to get out there in the cold weather.

 

[AutumnRose]

Yes i have a friend with a plate in her leg that complains it aches a lot in the winter.

My ribs ache badly where the breaks were if they get cold, and they've got no metal in them

EXtra thermals for me this winter

 

[Enfys]

Our winters average -10C to -15C on a daily basis for 3 or 4 months, but dry. My OH has his hip screwed and plated and says that the cold doesn't affect him as much as rainy periods do.

Off topic a little, in Wales where it always seemed to be wet, I was on my way to being crippled with creaky (previously broken, but unplated) bones, here the cold doesn't affect me at all.

 

[kerilli]

Enfys, are you somewhere that gets really crisp, dry cold (in the mountains, say) as opposed to British bitter, damp cold?
i think it makes a huge difference. 5 below here in England is vile, but i've been in 30 below in Canada and it wasn't anything like the same level of misery. most odd.

 

[kit279]

It's not so much the cold, it's the damp, I find. People with inflammatory conditions (rheumatoid) tend to find it gets much more bearable in a hot dry climate. My wrist is pinned too and I just take regular ibuprofen in the winter, 2 in the morning and 2 at night.

 

[Gamebird]

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Well-timed post if not particularly welcome by me

, as my newly-plated arm and I are dying to get out there in the cold weather.

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Patience... You'll get plenty of cold and wet next week to experiment with I dare say

 

[Vix1978]

Hmm - tend to find my collar bone doesn't give me too much hassle - but suppose that it isn't a particularly mobile area

 

[Enfys]

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Enfys, are you somewhere that gets really crisp, dry cold (in the mountains, say) as opposed to British bitter, damp cold?
i think it makes a huge difference. 5 below here in England is vile, but i've been in 30 below in Canada and it wasn't anything like the same level of misery. most odd.

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We are in Canada, the 'warmer' bit, sadly flat though. As you say, it is a completely different kind of cold.
Much as I loved the UK, living in Wales for 9 years made me ill. I ached and creaked, and suffered from SAD for 10 months of the year, by February every year I would have a total systems failure, stop hunting (so it must have been bad!) throw the horses out and hibernate until April.

The allergies stopped too, OH couldn't LOOK at a horse without sneezing, now I no longer have to literally strip on the doorstep, and he cuddles cats without red eyes and tears.

 

[kerilli]

ooh, lucky you in Canada. not sure i could cope with the bears though...! i totally agree about the weather in certain parts of England, i'm over the other side from Wales so although it gets cold it is very windswept, the winds dry the fields out fast, and it seems healthier than the damp valleys!

 

[Seahorse]

I find mine aches more in damp weather, last week when it was raining constantly my knee was very painful. So was my elbow too, but that hasn't been pinned it was dislocated.

 

[icestationzebra]

I have to admit I am 'aware' of my bionic leg in very cold days - but it is nowhere near a constant ache. I'm sure I'll be a hobbling old goblin though in a few years time

 

[sarahHugo]

Yes.. really aches. I have 8 screws and a plate in my leg. Cant wait to have them out in April next year.. as I am not allowed to ride with them in

 

[Bubblegum]

Yes...I have very large plate & lots of pins in my leg. It is a relatively new injury and I am just going in to my first winter...and I have been told to expect lots of pain.

I am not allowed to have it removed until next year (earliest) but then...apparently it will be less troublesome.

At least I am allowed to ride...but I must admit the pain does get me down sometimes.

 

[RobinHood]

I've had my collar bone plate for 4yrs now and haven't noticed it being different in cold weather. Mind you some of the nerves haven't ever grown back so I don't have any feeling round it, maybe that's why?

 

[Mabel98]

I find the damp worse than the cold. I have a plate and 8 screws in my leg and they will stay in forever. You just get used to low grade pain after a while and learn to live with it. I can ride ok, i just can't ride as short or for as long as i could before the accident.

 

[amanda123]

Had the plaster off my pinned and plated wrist last week and couldn't believe how stiff it was, it really stiffens up over night. I bought a 'thermoskin' wrist wrap, designed I think for people with arthritis, and wore it in bed last night and my wrist was definately better this morning. It still seems to have a long way to go before its anything like back to normal though.

 

[brighthair]

I don't have plates but have 2 old fractured ankles, and the damp/cold def affects them, I find they get stiff and sore

 

[Seahorse]

Why do some people have their metalwork out and some have to stay in? I have a plate and 6 pins in my knee due to a tpf 4 years ago and as far as I'm aware they're staying in forever!

 

[Elissar]

my bro has a pin in his wrist and he says it aches in the colder weather. I think it's a common complaint with plates and pins etc

 

[Elissar]

How severe is the pain are we talking about? Cuz I have 11 screws and implant in my arm.

I've had my collar bone plate for 4yrs now and haven't noticed it being different in cold weather. Mind you some of the nerves haven't ever grown back so I don't have any feeling round it, maybe that's why?

 

[shortstuff99]

This post is from 11 years ago ?‍.

Although seeing some of these usernames is a blast from the past!

 

[milliepops]

This post is from 11 years ago ?‍.

Although seeing some of these usernames is a blast from the past!

bit of a who's who, HHOers of yesteryear

 

[JennBags]

This post is from 11 years ago ?‍.

Although seeing some of these usernames is a blast from the past!

That's what I was just thinking, they are sadly missed, such great contributors to the C&T board.

 

[shortstuff99]

That's what I was just thinking, they are sadly missed, such great contributors to the C&T board.

I used to really enjoy reading all of their reports! Come back and let us all live vicariously again ?

 

[RachelFerd]

I am the OP - strange to see this thread reignited. I only visit here once in a blue moon. Funnily enough, now we're into autumn, my plated wrist is aching again...

 

[Racheybabez84]

i get the same with my leg, i have 8 pins and a plate, i find the damp worse than the cold but still get pain in the cold weather, cant bare anything touching it either so cant do to many layers.