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I was out running on the local hills yesterday. My feet got pretty cold from icy puddles and snow on the ground. We had a long section of fresh snow that made my ankles and the front of my leg just above the top of my fell shoe feel pretty cold.

I got home and had a shower and my feet soon felt fine, but the front of my leg was numb, had quite distinct inflamed horizontal ridges and itched like mad. These went after an hour or so in a warm house.

I can understand the numbness and the itching, but these ridges of inflammation were wierd. Anyone experienced this? Any explanations?

In reply to The New NickB:

Experienced the same after being out for long jogs/mtb rides in similar conditions. No explanation but it's annoying isn't it ?

In reply to The New NickB:

Yes! I've had it post-holing through deeper snow too and assumed that was more a mechanical thing.

In reply to The New NickB:

Btw, were you wearing 3/4 or shorts ? Think that has been the case when I've experienced this before.

In reply to lummox:


No tights. Although the effected area may have been partially exposed skin.

In reply to The New NickB:


I suppose the numbness is obvious, but what's the itching about? I sometimes feel itchy when running in the cold. Thanks.

In reply to The New NickB:

Chilblains?

In reply to 1poundSOCKS:


The skin warming back up and the feeling returning. I guess hot aches is an extreme example.

In reply to DaveHK:


Some similarities I guess, but much more temporary.

In reply to The New NickB:


Thanks. Only had hot aches a couple of times, but very painful. I thought pain and other sensation, like touch, were separate things, not just one a more extreme example of the other. Wasn't sure where itching fit in to that picture.

In reply to The New NickB:

yeah sounds like it, itching is as the blood returns to that area and it expands again. Usually happens when you go from a cold place to a warm place again e.g shower.

In reply to The New NickB:



You weren't wearing tube socks were you? Could just be the elastic ridges in them cutting into the skin slightly as the cold and wet make your ankles swell.

In reply to La benya:


No, plus it was above the sockline.