I recently figured out a great way of restoring my hands to baseline functionality after they‘ve been exposed to cold for an extended period of time. It goes like this:
Put your hands under warm water for a minute or so. This will make your blood vessels dilate.
With your arms extended, rapidly bring your hands up and down about 10-20 times. This motion helps to improve circulation by using centrifugal force to bring blood into your hands.
I’ve tried this technique a few times and it seems to be vastly more effective than just using hot water alone.
I hope someone finds this helpful during the winter.
Depending on how cold your hands are, you should NOT use hot water. I was always taught that this is really bad for your body to go from freezing to hot.
Edit: To be clear, this is emphatic agreement, not disagreement
I recently figured out a great way of restoring my hands to baseline functionality after they‘ve been exposed to cold for an extended period of time. It goes like this:
Put your hands under warm water for a minute or so. This will make your blood vessels dilate.
With your arms extended, rapidly bring your hands up and down about 10-20 times. This motion helps to improve circulation by using centrifugal force to bring blood into your hands.
I’ve tried this technique a few times and it seems to be vastly more effective than just using hot water alone.
I hope someone finds this helpful during the winter.
Depending on how cold your hands are, you should NOT use hot water. I was always taught that this is really bad for your body to go from freezing to hot.
Edit: To be clear, this is emphatic agreement, not disagreement